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THINKING LIKE A FAMILY THERAPIST: A MODEL FOR INTEGRATING THE THEORIES AND METHODS OF FAMILY THERAPY *
Author(s) -
Grunebaum Henry,
Chasin Richard
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1982.tb01467.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , limiting , existentialism , identification (biology) , psychotherapist , scheme (mathematics) , psychology , transformation (genetics) , epistemology , mathematics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , philosophy , biochemistry , botany , chemistry , gene , engineering , biology
We present a classification system which presumes that information about families can be seen from three different perspectives (historical, interactional, and existential) and that treatment proceeds from three approaches (understanding, transformation, and identification). Using this scheme, we discuss how theories from different schools of thought are substantially overlapping, show that families may respond according to principles other than those the therapist had in mind, indicate how traditional links between certain evaluation perspectives and approaches are unnecessarily limiting, and define two current poles or modes in family therapy (the “ingenious” and the “involved”), suggesting indications for the use of each mode. Various teaching benefits of the scheme are outlined.