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ON THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING APPROACHES TO FAMILY THERAPY
Author(s) -
Lebow Jay L.
Publication year - 1984
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.1752-0606.1984.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - objectivity (philosophy) , strengths and weaknesses , family therapy , intervention (counseling) , repertoire , management science , value (mathematics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , population , computer science , psychology , psychotherapist , risk analysis (engineering) , epistemology , medicine , social psychology , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , machine learning , engineering , philosophy , physics , environmental health , acoustics
This paper considers the strengths and weaknesses of an integrative approach to family therapy. An integrative approach can explain a broad range of human behavior, can shape intervention strategy in a manner appropriate to each case, can allow for treatment of a broad client population, can combine the strengths of each of the specific approaches, can promote objectivity in selection of strategies of change, and can permit easy expansion of the repertoire of techniques. The potential pitfalls basically revolve around the complexity of practice; in particular, the possibility of inconsistency of approach. With care, these pitfalls can be avoided. Integration is viewed as a viable alternative to school‐specific practice in family therapy.