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DEVELOPING A PERSONAL INTEGRATION IN FAMILY THERAPY: PRINCIPLES FOR MODEL CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE
Author(s) -
Lebow Jay L.
Publication year - 1987
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.1752-0606.1987.tb00678.x
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , family therapy , psychology , personal development , psychotherapist , engineering ethics , engineering , neuroscience
This paper sets forth generic guidelines for the clinician to observe in building and practicing a personal integrative method in family therapy. Principles are articulated around five foci: (a) the need for a personal paradigm, (b) the assimilation of aspects of scholastic approaches, (c) the role of the person of the therapist, (d) the adaptation of the model to specific cases, and (e) the pathways toward the development of a personal integrative model. An informed view of integrative practice is emphasized, in which a theoretical base is created, strategies and techniques are related to this paradigm, and the treatment of specific cases is linked to the general model.