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FAMILY SYSTEMS AND THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD
Author(s) -
Wachtel Ellen F.
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.tb00679.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , neglect , psychodynamics , intervention (counseling) , action (physics) , psychology , child neglect , family therapy , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , child abuse , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , medical emergency , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
In working with families with symptomatic children, family therapists may be so focused on the systematic aspects of the problem that they inadvertently neglect the child's individual issues. Through the use of a case example, this paper presents a variety of ways in which one can make use of a psychodynamic understanding of the child's issues while continuing to employ brief, action‐oriented intervention strategies. A crucial aspect of the approach described is the devising of tasks which address the child's intrapsychic conflicts.