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This article presents an overview of the primary contributions of the late Don D. Jackson. It analyzes and attempts to unify the central concepts of what he first referred to as “conjoint family therapy.” Emphasis is upon the theoretical components leading to the development of a behaviorally oriented, nontransference, focused‐treatment format, labeled by the author as “family interactional psychot

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00385.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

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In‐depth interviews were conducted with 21 highly experienced therapists on the criteria of a constructive divorce, the obstacles to achieving such a divorce, and the strategies and tactics of divorce therapy. The primary criterion of a constructive divorce was the successful completion of the process of psychic separation and the protection of the welfare of minor children. Therapy may focus on the decision to get divorced and/or the negotiation of the terms of a divorce settlement.Three types of therapeutic strategies were identified: reflexive interventions by which the therapist orients himself to the marital problems and attempts to gain the trust and confidence of the partners; contextual interventions by which he tries to promote a climate conducive to decision‐making; and substantive interventions intended to produce resolution on terms the therapist has come to believe are inevitable or necessary.The nascent state of divorce therapy as an area of therapeutic specialization is noted. The problem of diagnostic criteria for divorce, the relationship between therapists and lawyers, the nature and consequence of therapist impartiality, and the degree to which therapists should mediate the terms of divorce are considered central issues meriting further st

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00413.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

数据来源: WILEY

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The use of systemic models in family therapy obliged our team to devise therapeutic tasks involving the entire family. Among these, one was found to be extremely effective: the prescribing of a family ritual. This article gives details of one such example aimed at the destruction of a myth that had been created by three generations of a family. In order that the reader may have an adequate understanding of this ritual, we shall fully describe the story of the family and of the transgenerational evolution of this myth. In the description of the treatment of the family, certain errors were made by the therapists that will come to light — errors that, as usual, were far more instructive than the actual successes.Eventually, it was the very understanding of these errors and their repercussions that led us to the successful prescription of the ritual. Finally, detailed analysis of the substance and aim of the ritual will illustrate and explain exactly what we mean by the term ritual.For this case history, we shall call the family Casant

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00445.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

数据来源: WILEY

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Systems theory views mental and psychosomatic illness as the natural consequences of a dysfunctional human interactional group. The symptom chosen is affected by the symptom carrier's age, sex, and unique individual characteristics. However, the reason the symptom develops and is maintained is to be found in the system(s) of which the symptom carrier is a part.A human system consists of two or more individuals who have an ongoing, often goal‐directed, relationship with each other. The most important human system today is undoubtedly the family. The welfare of the individual is usually related to membership in a vital, well‐adjusted family. A dysfunctional family easily becomes dependent on mental or behavioral deviations in one of its members as a means of preventing disintegration.We hope this article's description of a typical treatment situation will demonstrate how a systems theory approach differs from other forms of family therapy in its evaluations and techniq

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00455.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

数据来源: WILEY

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The families of 29 disturbed but nonpsychotic adolescents were observed in a structured task in which they discussed their reactions to viewing themselves interacting on videotape. Measures derived from the Singer‐Wynne concept of transactional style deviance were applied to the parental behaviors and related to prior assessments of parental communication disorder based on individual parental TAT protocols. The results confirm the Singer‐Wynne hypothesis of the cross‐situational stability of transactional style deviance. The most striking finding, however, is that an index of positive focusing behavior differentiates more strongly parents of adolescents hypothesized to be at varying levels of risk for schizophrenia than does the measure of transactional style dev

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00467.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

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An ecologically oriented family therapy training program is advocated for teaching paraprofessionals to work with high‐risk clients in a community mental health setting. The context of training as well as the particular abilities and needs of beginning paraprofessional family therapists are explored in order to design a flexible and effective program in the face of limited resources. This paper describes a variety of educational and supervisory formats such as group supervision, peer supervision, and live supervision. The usefulness of these different models in facilitating skill development and growth in paraprofessionals is evaluated. Recommendations are made to trainers concerning problems encountered in teaching paraprofessionals and in implementing family systems training in community mental health center

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00477.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

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A central developmental task of the family is to help its members develop the capacity to cope with the grief attendant on separation and loss. In order to work through such feelings, each member must first be able to acknowledge the affect as present, internal, and belonging to the self. Depending on the degree of intrapsychic differentiation, and the dread of abandonment, family members may seek to avoid awareness of such feelings within themselves. The disclaimed emotions remain powerful unconscious motivators of behavior, exerting their influence despite their denial. Some typical clinical illustrations of this are provided. Excerpts from conjoint family therapy are then presented to illustrate the therapeutic interventions made in assisting a family to acknowledge denied grief over the separation of one of its members along with unspoken tender feelings within the family. This paper affirms the continued relevance of a psychodynamic, interpretative approach for families struggling with unresolved grief.

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00495.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

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Virtually all modern inpatient psychiatric units operate on the assumptions that family presence, when the identified patient has schizophrenia, does affect outcome and that adding brief family intervention to the treatment prescription will enhance hospital and posthospital outcome. Often the family intervention is believed not adequate in terms of duration or frequency or quality (since trainees are the family therapists), given the standards of some experienced family clinicians. This report addresses these issues by comparing outcome measures for hospitalized patients with schizophrenia by (a) presence of a family and (b) amount and/or kind of family intervention. Most importantly, we wished to learn if global outcome would show change by virtue of family therapy (within the constraints imposed by the above limitations of family intervention).

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DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00503.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00511.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0014-7370    

DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.517_1.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1977

数据来源: WILEY