Family therapy, sometimes called family focus therapy or family systems therapy, is a type of psychological therapy that works to change the relationships within families to help them better deal with a wide range of problems. Family therapy helps family members find constructive ways to help each other. Due to this flexibility, family therapy is useful in a wide range of situations. Family therapy can be useful in childhood and adult conditions including conduct and mood disorders, eating disorders, drug abuse and psychiatric conditions as well as couples experiencing difficulties. Family therapy is useful throughout life and can be especially useful in the treatment of long term illness such as depression.
The entire family has also been invited to participate in all the sessions. Time was spent in regards to focusing on relationships as Minuchin (1974, p. 56) points out that the techniques of the structural model address the underlying patterns of people’s interactions. Special attention was paid to the family’s transactional patterns, as I the clinician, was searching for clues in regards to the family’s structure, the permeability of the family’s subsystem boundaries, and the existence of alignments or coalitions. Structural changes will need to occur within the family in order to reduced or alleviate Trey’s
Hobson believes that because problems in our life are usually through interpersonal relationships, we should resolve these problems through a therapeutic relationship. The quality of the relationship is crucial for the effectiveness of the therapy. PIT consists of several interlinking components, of which include ‘explanatory rationale’ and ‘staying with feelings’. A potential strength of PIT is that it is just as effective if not more so than current treatments at improving depressive symptoms. Research support comes from Elkin, who found that when compared to CBT, PIT is just as effective at treating depression.
This writer’s personal theoretical orientation includes the integration of several theories and techniques from several counseling models. This writer sees the utilization of several approaches as the best resolution of problems based on the individual client’s needs. This paper will work from the perspective that the writer is working within a clinical setting with clients who are largely average to low average functioning, are culturally diverse and generally have a low social economical status. These clients usually have little resources and often little time to spend in treatment. The theoretical orientation that is a foundation for this writer is the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
HSC 32.1 Understand what is required for competence in own work role. Ac[1.1] Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. PURPOSE: ·The post holder will work alongside adults who have learning disabilities within their home as well as within the local community. ·Assisting individuals to recognise and utilise all opportunities that may secure personal development and the achievement of greater independence. CONTEXT: * Reports to Team Leader Working within the housing network and operating as part of the wider framework of The Ormerod Home Trust Limited, thus forming part of a larger team.
Starting to teach kids early about responsibilities, create structure and routine that is consistently reinforced, will help children to grow the habits of becoming more responsible. A primary concept in family systems theory is that the family includes interconnected members, and each member influences the others in predictable and recurring ways (Van Velsor & Cox, 2000). Having open communication within family members and not being isolated is a key tool to maintaining a functional family. Sculpting is a good tool to identify a family’s system dynamics by asking family members to physically position themselves and other family members into a formation that metaphorically represents the family
Social and emotional developement. Learning to live with others in both family and society is generally one of the most important part's of development, family and friend's play an important part towards this. The socialisation is all about learning to cope in the family and society we live in. The socailisation process will by it's definition vary in diffrent societies and from family to family. Primary socialisation take's place with in the family,in the first years of a childs life.
I think there, precisely, lies our responsibility to use ourselves as effective facilitators and introduce certain concepts and interventions only when participants are ready for them. I think that a well attuned therapist who works collaboratively with participants will not introduce interventions prematurely at the risk of a potential serious setback for the therapeutic process. But this is why engaging, assessing and evaluating are ongoing transactional throughout the therapeutic alliance. I do, however, think CBT has limitations as does any other form of therapy. I think that working with participants who have severe mental illness might be a challenge.
Career opportunities for social workers are available in hospitals, home health agencies, hospice agencies, nursing homes, schools, community action agencies, correctional agencies, programs for the aging, recreation programs, mental health centers, mental retardation centers, juvenile courts, child welfare agencies, and others. The code of ethics governs social work practice in different countries. Ethics is vital and safeguard for both clients and workers interest and provide guidelines for professional practice. Strategies to infuse the risk of child maltreatment are a part of a social worker job description. The researcher argued that reducing and identifying the maltreatment that some families occur in their home.
It is reasonable to make the assumption that at some point in an individual’s life they may show behaviour problems or have difficulty coping with the demands that life brings to them. This ultimately impacts on the family unit and subsequently means that a social worker will have to be aware that families are all unique and have various complex needs (Wilson, Ruch, Lymbery and Cooper, 2008). This in turn means that a social worker may have many different approaches when working with and assessing various families. For the purposes of this assignment I aim to assess the family in the case study and video by taking an Ecological (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) and Life Course (Green, 2010) approach to understand the complex needs of the family. In doing this I have assessed the family under several different headings which are ecological and life course approach, ethics and values in practice, parenting capacity, the community, attachment, developmental psychology, new sociological studies of childhood and assessment and intervention.