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Schizophrenia and Structural Family Therapy, 2005.
Examines the use of structural family therapy when dealing when schizophrenia.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper provides a discussion of how structural family therapy works with a schizophrenic family member. The Bowen theory is presented along with a discussion as to how the therapy works. Definitions are given with respect to the terms of schizophrenia, therapy and structural therapy. The family constellation is also discussed.
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"On entering the twenty first century today's modern family is beset by events and conditions that were the storylines of authors such as Orwell and Hersey. Today's family today is besieged by mega technology, ever increasing healthcare costs, unprecedented scientific advancement, continual cost of living increases, global conflict, and a broadening of cultural diversity. The pressures brought to bear on the family are healthy in some ways and damaging in others. With so much more pressure confronting the American family the rapid rise of psychopathology is not uncommon and must be addressed. The remainder of this report will focus one particular psychological disorder with respect to its relationship with the modern American family, namely schizophrenia. The report will also address the aforementioned psychopathology with respect to structural family therapy and how it is interrelated with the disorder."
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Structural Family Therapy, 2007.
An In-depth look at structural family therapy (SFT) and its applications.
4,203 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 112.95
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This paper examines the structural family therapy model of family therapy. The paper provides a detailed literature review of the structural approach to family therapy. The paper also discusses the history of this model, the structural outlook, structural family theory, structural family therapy, and some populations where structural family therapy has been successful. The writer concludes with an explanation of her personal perspective and idea of family therapy.
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Literature Review
Personal Perspective
Conclusion
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"There are many models of family therapy out there in use in this day and age. Many counselors choose to be eclectic in their choices of therapeutic techniques, which is encouraged in most professional counseling training programs. There are the Psychodynamic outlook, Transgenerational models, Experiential models, Strategic models, the Milan Systemic model, the Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral models, Social Construction models, and Psychoeducational models. All of these models of family therapy are very useful in many ways. This paper will discuss another model of family therapy, that of the Structural model."
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Structural Family Therapy, 2007.
An exploration of the model of family counseling and therapy known as structural family therapy.
4,120 words (approx. 16.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 110.95
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This paper looks at structural family therapy (SFT) in its original form as well as in a form that is presently being used and has been effectively used specifically in SFT initiatives in families that are working with the issue of acculturation. The studies of Salvador Minuchin and Jay Haley are focused upon and the work of Thomas C.Todd (2006) is also taken into consideration. It also explores how SFT might effectively be applied by a minister of a neighborhood organization and how the Christian principles might be effectively and successfully applied in SFT therapy.
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Introduction to SFT
SFT - The Focus
The Goals of SFT
Differentiation in Various Theories
The Strategic Based (SFT) Intervention
Skills Necessary for SFT Therapy
Discussion
Integration of FST, Pact and Christian Principles
Pact: Key Features
Structural Approach Used in Therapy
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"The resolution of conflicts is another area that must be in focus in the SFT therapy. There are various existing patterns in the way that individuals in the family deal with or use to avoid conflicts. Some of those are "detouring, attacking (also known as scapegoating)" (Todd, 2006) in which a union is formed against another family member who is labeled as 'bad' receiving the blame in full. Further there are the relationships that are described as "detouring, protecting" (Todd, 2006) in which two of the parties in conflict join to assist or help another in the family who had been labeled as defenseless, sick, and helpless and is a pattern noted in families that are psychosomatic and in families that have children who are known to be psychotic. "
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Structural Family Therapy, 2004.
An overview of the background and uses of structural family therapy.
2,328 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines how structural therapy attempts to help families by dealing with problems that affect current interactions of family members. It looks at how the focus is on how families operate as a system and their structure within the system. Structural family therapists make hypotheses about the structure of the family and the nature of their problem. It also looks at how structural family therapists use several techniques to achieve their goals, such as diagnosing, joining, reframing, unbalancing, enactment, shaping, competence and others.
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"Structural Family Therapy was developed by Salvador Minuchin and colleagues during the 1960s, and emerged in the 1970s as one of the most widely used methods in family therapy. Its history is predicated on family systems theory, and as a result it has many of the inherent strengths and weaknesses associated with applying general systems theory to social behavior. Like most systems theorists, the structuralists are interested in how the components of a system interact, how balance or homeostasis in achieved, how family feedback mechanisms operate, and how dysfunctional communication patterns develop."
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Structural Family Therapy, 2004.
Details the basic components of Structural Family Therapy according to Salvador Minuchin.
1,663 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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This paper explores and defines the basic components of Structural Family Therapy according to Salvador Minuchin, author of "Families and Family Therapy". Literary reviews and critiques of Minuchin's book and model for family therapy are also discussed.
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"Times have changed, for the good, in the view Minuchin expresses in Psychology Today (Minuchin, 1993). He saw a sign that Americans are no longer stigmatized by ?family therapy? through the election of the Bill Clinton / Al Gore administration in 1992. ?At the Democratic Convention, Vice President Gore said that his family was in family therapy without fear or concern that such a statement reflects a deficit, that something is missing.? Of course, the Clinton Administration?s scandals made better headlines and fodder for gossip than the positive things accomplished in those years, and yet Minuchin was correct in saying that barriers and stigmas regarding ?family therapy? have been broken down, and that, along with the proven family solutions found within SFT, is a very good thing."
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Structural Family Therapy, 2004.
An analysis of this type of family therapy and in what context it can be used most effectively.
2,567 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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Structural Family Therapy is seen to be effective in treating dysfunctional and non-functional families by assessing their performance in relation to societal and/or community structures; that is, larger structures within which the family must function successfully. This paper explains how it is a particularly effective type of therapy in dealing with youth with drug problems, but can be used in any context. The writer tells how therapists using the structural paradigm approach families, often in familiar or household settings, as groups and groups-within-groups, and they encourage enacting and balance in structural paradigms that are based on power, joining/opposing, and roles and effective communications strategies. It points out that the model is generally attributed to Salvador Minuchin, who was most active in the mid-20th century.
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"Structural Family Therapy is most commonly associated with the innovative impact and methods of the Argentine Salvador Minuchin, who practiced as a family therapist in the mid-twentieth century and was renowned for his clinical acumen and ability to get families under his tutelage and moderation to make effective and lasting changes. Minuchin ?discovered two patterns common to troubled families: some are ?enmeshed,? chaotic and tightly interconnected, while others are ?disengaged,? isolated and seemingly unrelated? (Salvador, 1998). His method of assessing and contributing to functional families varied with the situation, and in Families and Family Therapy, the therapist set down what were to become the fundamentals of Structural Family Therapy."
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Structural Family Therapy, 2006.
A case study of a family and the problems in its family structure that have begun to arise after the death of the mother.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses a particular family and the problems within the family structure that are observable in the relationship between the sisters Terry and Maxine. The paper notes that, while the family has been guided for most of its existence by the mother of these siblings, the mother has died and the conflicts that have evolved throughout the family history between these two sisters have begun to affect the entire family. This is evident in the arguments over selling the house, the decision of the family to no longer have Sunday dinners and the severing of ties between family members after the mother's death.
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Schizophrenia and Therapy, 2001.
A look at the disorder of schizophrenia and a new treatment available.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper explores one of the possible therapies that schizophrenics may seek and that has proven to be helpful to many of them: Cognitive behavioral therapy. It first provides an explanation what schizophrenia is and then presents the therapy and successes it has achieved.
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"Schizophrenia is one of the most frightening of all mental disorders for those who do not know very much about it because it can cause those living with the condition to act in ways that seem out of control and stereotypically ?crazy?. And because it interferes so often and in such serious ways with daily life, schizophrenics also quite often find their symptoms to be frightening or at least disturbing.
Because schizophrenia can be so deeply disruptive to people?s daily life those who are living with the condition often seek to come to terms with the illne"
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Family Structure and Bowenian Therapy, 1995.
Compares these two family-based therapies' approaches to Freud's study of phobia in a 5-year-old.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 79.95
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"The family exerts a powerful emotional impact over the individual. So strong is this influence that dysfunction in the individual is often a reflection of dysfunction within the family. Sigmund Freud ecognized this phenomenon in treating his patients. Family structure therapy and Bowenian theory also acknowledge the importance of family in healing the individual.
Structural family therapy views the family in terms of three components: structure, subsystems, and boundaries. Structure describes the repeated patterns that define family relationships, and includes the rules that govern behavior and dictate the assumption of roles and functions. The hierarchical structure of the family describes the framework of authority, which in turn determines how intra-familial conflict will be mediated. Nichols and Schwartz (1995) explain that family structure is difficult ..."
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Schizophrenia, 1996.
Research proposal to examine & assess appropriateness for adult male patients.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 18 sources, $ 79.95
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"A research study is proposed to assess the appropriateness of cognitive behavioral therapy for schizophrenia. The purpose of the proposed study will be to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of adult male patients.
Schizophrenia has been studied exhaustively, and many research findings either are inconsistent or conflict with other findings. Schizophrenia traditionally has been The treated through a combination of drug therapy and rehabilitation. The level of emphasis between drug therapy and rehabilitation in the treatment of ..."
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Gestalt Therapy and Behavior Therapy, 2006.
An analysis of Gestalt therapy and behavior therapy.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper reviews and analyzes Gestalt and behavior therapy. According to the paper, Gestalt therapy is a psychological system that stresses integration of body and mind factors by developing self-awareness and personal responsibility. The paper goes on to discuss behavior therapy, stating that there are several approaches to cognitive-behavioral therapy, including rational emotive behavior therapy, rational behavior therapy, rational living therapy, cognitive therapy and dialectic behavior therapy.
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"Therefore, the therapeutic process encourages the client to interact with the environment, as a group, as an individual, and on many different levels, with different techniques, from using battacca bats to whack furniture, to imaging and interacting with the image in their mind by conversing with it out loud. The techniques used in therapy vary as widely as the therapists and clients, from principles based on Holism, Field theory, figure formation, organismic, the concept of the Now and "unfinished business." The therapist dialogues with warmth and caring, yet remains "invisible," as the client is encouraged to interact with the field (environment). The client must think of him- or herself as an abstract area in a limitless "field," thus, therapy is "unpredictable," or follows moment to moment dictum. (Doermann, 2002)"
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Family Therapy & Art Therapy, 1987.
Describes & compares approaches & suggests possible integration. Discusses founders, concepts, techniques and results.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 111.95
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" Family therapist, Walter Kempler, worked for a brief time with pioneering Gestalt therapist Fritz Perls who greatly influenced the development of Kempler's concepts of dealing with whole families in therapeutic situations. Although the two agreed on many principles, Kempler finally parted professional company with Perls on the issue of the therapist's involvement in the sessions. Perls thought that the therapist should be outside the immediate encounter, and Kempler believed that the therapist should not hide behind any device whatsoever (Kempler, 1973, p. 13).
Kempler, Perls, and others important in the field of family work--Virginia Satir and Murray Bowen--held that the family constellation is the most valuable and appropriate unit for(...)"
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Reality Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy, 2004.
Compares and contrasts two different schools of thought on counseling.
5,400 words (approx. 21.6 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 191.95
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This paper takes a look at Reality therapy and client-centered therapy, comparing and contrasting the approach that each therapy takes to counseling. The paper discusses humanistic theories and self-actualization, as well as the theories of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. The paper also talks about the fundamental task of all therapists.
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"Humanistic theories and related therapies including client-centered or person-centered therapy regard people as unique, self-determined and worthy of respect and see human development as guided by a variety of human needs. Key humanistic theorists include Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, both of whom take a holistic view of human growth that attempts to account for all of the diverse aspects of human experience. Humanistic theories propose that individuals pursue self-actualization and the acquisition of unconditional positive regard..."
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Family Therapy, 2002.
A look at the therapy known as structural family therapy and its goals and practices.
1,644 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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In this paper, structural family therapy concepts and practices are discussed, as well as the complex interactions and patterns of communication involved in structural family therapy. The writer concludes that family therapists examine the family as a whole, or as a social unit, with complex interactions and patterns of communication, in order to help the individual.
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Introduction
Strategic Family Theory and Therapy
Therapeutic Techniques
Conclusion
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"Structural family therapy involves a great deal of direction by the therapist, and is very action oriented. The goal is to change the behavior of the family by enactment and creation of alternative realities. The goal of therapy is not symptom relief but rather for the family to transform and reinvent itself around a symptom, so that they can apply these structural changes to other areas of their lives."
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 2006.
An overview of cognitive behavior therapy, focusing on the roles of the therapist and patient and how it compares to other therapies used in psychology.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper discusses cognitive behavioral therapy and the elements of its practice. It also explores the therapist and patient roles of cognitive behavioral therapy, and how it relates to other therapies currently used in psychology. Adlerian therapy, person centered therapy, existential therapy, Gestalt therapy, reality therapy, solution oriented brief therapy, multi-modal therapy, feminist therapy, and rational emotion behavior therapy are discussed and contrasted to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy. Through these comparisons a focus on the central characteristics of these therapies is evident, providing a framework for patients and professionals to determine which therapy would be most effective for the needs of particular patients.
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