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Measurement, Classification, and Prediction of Paradigm Adherence of Marriage and Family Therapists.
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Booth, Therese J.; Cottone, R. Rocco – American Journal of Family Therapy, 2000
Assesses the theoretical perspectives of marriage and family counselors (N=204). Results show that 43.6% of participants primarily adhere to the systems paradigm; 42.2% practice from a combination of paradigms; while the social constructionism is used by 13.7%. Predictor variables included the current of most recent supervisor's preferred…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Counselor Characteristics, Family Counseling, Marriage Counseling
Applying Family Systems Therapy Principles to Couples Counseling
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Woodburn, Lawrence; Barnhill, Lawrence N. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1977
The author present a five-stage intervention model to be used in counseling with couples. The model stages include structuring, observation and assessment, interruption of the system, deviation and amplification, and responding to individuation. (Author/HLM)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Family Counseling, Helping Relationship, Interaction Process Analysis
Exorcising the Ghosts In the Marital System
Russell, Axel; Russell, Lila – Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, 1978
A heuristic model is presented for the diagnosis and treatment of families in stress. A systems approach and psychoanalytic concepts are integrated to understand and modify dysfunctional behavior transmitted across generations. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Marriage Counseling
The Systems Marriage Enrichment Program: An Alternative Model Based on Systems Theory.
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Elliott, Stephen S.; Saunders, Benjamin E. – Family Relations, 1982
Describes the Systems Marriage Enrichment Program which was developed from the systems concepts of circular causality, the identification of predictable interaction patterns, and the adaptive and homeostatic mechanisms. Presents a protocol process consisting of five phases with goals and techniques. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Enrichment Activities, Group Counseling
The Interpersonal Context of Object Relations: Implications for Family Therapy.
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Mallouk, Thomas – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1982
Psychodynamic theory and family systems theories have come to represent competing orientations in the understanding of human behavior. This paper extends the quest for an integration of these perspectives. Maps ideas from one orientation onto constructs from the other. Case examples illustrate the ideas. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Family Counseling, Individual Psychology
A Behavioral Systems Conceptualization of Relationship Accomplishment.
Filsinger, Erik E. – 1982
This paper presents a model or framework of marital adjustment, for both the researcher and the practitioner, which provides description, explanation, and modification, i.e., ways in which the model can be changed that are theoretically connected with the description and the explanation. A typology of relationship processes is proposed which…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
Family Therapy with the Incestuous Family.
Horstmann, Nancy M. – 1981
This paper outlines a family systems model for treating incestuous families and discusses strategies for working effectively with families who remain intact after disclosure or who attempt to reunite after a separation. This systems model suggests that incest results not from intrapsychic problems of the victim or the offender, but from a pattern…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Family Structure