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Maiello, Suzanne – Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 2012
This paper explores the idea of possible proto-experiences of the prenatal child in the context of Bion's model of container/contained. The physical configuration of the embryo/foetus contained in the maternal uterus represents the starting point for an enquiry into the unborn child's possible experiences of its state of being contained in a…
Descriptors: Autism, Psychotherapy, Observation, Prenatal Influences
Rait, Douglas; Glick, Ira – Academic Psychiatry, 2008
Objective: Given the marginalization of couples and family therapy in psychiatric residency programs over the past two decades, the authors propose a rationale for the reintegration of these important psychosocial treatments into the mainstream of general psychiatric residency education. Methods: After reviewing recent trends in the field that…
Descriptors: Physicians, Psychiatry, Family Counseling, Psychotherapy
Friedman, Steven – Family Psychologist, 1991
Contends that psychologists need to appreciate the client's resources and strengths and avoid being coopted into a medical framework which skews one's thinking toward pathology and deficits. Describes a time-effective model of family psychotherapy which emphasizes possibilities, strengths, and resources. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Models, Psychotherapy, Wellness

Epstein, Nathan B; And Others – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1978
The model of family functioning being presented is the product of over 20 years of research in clinical work with family units. The model uses a general systems theory approach in an attempt to describe the structure, organization, and transactional patterns of the family unit. (Author)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Family Counseling, Group Therapy, Models
Bernal, Anibal Torres – Guidance & Counselling, 2004
Taking a meta-theoretical perspective, this article presents a critical analytical model through which human knowledge, existence, and behaviour can be understood. The article describes the meta-theoretical model and then explains how this model applies to the evolution of seminal family therapy theories.
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Critical Thinking, Models, Behavior Patterns

Tomm, Karl – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1984
Suggests that the Milan systemic approach probably reflects a significant advance in family therapy and possibly in psychotherapy in general. Provides a historical overview of the development of the approach, an articulation of some major assumptions and background theory, and a brief description of the overall pattern of practice. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Family Counseling, Models

Williams, Lee M. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1991
Notes that family therapy research and psychotherapy research in general have been criticized for their lack of relevance to clinical practice. Presents five-stage model, based on marketing and developmental perspective, that family therapy researchers can follow to increase relevance of their work for clinicians and other consumers of family…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Models, Psychotherapy, Research and Development
Prather, Walter – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2007
Attachment theory provides a useful conceptual framework for understanding trauma and the treatment of abuse in children. This article examines attachment theory and traditional models of family therapy from the perspective of behavior analysis, and provides a rationale for a behavioral treatment approach for abused children and their foster or…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Prior Learning, Attachment Behavior, Family Counseling

Benjamin, Lorna S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Measurements based on a structural analytic model of social behavior describe the three-year long psychotherapy of a single family. The model is built on two axes labeled affiliation and interdependence and appears in three planes referring to parentlike, childlike, and introjected behaviors. The model specifies logical opposites, complements, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Counseling, Family Structure, Interpersonal Relationship

Duncan, Barry L.; Parks, M. Bernadine – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1988
Presents a brief model which integrates an individual, cognitive-behavioral approach with a strategic approach to therapy, at both pragmatic and theoretical levels. Justifies the selective use of behavioral frames in strategic therapy in this Strategic-Behavioral model, and offers guidelines for their selective application. Presents and discusses…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling

Selvini, Mara Palazzoli – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1986
Answers Anderson's (1986) criticism of two main issues in Selvini's presention: professional ethics and methodology. Defends the lack of technical detail in favor of presenting the six-stage process as a model of psychotic family interactional games. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Family Counseling, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries
Shepard, Suzanne – 1992
The assessment process can be integrated with treatment and evaluation for helping teenage suicide attempters and families in short term psychiatric hospitalization programs. The method is an extremely efficient way for the therapist to work within a given time constraint. During family assessment sufficient information can be gathered to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
Integrative Problem-Centered Therapy: Toward the Synthesis of Family and Individual Psychotherapies.

Pinsof, William M. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1983
Presents an overview of the Integrative Problem-Centered Therapy (IPCT) Model, and describes its core principles and premises, and basic methodological steps. The IPCT provides a technique for applying individual and family therapy and behavioral, communicational, and psychodynamic orientations to client problems. Its goal is to create efficient…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Counselors, Family Counseling

Russell, Todd T.; Morrill, Correen M. – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1989
Proposes a theoretical and practical hybrid model for family counseling based on integrating the rational-emotive and family systems approach. Notes that these combined approaches offer the counselor a systematic theoretical structure for conceptualizing family dysfunction, from which additional strategies for changing inappropriate belief systems…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Family Counseling, Family Environment, Family Problems

Anderson, Stephen A.; Russell, Candyce S. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1982
Presents a strategy for intervening into rigidly homeostatic family systems. Identifies system rules which reveal "nodal" themes. Describes four types of nodal themes and clues for identifying them within families. Suggests ways of using system rules and nodal themes in developing paradoxical interventions. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Family Relationship