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A family systems perspective undergirds and encompasses the assessment and analysis of the attitudes and behaviors of patients and of the treatment interventions used. Central to this framework are such concepts as
Thus, each person's construction of his or her shared reality is deemed to be important, and it is vital that each individual have an opportunity to tell his or her story on his or her terms. They can then consider how they want to weave the next chapters in the tapestry of their life histories, and which threads are to be separate and which are to be intertwined. When doing therapy with only one individual from a family systems framework, Dr. Kaslow's approach is integrative (her model is called "dialectic"), and it selectively incorporates interpretations and interventions from psychodynamic, relational—contextual, Bowenian, structural, systemic, strategic, problem-solving, cognitive–behavioral, and social constructionist approaches. When so doing, as in this videotape, Dr. Kaslow focuses on intrapsychic and interpersonal stresses and conflicts in the individual and between the self-identified patient and his or her significant others. Because some of the problems in this specific case are being played out within the context of a family business, these pressures in the larger macrosystem are also addressed in their internalized and externalized forms. Thus, a shift of levels occurs whenever necessary in the therapy and consultation processes. Return to Individual Therapy From a Family Systems Perspective |
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