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This 16 page paper responds to specific student-provided questions. The essay describes and discusses aspects of family systems theory, structural family therapy, constructive family therapy, narrative therapy, solutions-focused and strengths-based approaches. The writer comments on reflection. The last section discusses working with children and adolescents using a constructive framework. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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one where the interactions within the family are viewed as fostering problems. Also, it has changed from a position wherein the patient was the problem to one where the person
is a person and the problem is the problem. In other words, a separation has been made between problem and person. The family systems approach views the family as
a complex system comprised of subsystems that may well include alliances. It also recognizes that it is never just one member of the family who has a problem. There are
many approaches to family therapy, some of which are discussed in this essay. These include the structural theory, the constructive theory, and specific kinds of techniques, such as narrative therapy,
solutions-focused therapy and strengths-based therapy. a. Family Systems Theory Two major categories (or strands) comprise Family Systems Theory: Structural family therapy and Strategic family therapy (Foster, 2007). Within each
strand, we find many different approaches, such as the ecological model. Family Systems Theory is founded on the belief that a family is a complex unit of people who are
usually interdependent with each other on an emotional basis. Bowen theory describes a family "as an emotional unit" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2004). This theory
goes on to say that the nature of the family is its members being "connected emotionally" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2004) to each other. It is
the "connectedness and reactivity" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2004) that make the "members interdependent" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2004). As in all
integrated and interdependent systems, a change in one member will result in changes in other members (Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2004; Chalquist, 2004). As with any
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