Family Systems Therapy

Key Points:

• Alderian Family Therapy

  

   Therapy Goals:

  Enable parents as leaders; unlock mistaken goals and interactional patterns in family; promotion of effective parenting 

  Techniques:

  • Family constellation
  • Typical Day
  • Goal Disclosure
  • Natural/Logical Consequences

• Multigenerational Family Therapy

  

  Therapy Goals:

  Differentiate the self; change the individual within the context of the system; decrease anxiety 

  Techniques:

  • Genograms
  • Dealings with Family-of-Origin Issues
  • De-triangulating Relationships

• Human Validation Process Model

  

  Therapy Goals:

  Promote growth, self-esteem, and connection; help family reach congruent communication and interaction 

  Techniques:

  • Empathy
  • Touch Communication
  • Sculpting
  • Role Playing
  • Family-Life Chronology

• Experiential Family Therapy

  

   Therapy Goals:

  Promote spontaneity, creativity, autonomy, and ability to play 

  Techniques:

  • Co-therapy
  • Self-disclosure
  • Confrontation
  • Use of Self as Change Agent

•  Structural Family Therapy

  

  Therapy Goals:

  Restructure family organization; change dysfunctional transactional patterns 

  Techniques:

  • Joining & Accommodating
  • Unbalancing
  • Tracking
  • Boundary Making
  • Enactments

• Strategic Family Therapy

  

  Therapy Goals:

  Eliminate presenting problem; change dysfunctional patterns; interrupt sequence 

  Techniques:

  • Reframing
  • Directives and Paradox
  • Amplifying
  • Pretending
  • Enactments