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	Family therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Systemic Therapy, or Marriage and Family therapy, is a professional and conscious methodology used to study families in society based on the assumption that the family as a whole is larger than the sum of its parts.
		Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy and family systems therapy, and earlier generally referred to as marriage therapy, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with couples in intimate relationships and families.
		Family therapy practitioners come from a range of professional backgrounds, and some are specifically qualified or licenced/registered in family therapy (licensing is not required in some jurisdictions and requirements vary from place to place).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Family_therapy (1125 words)

	Feminist Family Therapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Family therapy continued to be male-dominated in spite of the increased number of women in the profession.
		The Women’s Project was honored at one of the most prestigious conferences held in the field of family therapy, The Networker, in March of 1977 for their multiple contributions and commitment to issues of gender in the field of family therapy.
		As in the beginning of the family therapy movement, there were the pioneers, their protégés and others who contributed to the development of family therapy.
	www.mindymac.com /Feminist_Family_Therapy.htm (3912 words)

	Family Therapy
		Family therapists proposed that psychological problems were developed and maintained in the social context of the family.
		Family therapists proposed that psychological problems were best explained in terms of circular, recursive events that focused on the mutually influential and interpersonal context in which they developed.
		These include: acting out familial conflicts with the group instead of discussing them; and instructing individual group members to imagine that the group is their family of origin, with the intention of enabling group members to allow unresolved family and emotional issues to surface and be dealt with in a more objective setting.
	www.abacon.com /famtherapy/history.html (1378 words)

	Family therapy Encyclopedia of Medicine - Find Articles
		Family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves all the members of a nuclear or extended family.
		Families that are unstable or on the verge of breakup.
		Family therapy tends to be short-term treatment, usually several months in length, with a focus on resolving specific problems such as eating disorders, difficulties with school, or adjustments to bereavement or geographical relocation.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0005/ai_2601000527 (960 words)

	Brief Family Therapy
		Family therapy is suggested when the client exhibits signs that substance abuse is strongly influenced by family members' behaviors or communications with them.
		Family therapy might be contraindicated if other family members are active substance abusers, violent, deny that the client's substance abuse is problematic, or remain excessively angry.
		Family involvement is often critical for success in treating many substance abuse disorders--most obviously in cases where elements of the family are inadvertently reinforcing or supporting the problem.
	www.aa2.org /philosophy/briefamily.htm (1118 words)

	CORK Bibliography: Family Therapy
		In adapting this family-based intervention specifically for American Indian families, a cultural approach to assessment and intervention was integrated into the process, with the intervention focusing on building support around the youth to attain abstinence and assuring the youth that their family, community, and substance abuse counselor were motivating influences.
		Twelve families responded to posters displayed in a methadone clinic for inclusion in a pilot study assessing the viability and potential utility of an intensive, multi-component family-focused intervention, the Parents Under Pressure programme.
		It introduces the changing definition of "family," explores the evolution of the field of family therapy and the primary models of family therapy, presents concepts from the substance abuse treatment field, and discusses the effectiveness and cost benefits of family therapy.
	www.projectcork.org /bibliographies/data/Bibliography_FamilyTherapy.html (8218 words)

	Family Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Substance Abuse Family Problems
		Family therapy can repair relationships and solve problems that have been eating away at families for years and family therapy can also become part of the solution if just one member of the family is having problems.
		The goal of family therapy is to air feelings that have not been expressed out of fear or because a member of the family has been unable or unwilling to listen to the feedback he/she has been receiving.
		Family therapy digs to the root of the problem and lets each member of the family go through his or her own individual process.
	www.family-therapy.us (468 words)

	Family Therapy Program \| Services
		Approximately 500 families are seen per year, including a wide range of types of families and presenting problems which provide a rich resource for clinical training experiences.
		Professional therapists work with families whose children are experiencing emotional or behavioral problems, with the primary goal being to enable these families to develop their own methods of managing these problems more effectively.
		After therapy is started, interviews may continue with the family as a whole or may be arranged for parts of the family.
	www.familytherapy.org /services.html (930 words)

	Family Therapy Family Counseling Family Counselors Family Therapists on Family Therapists.US
		FamilyTherapists.US Family Therapists and Family Therapy on Family Therapists.
		In marriage and family therapy, treatment consists of more than just the person - even if only a single person is interviewed - it involves the set of family relationships in which the person is involved.
		A family's patterns of behavior influences the individual and therefore may need to be a part of the treatment plan.
	www.etherapistsonline.com /family/index1.htm (165 words)

	Family Therapy - San Francisco Bay Area Therapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Family therapy provides an opportunity and a place for family members to come together and work through issues that might be affecting the entire family.
		Family therapy can prove to be very helpful to all members of the families, original, blended, or step, as it gives a neutral forum for the discussion of the issues that arise.
		Child and adolescent therapy sessions can help to identify any areas of potential difficulty and aide the children in making sense of and adjusting to the dramatic changes that have taken place in their lives as a result of their parent's divorce.
	www.baytherapy.com /family_therapy (280 words)

	Family therapy: Healing family conflicts - MayoClinic.com
		Family therapy is usually provided by therapists known as marriage and family therapists.
		Family therapy may be an addition to other types of treatment, particularly for certain mental disorders that require more in-depth treatment.
		Family therapy may help you identify your family's strengths, such as caring for one another, and weaknesses, such as an inability to confide in one other.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/family-therapy/HQ00662 (906 words)

	Family Practice, Family Therapy
		The family shopping and meal preparing was done by the wife and she indicated her complete support of the new eating behavior and the healthier eating habits by decreasing her own weight.
		Where a family's encouragement in maintaining an ill child's involvement in his or her own care and decision making (where developmentally appropriate), the child's confidence and coping ability are maximized.
		Family of origin belief systems about what responsibilities adult children are "supposed" to have; how the different genders determine who does what; under what circumstances people should be institutionalized have implications to the delivery of care.
	www.priory.com /psych/family.htm (11146 words)

	glbtq >> social sciences >> Family Therapy
		In the early years, theories of family therapy were built on earlier schools of thought such as Kurt Lewin's field theory, which was used extensively in group settings; and Alfred Adler's Child Guidance Movement, which suggested that psychopathology begins in childhood and can be treated with family involvement.
		Most important, family therapists believe that people are a product of their social context, and that personality development is not located with the individual psyche, but rather within current familial interactions.
		Family systems therapists see the entire family as their patient, and do not identify the most symptomatic person as the person most in need of change.
	www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/family_therapy.html (990 words)

	Family Therapy Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In marriage and family therapy, the family messages and rules are considered even when the client is an individual.
		Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) are mental health professionals trained in psychotherapy and family systems, and licensed to diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage, couples and family systems.
		Marriage and Family Therapists broaden the traditional emphasis on the individual to attend to the nature and role of individuals in relationships such as marriage and the family.
	www.familytherapycenter.org /Counseling.htm (403 words)

	Family therapy
		Family therapists may be either psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, or other professionals certified by a specialty board in marriage and family therapy.
		Family therapists typically look for the level and types of emotions expressed, patterns of dominance and submission, the roles played by family members, communication styles, and the locations of emotional triangles.
		The chief risk in family therapy is the possible unsettling of rigid personality defenses in individuals, or couple relationships that had been fragile before the beginning of therapy.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/family_therapy.jsp (1832 words)

	Family therapy
		Family therapy is based on the belief that the family is a unique social system with its own structure and patterns of communication.
		Family therapy is a very active type of therapy, and family members are often given assignments.
		Family therapy is useful in dealing with relationship problems within the family and may help reduce symptoms such as eating disorders or alcohol use problems.
	www.webmd.com /hw/emotional_wellness/tj1979.asp (783 words)

	Family Therapy
		Filial therapy is an alternative method for treating emotionally disturbed children in which the parent is used as an ally in the therapeutic process.
		Family therapy training should include intellectual knowledge, but should also encourage trainees to connect their real world experiences, abilities and passions to their work as family therapists.
		Therapists and researchers are invited to hear the stories of lesbian and gay clients and their families' experiences of oppression and resilience, followed by a brief discussion of the clinically relevant issues and interventions.
	www.athealth.com /Practitioner/Newsletter/FPN_4_31.html (557 words)

	Marriage & Family Therapy, Counseling, Therapist, Counselor, NYC, Westchester, relationship advice
		Cognitive-behavioral therapy for families is brief and solution-focused, and addresses a wide range of psychological problems (depression, anxiety, anger outbursts, acting out behavior, obesity, addictions, coping with physical illness, etc.).
		When working with families, therapists often see members individually as well as together, to get a full picture of the issues involved, and to work more in depth with each individual regarding their role or contribution to the family's problematic patterns.
		The family meetings are forums in which perspectives and experiences are shared, and increased understanding and problem-solving occurs.
	www.cognitive-therapy-associates.com /family-counseling-therapy.php (266 words)

	Birmingham Family Therapy Clinic FAQ
		Practical Therapy is a theory and method of brief therapy which emphasizes respect and the collaborative efforts of clients and therapists to resolve challenges effectively and provide long-lasting results.
		For instance, when we are working with couples and families, it is often important for each family member to hear from one another their belief of the situation and eventual resolution, as well as what works and what doesn’t in the marriage or family.
		These issues include: blended family or adoptive family issues, anger management, children's impulsivity, sexual abuse and/or physical abuse, self-worth issues, attention deficit disorder/attention deficit with hyper activity disorder, learning to parent effectively, dealing with the loss of a loved one, childhood developmental disorders, and family involvement in the legal system.
	www.brief-therapy.net /faq.htm (1131 words)

	DYS - Family Therapy
		The goals of this approach are to encourage families to recognize their strengths, educate regarding effective parenting skills with logical consequences, and to improve communication within the family.
		Family Therapy usually begins while the youth is in a residential placement and may address such issues as communication skills, anger management, conflict resolution skills, and establishing appropriate familial boundaries.
		Additionally, Family Specialists collaborate with other assisting agencies to determine the most effective provision of services to the youth and their families.
	www.dss.mo.gov /dys/ft.htm (292 words)

	Brief Family Therapy Center
		By bringing these small successes to their awareness, and helping them to repeat these successful things they do when the problem is not there or less severe, their life becomes better and people become more confident about themselves.
		SFBT (Solution-Focused Brief Therapy) has taken almost 30 years to develop what it is today and it is simple to learn, but difficult to practice because our old learning gets in the way.
		The model continues to evolve and change, and is increasingly taken out of the therapy or counseling rooms and is applied wherever people want to get along with, or to work together, no matter what the setting and who is involved.
	www.brief-therapy.org (653 words)

	News - Family Therapy Helps Boys Who Bully (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Bullying is a common behavior on the playground or in the classroom.
		The boys who went through the family therapy were significantly less likely to bully at the end of the 6-month study, compared to the boys who didn't receive the family therapy.
		The positive effects of the family therapy seemed to persist, too, because a year after the study began, only 7 of the 22 boys in the group still bullied, but 21 out of the 22 boys in the non-therapy group still bullied.
	kidshealth.org /research/therapy_bully.html (480 words)

	Family Therapy
		The CFT Program is housed in the Department of Child Development and Family Science at North Dakota State University.
		The program is accredited by the Commission for Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE).
		We believe it is our responsibility as therapists to extended our work beyond the therapy room by using our skills to create meaningful social change in the community.
	www.ndsu.edu /ndsu/familytherapy (253 words)

	M.S. in Family Therapy
		The M.S. in Family Therapy is designed to help students develop clinical excellence and prepare for careers as marriage and family therapists.
		The M.S. in Family Therapy is offered on-campus on NSU's Main Campus and in a weekend format at selected NSU Educational Centers.
		To complete the M.S. in Family Therapy, you must complete 500 hours of client contact, 250 of which must be with couples and families.
	shss.nova.edu /Academic_Programs/MastersPrograms/MSFT.htm (1619 words)

	Family therapy
		he family is the basic unit of well-being...it is our belief that families have the resources to adequately respond to life's challenges.
		Our job is not to do for, but to facilitate the efforts of individuals and their families to more effectively resolve the problems in their lives and improve their ability to respond to events.
		FSC is dedicated to lending a hand to the effort of families and individuals to be at their best.
	www.familyservicecenter.com (597 words)

	Couples & Family Therapy Arena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		You can also use our RSS feed to display an automatically-updated list of our latest Couples and Family Therapy titles on your blog or website (let us know if you do this because we'd be interested to see).
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		In Counseling Addicted Families, Gerald A. Juhnke and William Bryce Hagedorn recognize that even those treatment providers who understand the importance of the familial context of addiction are often stymied by the variety of family treatment theories and their often imperfect fit for cases of addiction.
	www.familytherapyarena.com (1229 words)

	Amazon.com: Family Therapy: An Overview (with InfoTrac): Books: Herbert Goldenberg,Irene Goldenberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		FAMILY THERAPY provides a balanced presentation of the major theoretical underpinnings and clinical practices in the field.
		By presenting an overview of traditional and evolving viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy, Herbert and Irene Goldenberg provide current, relevant, practice-oriented content laying the foundation for students to become proficient family therapists.
		As a student of Family Therapy I am keenly aware of the need to have first-class resources that utilize proven techniques and that are theoretically sound.
	www.amazon.com /Family-Therapy-An-Overview-InfoTrac/dp/0534556698 (1428 words)

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