Identifying the Need for Family Involvement / David M. Kaplan.

This chapter addresses the issue of when counselors should suggest to their clients that their family members should become involved in the counseling process. Family systems theory and its application are reviewed, with a special focus on issues involving communication, problem solving, family role...

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Main Author: Kaplan, David M.
Language:English
Published: Greensboro, NC : ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services, 2003.
Subjects:
Counseling.
Counseling Techniques.
Family Communication.
Family Counseling.
Family Involvement.
Family Role.
Models.
Problem Solving.
Systems Approach.
Theory Practice Relationship.
Family Systems Theory
Information Analyses.
Genre:
Information Analyses.
Physical Description:22 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
This chapter addresses the issue of when counselors should suggest to their clients that their family members should become involved in the counseling process. Family systems theory and its application are reviewed, with a special focus on issues involving communication, problem solving, family roles, and boundaries. Family systems theory is a paradigm shift that views problems in an entirely different way than do approaches that focus on the individual. Systems theory helps counselors recognize that many presenting problems in counseling have nothing to do with intrapsychic issues. The author notes that helping a client to develop healthy ways of communicating, problem solving, establishing roles, and delineating boundaries may make all the differences when presenting problems are due to, or exacerbated by, imbalances in the family system. (Contains 20 references.) (GCP)
Note:Availability: ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 201 Ferguson Building, P.O. Box 26171, Greensboro, NC 27402-6171 ($34.95). Tel: 336-334-4114; Tel: 800-414-9769 (Toll Free); Fax: 336-334-4116; e-mail: ericcass@uncg.edu; Web site: http://ericcass.uncg.edu.
ERIC Note: In: Family Counseling for All Counselors; see CG 032 109.
Microform.
Call Number:ED471319 Microfiche
Audience:
Practitioners. ericd
Counselors. ericd
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.