Family Therapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076126 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dan Wulff (0000-0002-9935-0267, University of Calgary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosf023.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4320159239 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that conceptualizes personal/individual problematic behaviors as embedded within a person's relationships rather than locating them within the intrapsychic world. Presenting problems are “symptoms” of systemic distress in a client's life, serving as signals that interpersonal relationships are somehow disjointed or causing harm. Origins of “problems” are less significant than the ways in which troublesome behaviors are interpersonally (systemically) supported and maintained. The family systems metaphor has stimulated challenging examinations of gender inequalities, interpersonal power differentials, and cultural variations of preferred interaction. Postmodern ideas have ushered in discursive/narrative metaphors that have pushed the systems metaphor to include language practices and societal discourses. True to the origins of family therapy in challenging social norms, the field continues to evolve by examining its own premises
Distress · Epistemology · Family therapy · Field (mathematics · Harm · Interpersonal communication · Linguistics · Metaphor · Narrative · Narrative therapy · Postmodernism · Power (physics · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |