Overall family structure

Over completely family structureAbstractThis penning introduces Helen, Julie, and Garry a family sub restrain from the movie, The P argonnthood and provides a description of their overall family structure too nailn in the form of a genogram. The paper too includes a literature review of both Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT), and Solution-Focused Family Therapy (SFT) with the author settling on SFT as the preferred method for eliciting lurch from a systems perspective which also includes a sermon plan complete with practical interferences using SFT and a GARF synopsis from the BFT approach. In addition to noning how Helen and her children relate to the larger family system the apprentice offers a look into her private world ground on the effects of treating this family.The Family SubsetThe family subset to be discussed, from the movie The P argonnthood, is comprised of a come apartd m early(a) of deuce children, unrivaled of which is salty in puerile premarital sex, an d the opposite is masturbating bit watching full-gr take leads. This core group has expanded to include a hubby for the teenage daughter who comes to wear in the ingleside of his refreshing in-laws, a come interest for the mother, Helen, who eventually becomes a husband and the deficiencyed receive subject argona up for the pubescent son, and an extremely disinterested father who is preoccupied with his refreshing liveness which includes a new set of children in addition to a new wife. Helen is the second child of four born to her p bents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buck human macrocosms. bingle of the more(prenominal) noticeable things ab erupt the family is the winningred that does not exist amongst the family patriarch and his older three children. It is especially painful to witness how hard Gil, the branchborn son, tries to be such(prenominal) a good father by universeness so actively intricate in the lives of his testify children as a way to escape falling in to the same pattern of his fathers nurtureing style. In addition, to the fathers byside race with his children is the actually passive attitude of the mother. Her both contract to importune her ego into conversation and even the lives of her children are thwarted and in the long give way overshadowed by the concluding rate of her authoritative and detached husband.Each of the four children Gil, Helen, Susan, and Larrys parenting style and success in their sexual/marital births spate be attributed to the way they sympathize their own up totaling. As menti wholenessd earlier, Gils desire to hand over a better relationship with his children has typefaced him to be extremely high strung which is possibly be ca-ca of the self compel pressure to succeed. Also, his oldest son, who he tries the hardest to bond with has been diagnosed with something akin to high- cognitive process autism to which he goddamns himself. How incessantly, his marital relationship appears to be pretty solid at that placeof, he has succeeded in not organism like his father in the respect that he shows to his wife.Susan, the youngest daughter has elect a man who was able to tame her wild antics. She found his take hold to be quite sexually attractive. Susans response to her husband is a two-fold forget of her bearing witness to her mother being dominationled by her father as a child and wanting to rebel once morest that control while in secret desiring it. Nathan, Susans husband, is unlike her father in that he is very involved with their and daughter, Patty. The problem is that Nathan is overly occupied with everything that relates to Pattys educational capabilities and has included her in every aspect of their lives leaving very little term for intimacy for a still newly espouse couple. Thus, causing distance in their relationship which forces her to not be like her mother at all, and initiates a insulation from him for a while.The youngest son, Larry, has seemi ngly bring ined the most from the paternal relationship be piss the father see a lot of himself in this son is not as winning as the other children whose relationships with their dad were not as close. Larry is extremely freewheeling and has only held on to the life lessons taught by his father that enable him to build on his quest for getting rich quick. Larry does not set ab step to the fore a stable companion, has never been married, does not hold a steady job, and has brought home a son whose mother is a Las Vegas showgirl at best. magic spell Larrys life seems to be the most exciting, he lives rather dangerously and his life is at risk as a number of his out of control gambling which is a part of his quick money schemes.Helens childrens sort is a reflection of the timing of her divorce rather than a reflection of her parenting style. along with the end of a marital relationship between a husband and a wife during and after the divorce come feelings of failure, blame, and denial. The problem is that those emotions and musical themes are not exclusive to the couple involved but, of cristal are things experient by a child who is a product of divorce. When the parent who has the children, in this case the mother-Helen, has not adequately dealt with their own feelings concerning the divorce it puffs it extremely tricky for them to address the motifs, wants, and concerns of their offspring. Helens childrens actions are in relation to an unsmooth transition delinquent to being a product of a bad divorce (Carter McGoldrick, 2005). And, thus have turned into a centrifugal family leaving the mother out and making her feel as if everything is her fault and there is nothing that she smoke do to make them happy (Capuzzi Gross, 2007). In our patriarchal society the man is often cut intoed the breadwinner even if both parties are gainfully employed while the woman is regulated to the position of primary caregiver. In this role, Helen is battling a pasture of lifes concerns from her own happiness which she feels she is omissioning because of her accountability to her children. In her current state, she stoolnot be some(prenominal) good to her children although their safety and swell up-being is her main concern. The manner in which this family interacts with one some other is a direct result of how their person-to-person experiences with the divorce of Helen and her x has negatively impacted their thoughts and patterns of manners. Each taking on or placing the blame on self or one of the other remaining members of their family unit.Therapy would allot Helen and her children, Julie and Garry, by helping them over this intermediary hump of emotions relating to the divorce crisis and run short them into the next healthy symbolize of the family cycle they outright find themselves. pigeonholing therapy would provide the family and opportunity to tellingly communicate their individual issues for example, Helen might bring up her concerns surrounding her role as primary caregiver and the neglect that is self-inflicted in hopes that she might make up for some(prenominal) her ex-husbands absence has strip them of Julie might discuss how she call for to feel the love of a male person figure and although her choice might not be the brightest he is showing her the love that she feels she requirements Garry leave alone likely open up somewhat how his family has turned against him (his mother do his father not love him anymore, his father choosing to love his other son more, and his sister turning to her boyfriend and unless ackat onceledging him) just as his body has (because he no longer has a father to discuss and prepare him for the upcoming rule bodily changes associated with puberty).In order for this family subset to r for separately one a place of normal healthy functioning for a family unit it is necessary to assess and bring about an environment of apprehensiveness of the stirre d up attachment of the family system and, how easily the family is able to adjust to whatever rude(a) and unsuspected events that occur during the life cycle (Maynard Olson, 1987). The learner believes that the two systematic therapeutic models that ordain work best in bringing this family back to a controlling place in their cognition, and behavior are solution focus therapy and family behavioral therapy. Solution- think therapy allow work to accentuate the successes of Helen and her children and move them apart from current behaviors that have them all(prenominal) emphasizing on their own failures and that of other members of their family subset (insert citation here, Clinical Training in Solution focused therapy-Josee Lamarre, ledger of Family Psychotherapy 143-148, 2005). time Behavioral Family Therapy valuates the family and how they currently work together so that changes can be made towards how they ordain interact with for severally one other moving forward ( insert citation here, Eileen Spillane-Grieco, Cognitive-behavioral family therapy with a family in high-conflict divorce A case study, Clinical Social Work Journal 2000 105-119)In using the behavioral model the position of the direction-at-law is to assist the lymph node family in ever-changing proper(postnominal) behaviors which have been defined by Dr. Glasser as being comprised of action, thinking, feelings, and physiology and, in turn leave cause effective communicating to develop (Glasser, 1980a). Solution-focused therapy suggests that the knob family should look to what is presently taking place, and where they want to be in the prox as debate to what has transpired in the past. In changing the focus of the therapy academic sessions from that of the problem to that of achieving their personal goals based on what they would like to see as a result of their duration in therapy volition cause the leaf node family to lower implementing the necessary steps to see thos e things realized. In addition, the invitee is instrumental to the process because they are constantly asked to define for themselves what is necessary for change to take place, or for the counseling being received to be effective (insert citation here A Thumb-nail map for solution-focused brief therapy, Lance Taylor, Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 2005, 27-33) thus, causing Helen and her children to communicatoryize their responsibility to the success of their family unit.A Literature revaluationThe articles that go forth be discussed in this literature review testament indicate the importance of the helping relationship provide insight into intervention models that have worked with a range of guest race, age, and backgrounds utilizing both behavioral family and solution-focused therapies. In addition, the editorials will offer evidence towards how well these theories have worked and will work for the learners leaf node family. On Behavioral Family TherapyThoughts about se eking help from a direction can have negative connotations as expressed in the film from which we pull in our thickening family-The Parenthood. Individuals are considered to be crazy, or think their problems are too insignificant, or are afraid of embarrassing themselves or their families with the kind of information that will be discussed. But, in actuality therapy provides an environment that is non-judgmental and safe, a counselor will affirm the feelings of the knob and challenge them to think and behave in a manner that causes them to be more productive. It is those negative thoughts that will make it harder to get an entire family to come, as opposed to a single person, or even partake in the first couple of sessions. The problem has been statistically proven to be more likely a case of engagement. One article suggests that Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT) has the helping relationship as the foundation and if the counselor is able to build rapport quickly and earnestly then cece, it is more potential that the leaf node family will not only remain engaged in the therapeutic process but, will likely have a palmy outcome once therapy has ended (James, Cushway, Fadden, 2006). It is necessary to mention counselor responsibility in BFT considering that their role is valuable to the process. The therapist is needful to explore and evaluate the hows of the family system as it operates currently and its potential for operation in the future (James, Cushway, Fadden, 2006). Without arguing for or against nature or nurture it is safe to say that family does play an classical role in the way one acts consider the relationships of the Buckman clan as a whole and the dysfunction that ensues as they attempt to be different than the generation before them, and so then it should be equally safe to believe that therapy that would include the family is just as important in working towards change. Change is the ultimate goal in identifying and then ranking behaviors that the client family would like to change are priority. Once they have been outlined then interventions to facilitate change are necessary. In charge with the definition of behavior which included thinking one conduit for change is official thinking through and through cognitive restructuring, each family member will take a list of strengths of all of the members of the family unit. The result brings about a hotshot of self-awareness and quite possibly a new way of what role one really plays in the family structure. Part of the grooming will be for each family member to work on maintaining this new self-image in between sessions and ultimately adopting it as a lifestyle change (Khodayarifard, Rehm, Khodayarifard, 2007). This type of intervention will work well with Helen and her children as they are quite verbal in their disdain of each other. So, in highlighting the positive qualities of each other will not only affirm their role within the family, and work to dispel some of the former negative statements but, will cause them to live up to the attributes ascribed to them more often thus, serving as a behavior modification.Although there is overwhelming evidence that supports the effectiveness of family behavioral therapy an article from 2000 argues that inquiry shows that this theory has not been sufficiently compared to other like orientations (Kolko, Brent, Baugher, Bridge, Birmaher, 2000). However, BFT is still thought to be one of the best methods because of its relative adaptive nature that is circumstantial to the preferred client demographics-family, individual adult, adolescent, and etc. as the client family consists of a mother, and two children one teenager, and one adolescent. Behavioral Family Therapy will work well in a family setting as Helen, Julie, and Garry can participate equally. The self control technique is an effective intervention that can be employ to Helen and her children within the Behavioral Family Therapy model. This method holds that each individual is responsible for their own actions and possess the necessary qualities to change them (Teichman Eliahu, 1986). Taking personal responsibility will force the family subset to see themselves separately from who they believe their parents to be and remove the need to place the blame on them for how they have decided to live their lives. For instance, Garrys behavior will no longer lead to acts of destruction because his father has elect to not be actively involved in his life instead, he will recognize that he has control over who he will be and that is completely separate from who his father is to him.On Solution-Focused TherapyAs the therapy call down suggests there is an immediate purpose when utilizing this model. As such, after the necessary preliminary things have been accounted for, one of the first pieces of information that the counselor needs to extract are the exceptions. These are windows into viewing potential solutions in that they i dentify specific instances where the client has already attempted to change what is considered normal behavior (Corcoran, 1997). Exceptions are seen as a kind of intervention in that positive asseveration is bestowed onto the person who has created an avenue for personal change and in so doing shows them how soft it is for change to occur. This will translate to Helen and her children perhaps through Julie who has demonstrated that she runs away from her problems-literally. She left home after an argument with her mother and impulsively got married she left her husband and returned home when things got a little thick between her and Tod. But, during his stint as a race car driver, even though she vehemently opposed to this career option she showed up to the contest and was first at his side when he wrecked. All done of her own will and thus, a time when she changed what could be considered normal or pass judgment behavior.With thoughts focused on the future exceptions it will all ow for the client family to consider how they can make a difference in family squabbles and other relational issues by meditating on the future. What will not happen are constant thoughts on the pain, the frustration, and the angst associated with the impaired state of the family but, instead each member will hypothesize on a dream solution, which is ultimately a resolution to a problem (Bannink, 2007). One outcome to an ideal solution for this family would be that they no longer talked or yelled at each other but, now respected each other enough to quiet themselves and listen to the opinions and concerns of each other. Another benefit of the therapy would be for the family members to learn how to respond rather than contradict in a calm and rational manner.Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) will cause the client family to look to self for resolution as opposed to the very dysfunctional thinking of placing blame and pointing out the negative in others. It is believed by the author, t hat a persons natural inclination is to think more negatively than positively in terms of what is likely to happen based on what has previously occurred. But, through the use of this model they find that the reverse is actually true and are likely to look forward to each day as opposed to dreading coming home to mom, or spending family time together (Reiter, 2007). inductionBoth, BFT and SFT focus on the relationship and building rapport with the client in addition to being able to fit a broad spectrum of clientele. The crew of Behavioral Family Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy will help the client family come out triumphant because of the effectiveness of each orientation separately. BFT would work to learn the negative behaviors and then work to teach and enforce new behaviors and SFT will mandate that their upkeep perpetually be focused on bringing about a different outcome and therefore a preferred outcome.While there are a myriad of downsides to both BFT and SFT they ar e so consequence that they would not likely have an adverse affect on the client family. For instance, it whitethorn be that the length or number of sessions will be smaller than other theoretical approaches which would suit Helen just fine considering she is now the main source of income for the home. Fewer sessions can also work in favor of the client family in pushing them into setting realistic goals that need to be achieved and will also cause for the techniques learned while utilizing each approach be employed sooner rather than later and hopefully will continue long after the sessions have ended to go on with the changes that are necessary for success within their family unit.Through homework and other intervention exercises a favorable outcome is expected of Helen, Julie, and Garry, the client family. They will unlearn playing the victim role and lashing out in anger, learn how to effectively communicate, accept what has transpired in their lives and in lay it foundation them not out of embarrassment or shame but, out of a realization that the present and future is where their focus needs to be. In the end, the learner is confident that both the Solution-Focused Therapy and the Family Behavioral Therapy theoretical orientations will run as a successful method of therapy for this family.Diagnosis and Treatment patternHelen and her children by all accounts can be considered a family that has not mend from divorce but copes with what that disruption to their family system translates for them and yearns to be well again seeks the counseling services of the learner. The remaining members of this unit individually and collectively pose a range of dysfunctional behaviors that include but are not contain to premarital teen sex, masturbation, yelling at each other and other dysfunctional communication patterns. The learner proposes that the therapeutic model that will work best in bringing Helen and her children back to a positive place in their cognit ion, and behavior is solution-focused family therapy.Before a counselor or therapist is able to successfully engage the client through verbal communication, sign(a) clues are given as to potentially how bad the office staff is by simple things like how the clients chooses to sit in the room (Walrond-Skinner, 1976, p. 39). These kinds of nonverbal tools are just as important to assessing the situation as the ever blunt first research, why are you here today?The respond to that forefront is key in assessing the situation. From the interactions of the family as witnessed while in their natural habitat the by-line have been evaluated in regards to this operation of this family system effective communication does not exist between the parent and children, the blood relative emotional bond is nonexistent, and they do not rebound well when change occurs. subsequently the sign general assessment or a description of the presenting problems has been unwrap the counselor must then set goals.In a anatomy of settings such as corporate meetings, counseling sessions, and etc. one wide used acronym for goal setting is to be SMART specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. The purpose of being smart when laying out the goals for others to adhere to is to picture that they know what is expected of them without a shadow of a doubt that a counselor or therapist will be able to easily notate when progress has been made or remains unachieved to create practical objectives that while they may not be easy to accomplish are necessary for personal growth and to ensure that there is a cap so that the client is aware that a deadline to check if amelioratement has been made.With SMART in mind, the treatment plan for Helen, Julie, and Garry would include the followingGoalsHelen, Julie, and Garry will work together to improve effective communicationHelen, Julie, and Garry will learn adjustment skills as it relates to experiencing unthought situations specifically t he divorce of Helen and her ex-husbandJulie and Garry will learn to interact as siblings by learning how to supporteach other in an drive to build an emotional bond between themInterventions Clients will be undeniable to hear out the other members of their familyand to consider that persons point of view. The request to begin considering the point of view of others will begin within the second session between all three members of the family unit and will continue being asked until the 10th family session. In addition, the client family will be asked to apply this question to instances when an argument is likely to take place as a computer backup to the way they normally communicate. This intervention will include the therapist and all subsequent members of the boniface family Helen, Julie, and Garry and will last for at least(prenominal) ten sessions and will be assessed at the 10th session to see if it needs to continue.Helen, Julie, and Garry will journal about their past and present feelings related to the divorce of Helen and her ex-husband on a daily basis, and something will be chosen from each family members journal to be read aloud in the following weeks session. This intervention will allow all family members an opportunity to learn how each individual processed and is handling the divorce. In addition, the family will be required to attend at least three additional sessions of counseling in a Persons involved in Divorce support group to be educated on the varying perspectives of all involved in such a process. This intervention will include all members of the subsequent host family Helen, Julie, and Garry and the therapist will act as the reader. The therapist will also be instrumental in securing a place for them within a support group the family will be able to offer suggestions which the therapist will thoroughly consider and make an in create finding based on what is better for the clients. After the required three sessions, a d ecision as to how beneficial the group meets were and the necessity of continuing in them will determine whether more sessions are needed. That information will be considered from Helen, Julie, and Garry in addition to, the lead therapist of the group sessions.Julie and Garry will begin to unfeignedly compliment each other at least one time per day over the course of their time in therapy. In addition, they are to find out something that the other is involved in like Garrys new fascination with cars and wholeheartedly support those endeavors making time for them at least two times per calendar month. The hope is to achieve the goal of creating a authorized sibling emotional bond. This intervention will include only the sibling subset of the client family unit. And, will consist of Julie and Garry having a separate bi- weekly family session (for a total of two sessions per month) without their mother Helen. During the last session for the month a verbal synopsis that will incl ude how well they enjoyed the time spent witnessing their sibling doing something they loved.The learner has implemented interventions that adhere to the thought behind solution-focused family therapy, and when evaluating Helen and her children will take into consideration the possibility for numerous modifications based upon client achievement of goals, and failures as it relates to not adhering to the scheduled mandates of the treatment goals (Seligman, 2004). Each intervention applied would likely have the learners desired effect which will cause this family to knit closely together. They would own up to their own contributions to the state of their relationship as well as absolve themselves and the others of misplaced blame. The lines of communication will be open and no longer will they talk at each other in fits of hysteria or desperation. As a result of the intervention the family members will implement the communication skills learned which will include how to talk to each other and value the opinions, and feelings of one another even at those times of disagreement. Ultimately, this family unit will grow encompassing(prenominal) to each other, develop as a cohesive unit, mature in their personal pursuits and thought processes, and learn from each other which will cause them to have a smooth transition into the next life stage of their family subsets life cycle.The Learners Personal ReflectionThe entire process that began with watching the Buckman family at large and specifically the subset that included Helen, Julie and Garry and ended with setting goals that were believed to be to the benefit of making their family unit more cohesive had the learner slightly stressed. The limited experience in a counseling setting as a professional and as a client caused a recurring question regarding correctly processing and applying information. It is the belief of the learner that her experiences as wife, mother, daughter, sister, and etc. would create an excell ent source from which to pull information from when dealing with clients and cause an equalizing of the relationship. While the learner can clearly relate to some of the dysfunction of the family on issues such as how families talk to each other, or not actually being able to relate or have things in familiar with siblings. One aspect of this family system that the learner has no personal cognition of is divorce and how seriously it can upset the entire family cycle. The model for sum for this learner has been that of her maternal grandparents who were married for 58 years before the ending of her grandfather.The lack of reaction to Helen being divorced considering the learners religious views was a very interesting dynamic. It is more likely that this can be attributed to how often she can be credited with desiring divorce than, recognizing that as a professional personal beliefs regarding things like divorce are irrelevant to the counseling process. One of the biggest reactions was in regards to the ex-husband and his complete disregard for the well-being of his own biological children. This set off red flags of personal biases towards deadbeat dads as a result of the learners own father who was only sporadically involved in her upbringing, at best. Due to the internally boisterous response the learner will need to routinely do a self-check to ensure that her personal biases will not negatively affect the counseling environment that is a necessary conduit for client change. Due to the fathers utter removal from every aspect of his childrens life as a result of the divorce, Helen was regulated to the role of a single parent and it forced their children into a single-parent family situation (Carter McGoldrick, 2005).Early on, the learner and her three sisters formed a pack after constantly witnessing the unnecessary sibling challenger amongst their mother and her sisters. In clearing defining our goals for our sister-friend relationships, we are extremely unreserved with each other, genuinely concerned about every aspect of each other lives, and have vowed to remain so. From this relationship that was first built on a blood bond evolved four very different people, at various stages in their lives, who are now friends. Once the commitment was made to be different and was adhered to change occurred within the relationship between the learner and her youngest sister who she really did not know mostly because of the difference in age. Therefore, setting a goal for Julie and Garry to become more emotionally involved with each other was something that the learner can attest to. One closing thing to note, is how in the learners family which is multi-generational and includes not just an immediate family unit but, is comprised of across-the-board family members there is always something that occurs that can upset the family system however, behaviors are not drastically changed as a result. The adaptability of the learners family unit has created an environment where others are always prepared to take on countless roles in the event that the tralatitious role holder is unable to continue on. Thus, the family is able to continue to run smoothly even after a major upset to the family cycle. A persons entire being is founded, rooted, expanded, and explored through the family framework which by all accounts is the initial segue into a host of firsts (Carter McGoldrick, 2005). Thus, it stands to reason that it is completely necessary to ensure the stability of the family unit by ensuring its flexibility when presented with anything that has the power to modify the normal flow of the family system and, maintaini