PSYC2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Coparenting, Dysfunctional Family, Nuclear Family
27 Jul 2018
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"a dysfunctional family is any family that has more than one person in it" What will be covered on family therapy: goals of families across the life stages, definition of family therapy, models of family therapy, common skills of family therapists, clinical examples of family therapy. They serve a number of practical and relationship roles. The traditional nuclear family is becoming less common. Best considered as a network of people in a person immediate social system: a combination of biological, legal, affection, geographical and historical ties, can involve people living outside the family home. The main use is how this network meets the individuals needs. The goals of families at different life stages. Families with parents near the end of their life. There are a number of different models of family therapy. These differ their focus on problem-maintaining behaviour patterns, problematic and constraining belief systems, historical and contextual predisposing factors.
