{"title":"Parentification and Related Processes: Distinction and Implications for Clinical Practice","authors":"Stéphanie Haxhe","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1199768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1199768","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT With the emergence of what can be called “new families,” the place and the role of the child are increasingly questioned. If a child helps a parent or takes care of them, the terms “parentified child,” “parental child,” or “adult child” are used equally. However, these concepts hide different processes that have different impacts on the child’s development. In the present article, based on the current doctoral research and clinical practice experience, the author will try to make the distinction between these concepts and to illustrate them. By a better identification of each process the author is convinced that therapists and social workers can be helped in their interventions with children and their families.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1199768","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60035326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Music Therapy Into Marriage and Family Therapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives","authors":"Kevin M. Smith, K. Hertlein","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1199767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1199767","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The integration of music therapy into marriage and family therapy is an under researched and largely unknown to many clinicians in this field. The understanding of musical integration should be expanded upon for others to utilize in their own therapeutic way. Musical integration in many areas of research shed light upon the improvements it can make to areas of post-operative rehabilitation, biological structures of the mind and body, stress reduction techniques, and therapeutic enhancement. Following a trial integration of music into couples therapy, clients participating in this trial integration found multiple positives effects upon themselves and their relational well-being. Musical integration holds the potential for significant change in the lives of many clients seeking therapeutic help from a marriage and family therapist and the ability to be refined through continued understanding and integration.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1199767","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60035175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul R Springer, Adam M. Farero, R. Bischoff, Nathan C Taylor
{"title":"Using Experiential Interventions With Distance Technology: Overcoming Traditional Barriers","authors":"Paul R Springer, Adam M. Farero, R. Bischoff, Nathan C Taylor","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1169028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169028","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Advances in technology have made tele-mental health an important solution and reality to address mental health disparities, especially among underserved regions in the U.S. In fact, the benefits of tele-mental health are varied, and have been shown to significantly reduce symptoms for a variety of mental disorders, including depression, PTSD and anger problems. While tele-mental health is equally effective as traditional face-to-face treatment in relation to symptom reduction and patient satisfaction, the medium limits how psychotherapy is conducted. To overcome these limitations therapists must accommodate how they provide therapy, which requires unique skills. This paper will introduce the application of experiential techniques as a way to engage patients and overcome the traditional barriers associated to delivering mental health via distance technology. Types of experiential interventions, as well as tips for using these interventions through tele-mental delivery will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60035043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Qualitative Study of Safety and Belongings Before and After the Communist Regime in Slovakia","authors":"Kristina Burgetova","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1169025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169025","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This qualitative study examined the experience and perceptions of individuals’ immediate environment, family cohesion, safety and belongings during and after the communist regime in Slovakia. The aim of this exploratory study was to gain more understanding of the impact of political regime on individual’s perceptions and viewpoints. Purposeful sampling was used to select 12 participants who were divided based on specific criteria into 2 groups: “the younger” and “the older group.” Content analyses were used to analyze the data. Implications for future research and practice along with research limitation are discussed.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60034985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anisha Shah, A. Nagpal, M. V, Ila Lyngksiar Rynjah
{"title":"Combined Couples’ Therapy: A Qualitative Study of Individual and Conjoint Sessions","authors":"Anisha Shah, A. Nagpal, M. V, Ila Lyngksiar Rynjah","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1169019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169019","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Combined couples’ therapy is an integrative format of couple therapy where the therapist combines the use of individual and conjoint sessions in therapy. However, little is known about the processes that occur in this type of therapy. In this study, a qualitative analysis of written records was undertaken to identify certain characteristics of combined couples’ therapy themes and goals. There were 15 cases identified for inclusion in this study. The majority of the clients were young educated couples in their first family life cycle stage, from middle to upper socioeconomic status, having dual careers. Results show that while dyadic/systemic issues are discussed in individual and conjoint sessions, the sessions differ in goals addressed. Moreover, certain themes like self-in-marriage concerns, unresolved past conflicts, violence, and resistance for conjoint sessions are addressed exclusively in individual sessions. The findings have implications for individual and conjoint sessions in couples’ therapy.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60035313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underexplored Identities: Attending to Asexuality in Therapeutic Contexts","authors":"Sarah M. Steelman, K. Hertlein","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1169014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169014","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Asexuality is an identity held by individuals who have low to no sexual desire or drive which can often be mistaken for hypoactive sexual desire disorder. This article highlights the key diagnostic and clinical differences between hypoactive sexual desire disorder and asexuality. It provides key information about the various typologies of asexuality. We describe the 4 phases of treatment: joining, clarifying definitions, challenging beliefs, and assumptions of socially sanctioned behavior, and developing a common or agreed-upon definition of expression. A case vignette is included.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60035302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Down the IPscope: A Case Study of Relational Assessment Practices at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre","authors":"Jen Eeson, T. Strong","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1169023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169023","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Calgary Family Therapy Centre (Canada), under the clinical direction of Dr. Karl Tomm, has been a site of innovative practice for decades. One such innovative practice has been the development and clinical use of the interpersonal patterns diagnostic system for assessing relational concerns, therapeutic developments, and well-being. The first author studied IPscope’s development and recent use at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre using a case study format. Through interviews with clinical staff, trainees, and administrators, document reviews, ethnographic observation, and reference to the literature on diagnosis and family therapy we highlight the unique practices, experiences, and circumstances involved in the use of the IPscope and discuss my findings in the context of family therapy practice and administration increasingly dominated by expected use of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnoses.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1169023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60034915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Externalizing Identities: An Integration of Narrative Therapy and Queer Theory","authors":"Sarah M. Steelman","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1136549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1136549","url":null,"abstract":"Narrative therapists appreciate the importance and power of language. Through language, they give privilege to alternative, life giving stories instead of to dominant stories that create misery for clients (White, 2011). Heterosexism (that is, being heterosexual is the “preferred” and “appropriate” sexual orientation) affects all individuals in the dominant culture. To challenge harmful social constructions of sexual orientation, narrative therapists dismantle these “normative” stories of privilege and liberate clients from the oppression of “Grand Narratives” (Doan, 1998). In this article, I will suggest an intervention idea, informed by queer theory, which these therapists can use affirmatively in narrative practice. This intervention can be used with sexual minority identities (LGB+) and heterosexual clients, as all members of society fall under the reign of heterosexism. I will start by describing the practice of externalization, one of narrative’s most notable techniques, followed by ways to utilize this process through the lens of queer theory. Also included is a discussion of the intervention itself, complete with a case study that demonstrates the applicability of the approach for marriage and family therapists.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1136549","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60035245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Restoring the Mind–Body Unity: A New Alliance Between Neurosciences and Psychotherapy","authors":"L. Onnis","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1136544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1136544","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A “new alliance” between neuroscience and psychotherapy is currently taking place, with important European contributions reviewed in this article. Recent neuroscientific developments are attempting to re-integrate the mind–body unity by proposing that the mind is linked not only to the body but to specific neuronal brain structures. Neuroscientific explorations are contributing concepts such as the relational mind, implicit memory, and mirror neurons. Related concepts and findings confirm experimental and clinical issues tied to developmental psychology and psychotherapy. Key themes emerge from the intersection of these fields, including the importance of implicit relational knowledge, analogic and metaphoric languages, the empathic underpinning of therapeutic relationships, and the dynamics of therapeutic change. This new mind–body alliance opens up new doors for inquiry and for understanding for both theory and practice of the psychotherapeutic process.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1136544","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60034576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mentorship in Family Therapy Training Programs: Students’ and New Graduates’ Perspectives","authors":"A. Prouty, K. B. Helmeke, J. Fischer","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2016.1136546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1136546","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using an online survey, researchers examined strengths and challenges of professional mentoring as viewed by new family therapists. The sample was mostly Caucasian, female, and trained in master’s programs within the United States (U.S.). Mentorships were most often informally arranged, and mentors were most likely clinicians internal to the program. Students in doctoral programs were most likely to be mentored. Mentors and mentees were generally unmatched by gender, but were likely to be matched by ethnic identity and sexual orientation. Several suggestions are made for future research on the quality, types, and roles of mentorship within the profession of family therapy.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2016.1136546","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60035081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}