FRHD 3400 Lecture 8: Week 8: Focusing and Family Systems Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3400
• Professor: John Beaton

Document Summary

Compassion fatigue and self of the helper. Focuses on how family members could maintain a healthy balance between being enmeshed and being disengaged. Believes each member should have an individual identity, while maintaining closeness with family. Different patterns are transmitted from 1 generation to the next. We all have a self identity and we need to balance this with our family identity. Common triangle: emotional conflict with 2 parents, 1 parent is distant with the child while the other is close. Looking at how these triangles transmit through the generation. Triangle imagery is used because it is imbalanced (homeostasis) No evidence for the youngest or oldest. Everybody can be physically present in the home, however there may be emotional distance. Indicate names of family members for at least 3 generations. How they are passed down through the generations. Raised during the great depression, war torn area, etc. * deep impact on your family and your family contact.