PSY3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: System Dynamics, Genogram, Family Process

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - Psychology
• Course: PSY3120
• Professor: Various

Document Summary

Family systems therapy book chapter: the fourth force of counselling shift paradigms, elatio(cid:374)al aspe(cid:272)ts of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s(cid:859) problems. The family systems perspective: person best understood through assessing interactions between and among family members, symptoms= expression of habits & patterns within a family, 4 (cid:373)ai(cid:374) assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374)s of (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)ati(cid:272) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Issues w/how the system functions not just issues within the individual. It serves a function or purpose for the family. Esult of fa(cid:373)ily(cid:859)s i(cid:374)a(cid:271)ility to operate produ(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ely espe(cid:272)ially duri(cid:374)g de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal transitions. Symptom of dysfunctional patterns handed down across generations. = challenges traditional intrapsychic way of conceptualizing human problems and their formation: client is connected to living systems. Development of family systems therapy: alfred adler: open-forum family counseling: subjective interactions that occur in every day life. Discover purpose and goals of behavior by looking at these interactions: murray bowen: multigenerational family therapy: differentiate self within a system and understand ones family of origin.