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Family Therapy with Adolescents in Residential Treatment

Author : Jacob D. Christenson

Publisher : Springer

Page : 464 pages

File Size : 32,78 MB

Release : 2017-03-30

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 3319517473

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This highly practical resource integrates the powerful dynamics of family into residential treatment and outdoors-based therapy for young people. Recognizing both the family as the systemic base for promoting change in adolescents and the therapeutic potential of the residential/wilderness setting, experts show how aligning the two can enhance the healing value of the program while promoting higher standards for care. Chapters describe innovative, science-based interventions and techniques for treating common behavioral and emotional problems along a continuum of family involvement and separation, to address issues affecting the family as well as the identified patient. With its accessible ideas and compelling case studies, the book ably demonstrates the critical role of family in adolescent patients’ successful transition to post-treatment life. Among the topics covered: • A parallel process: home therapy while the adolescent or young adult is in residential care.• Intentional separation of families: increasing differentiation through wilderness therapy.• Emerging family therapy models utilized in residential settings.• Engaging families in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare.• Research on coping skills used by youth with emotional and behavioral disorders.• Expanding our understanding of the place of family therapy in residential treatment. Family Therapy with Adolescents in Residential Treatment offers novel, exciting, and effective strategies and techniques for practitioners and mental health professionals particularly interested in family therapy with adolescents, and in related interventions and research.



Brief Strategic Family Therapy

Author : José Szapocznik

Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,42 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9781433831706

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This book describes Brief Strategic Family Therapy, a strengths-based model for diagnosing and correcting interaction patterns that are linked to troublesome symptoms in children ages 6 to 18.



The Influence of Family Therapy on Flexibility and Cohesion Among Family Members Seeking Male Residential Treatment for Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Abuse

Author : Stephanie L. Marlowe

Publisher :

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 50,66 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Communication in families

ISBN :

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The present study investigated within a substance abuse treatment center the influence of family therapy on flexibility and cohesion among family members. Past studies have suggested adolescents who abuse substances exist in families who have a lack of balance of flexibility and cohesion. Unfortunately, few studies have examined the influence of family therapy on flexibility and cohesion throughout the states of an adolescent and young adult substance abuse treatment program. The sample of participants for this study was drawn from residents of Capstone Treatment Center in Judsonia, Arkansas. Participants included residents and parents. The Family Flexibility and Cohesion Evaluation Scales IV (FACES IV) was administered two separate times within the process of treatment: upon admission and upon discharge. FACES IV, a self-report instrument, examined family cohesion and family flexibility. It was predicted that the family will exhibit high scores for the Unbalanced Scales and low scores for the Balanced Scales at the time of admission. A second hypothesis predicted that the score of the families' Flexibility and Cohesion will move toward a more balanced system, suggesting a higher level of satisfaction within the family system. Hypothesis one was supported from five of the six scales. Hypothesis two was also supported and research implications of these findings are discussed. -Author



Residential Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Families

Author : Gary M. Blau

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 271 pages

File Size : 45,45 MB

Release : 2014-06-05

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1135009929

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Now more than ever there is a need to ensure that best practices are being used in residential programs. As the focus on costs and outcomes increase, residential programs must clearly demonstrate that the interventions provided are efficient and effective. Readers will learn how to: Create strength-based, empowering and healing environments; Better engage and partner with children, adolescents and families, in meaningful ways; Support those who have experienced trauma and loss, and to prevent and eliminate the use of restraint and seclusion; Respect and include cultural indices in practices; Train, mentor, supervise, support and empower staff about how to deliver promising and best practices, and evidence-informed and evidence-based interventions; and Track long-term outcomes, and create funding strategies to better support sustained positive outcomes. This book encourages readers to think strategically about how agencies, communities and systems can identify and implement actions that lead to positive change and how to work more collaboratively to improve the lives of children and adolescents who have experienced emotional and behavioral life challenges and their families.



Family Involvement in Three Utah Adolescent Residential Treatment Centers

Author : Wesley W. Larson

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 42,7 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Electronic dissertations

ISBN :

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Family participation in residential treatment for disturbed adolescents has increased over time. A general sense of this movement is that this is beneficial. However, there are no common descriptions of family involvement in residential treatment in the literature. In order to be able to better understand which components of family involvement are most beneficial, we need to first understand how residential treatment centers (RTCs) define and describe family involvement. This study compiled data from interviews with nine participants, one each from administration, therapy staff, and direct care staff level of three northern Utah RTCs that claimed family involvement in youth treatment at their centers. Results suggest that families are involved in their children's treatment both generally through letters, phone calls, and visits, and specifically through active participation in family therapy. Descriptions of family involvement are provided through thematic presentation with exemplar quotations from participants along with their perspectives on advantages, disadvantages, restrictions, obstacles, and recommendations for enhanced family involvement in adolescent residential treatment. Participants uniformly agreed that family involvement both in general and in therapy is beneficial and that disadvantages are not sufficient to suggest that family involvement, in most cases, should cease. Implications include recommendations for increased resources to facilitate family involvement.



The Adolescent in Family Therapy

Author : Joseph A. Micucci

Publisher : Guilford Press

Page : 385 pages

File Size : 45,95 MB

Release : 2009-07-20

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1606233556

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Rich with clinical wisdom, this successful text and practitioner guide offers a comprehensive framework for treating adolescent problems in the family context. Even as teenagers become increasingly independent, Joseph Micucci shows, they still need parental guidance and nurturance. By strengthening family relationships, clinicians can alleviate symptoms and promote behavioral change. Vivid examples and session transcripts illustrate specific strategies for treating eating disorders, depression, anxiety, defiance, underachievement, and other frequently encountered challenges. Weaving together family therapy techniques with ideas from psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral approaches, the book has a pragmatic focus on effective interventions for getting adolescent development back on track. New to This Edition *Thoroughly updated to reflect current research and reader feedback. *Chapter on adolescent anxiety disorders. *Expanded coverage of attachment issues; lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth; and racial and ethnic identity. *New case material, one of the book’s most popular features.



Youth and Their Families

Author : Julie Anne Laser-Maira

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 19,93 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 0190079401

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Though a number of books covering adolescent substance abuse are available, there are very few resources that explore the topic in the context of Family Systems Therapy (FST). Youth and Their Families offers an expanded view of the therapeutic process with a specific focus on the relationshipbetween therapists, adolescents, families, communities, and substance use. By applying an FST lens, the clinician learns to view their client as an entire family system being affected by adolescent substance abuse. Furthermore, FST can be used at every stage of the substance abuse interventioncontinuum (from prevention to intervention) to provide increased functioning and strength in the family system. This book incorporates easily applicable clinical skill acquisition with the use of lively cases to give the reader requisite skills to be an effective family systems therapist.



Handbook of Adolescents and Family Therapy

Author : Marsha Pravder Mirkin

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 424 pages

File Size : 13,54 MB

Release : 1985

Category : Psychology

ISBN :

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This volume provides a comprehensive review of systemic conceptualization and treatment of adolescents and their families. There has been increasing attention to individual treatment of adolescents in the literature; this book brings together the theory and practice of family therapy in the treatment of adolescents. The Handbook of Adolescents and Family Therapy is divided into three parts. Part One is devoted to the theory which discusses the practice of systemic intervention across types of problems and varied settings. It includes a general review of family systems theory, a specific discussion of the adolescent phase of the family life cycle, and a new formulation devoted to the problem of how to choose the most effective type of intervention, given the level of family organization/disorganization.



Therapists' and Families' Views on Family Involvement in Adolescent Residential Treatment

Author : Jonathan D. Zabriskie

Publisher :

Page : 119 pages

File Size : 49,39 MB

Release : 2011

Category :

ISBN :

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This study of 24 therapists and 64 family members representing 109 adolescent residents of six residential treatment centers aimed to better understand therapists' and family members' points of view about family involvement in residential treatment for troubled adolescents. The study also provided the therapists' and family members' recommendations for family involvement in residential treatment. Findings from this mixed-methods study suggest that (a) the families from this study were involved in many different ways in their adolescents' treatment, including phone calls, visits to the treatment center, participation in therapy, and so forth; (b) there were areas in which therapists and family members agreed (e.g., whether families used phone calls as a form of contact) and areas in which they disagreed about how involved the families were in treatment and therapy (e.g., how often any family member was involved in therapy with the adolescent); and (c) the therapists and family members recommended that families should be involved in therapy but recommend some forms of involvement over others.



Developmental-Systemic Family Therapy with Adolescents

Author : Terry S Trepper

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 10,83 MB

Release : 2014-02-25

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 131779124X

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Learn to choose interventions based on the client's developmental stage! Teenagers are often a strain on families, and they can pose difficulties even in a family therapy setting. Developmental-Systemic Family Therapy with Adolescents integrates research and theory about adolescent development with different approaches to family therapy. By matching the adolescent client's developmental stage and particular issues with the most effective therapeutic approach, this book enables family therapists to tailor their treatment plan to meet each family's unique needs. Developmental-Systemic Family Therapy with Adolescents contains special chapters on such serious teen problems as suicide and alcohol/substance abuse, as well as thoughtful consideration of such normal issues of development as cognitive stages, identity development, and self-esteem. Interpersonal relationships are also considered, including parenting, peers, and attachment issues. This essential resource offers family therapists suggestions on how to make sessions more relevant to clients who engage in risky sexual behavior, abuse alcohol and drugs, or run away from home. Each chapter includes detailed, down-to-earth discussions of: case examples common presenting problems assessment and treatment issues therapy process dynamics suggestions for developmentally appropriate interventions Developmental-Systemic Family Therapy with Adolescents examines emotional and cognitive development in adolescents to help therapists improve communication and devise effective methods of treatment. Its well-balanced, pragmatic approach to therapy will help you properly assess your clients and offer them the services they need in a form they can accept.