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2. Family therapy - Wikipedia

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   Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between family members.

3. Structural family therapy - Wikipedia

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   Structural family therapy ( SFT) is a method of psychotherapy developed by Salvador Minuchin which addresses problems in functioning within a family. Structural family therapists strive to enter, or "join", the family system in therapy in order to understand the invisible rules which govern its functioning, map the relationships between family ...

4. Virginia Satir - Wikipedia

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   Virginia Satir (June 26, 1916 – September 10, 1988) was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, [1] recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy [2] honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". [3] [4] Her most well-known books are Conjoint ...

5. Family Constellations - Wikipedia

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   Family Constellations, also known as Systemic Constellations and Systemic Family Constellations, is a pseudoscientific [1] therapeutic method which draws on elements of family systems therapy, existential phenomenology and Zulu beliefs and attitudes to family. [2] In a single session, a Family Constellation supposedly attempts to reveal an ...

6. Identified patient - Wikipedia

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   Identified patient. Identified patient ( IP) is a clinical term often used in family therapy discussion. It describes one family member in a dysfunctional family who is used as an expression of the family's authentic inner conflicts. As a family system is dynamic, the overt symptoms of an identified patient draw attention away from the ...

7. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

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   The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy ( AAMFT) is a professional association in the field of marriage and family therapy representing more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad. [1]