Advice in Families

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Carlson Hill
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Different Types

This chapter examines what is known and what requires further exploration in research on advice in family communication. Research about advice in families is largely drawn from human development, family therapy, and psychology, with only a few studies grounded in theories of advice and family communication. This chapter provides a synthetic review of this research, emphasizing who provides advice and how it functions across different types of familial relationships. The chapter also highlights relevant theoretical frameworks, including advice response theory, the integrated model of advice, and family systems theory. Finally, the chapter offers guidance specifically relevant to family members giving and receiving advice.

scholarly journals The Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Bowen Family Therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
Özlem Acar Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Bowen Family Systems Theory ◽  
Bowen Family Systems ◽  
The Family ◽  
Counseling And Guidance ◽  
Therapy Studies ◽  
Made In

The topic of spirituality stands out in recent years as being heavily addressed in the field of psychological counseling and guidance. A similar picture also stands out when looked at from the angle of family therapies. When looking at studies made in the field of family therapy, studies addressing the aspect of family spirituality are seen to continue increasing. Bowen’s Family Systems Theory is one of these approaches. Bowen Family Theory handles the family as a system and attempts to solve the individuals’ problems by considering the environment within which they are found. The individual’s surroundings contain many situations, from family to culture, siblings to religious beliefs, from traditions to customs, and from relationships to spirituality. According to Bowen, spirituality is the reflection of the topic of God in relationships, and located foremost within the theory, a spiritual aspect is found in all important concepts, including ego differentiation and triangulations. Encountering religious and spiritual elements is possible in many of the concepts of Bowen Family Systems. This study handles the perspective of spirituality in the Bowen Family Systems Theory as one of the theories of family systems and the place of spirituality within Bowen Family Systems. In this context, first the Bowen Family Systems Theory is briefly introduced, then the study attempts to explain the spiritual dimension of the theory in light of some of its basic concepts. In addition, the Bowen approach is addressed from the Islamic perspective, and a case sample has been presented related to the intervention methods that can be used in this situation.

Soul and System: The Integrative Possibilities of Family Therapy

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Relative Paucity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Definition Of

This article presents a review of the interface of family systems theory and therapy with religious, spiritual, or faith perspectives, with particular emphasis on Christian theology and Scripture. A brief review of the literature shows the relative paucity of work in this area to date. It is argued that family therapy is a particularly fertile ground for the integration of theological, religious, and spiritual considerations. Three points of intersection between family systems theory and biblical concepts—context, legacy, and body life—are discussed to illustrate the considerable promise of family systems theory for future integrative work. Implications for practice are discussed within a framework outlining three means of including religion or spirituality in the clinical work of family therapy—as resource, as culture, or as context. Borrowing from the family systems theory emphasis on epistemology, a definition of “second-order integration” is suggested, which may help to clarify the field's “thinking about thinking” about integration.

Family Therapy in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: Theory and Technique

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Lagos
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Individual Therapy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stabilizing Element

Family systems theory views anorexia nervosa not only as a product of dysfunctional transactional patterns within a family, but also as a crucial stabilizing element within the family. This paper describes the dysfunctional characteristics of anorexic families as well as the relevance of these characteristics to the anorexic symptoms. Two approaches to the treatment of these families, one developed by Minuchin and the other by Selvini Palazzoli, are described and the comparability of family therapy with individual therapy is briefly discussed.

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