Final Project Donna Garrison Walden University Final Project Everyday numerous families find themselves in positions where their families have gone through some type of turmoil. Transitions throughout the lifecycle are both expected and normal for all individuals and families. It becomes problematic when members of these families cannot communicate effectively and the families become stagnant in their chaos and cannot seem to move forward, in any, manner, to resolve the inappropriate behaviors being exhibited within their family system. This paper will focus on the Jacques family and assess their issues both as a family system and individually to develop an ethical plan to address their issues. The Jacques Family Mr. and Mrs. Jacques moved to the Unites States, with Samuel, from the Bahamas, approximately eleven years ago. She stated that Samuel was a child from a sexual assault and she had him due to her religious beliefs. Mr. Jacques had promised to accept him as his own. She is currently the mother of five children, who are all displaying different behavioral issues. Her husband is abusing alcohol, using drugs and is emotionally abusive. He was diagnosed as bipolar with psychotic symptoms. He does not take his medication on a consistent basis which causes problematic behavior. They have had periods of good times where Mr. Jacques was working and providing for the family. They have lived in their own home and were evicted due to Mr. Jacques inability to provide for the family due to his alcohol and substance abuse. The family was displaced into homeless shelters, due to their eviction, and were placed in transitional housing. Following placement in transitional housing Mrs. Jacques’ problems becam... ... middle of paper ... ...es that have a direct correlation to the maladaptive behaviors the family members and family system is exhibiting. Assessment Techniques The assessments that will be utilized for the Jacques family is observation, input from members of the interdisciplinary team, since the behaviors are not only at home within the family system, utilization of the Structural Family Systems Ratings measure (Kazdin, 1993; 1994). The observation phase should take place in the family home so that they will be as comfortable as possible. This will allow the counselor to observe the family in their own environment and the behaviors that occur when the family is together. The counselor should remain diligent in observing the interactions between all the family members as this could be indicative of their family system’s strengths and negative patterns of behavior (Thomlison, 2010).
Family systems have been studied since psychologists began studying people and their behaviors. The family is a dynamic system—a self-organizing system that adapts itself to changes in its members and to changes in its environment (as cited in Sigelman & Rider, 2009). Allowing the focus of a family system to grow beyond the mother and child relationship did not happen overnight. For many years, there was no connection made between other members of the family and the developmental issues of the children involved.
Since now also some symptomatic manifestations are being manifested mainly in their children, as a manifestation of a family dynamic by mismatches or
Napier and Whitaker maintain that every family is a society within itself regulated by its own distinctive culture, language, rules, and traditions. In The Family Crucible, the reader is introduced to the microcosm of the Brice family as they grapple with the politics of their own family system in order to solve the crisis that rules it. By exploring the Brice family’s past and present interactions with one another, and by unearthing the roots that nourish the difficulties threatening their reality, Napier and Whitaker take us on a journey of discovery with the Brice family, which would eventually include extended family members, using a co-facilitated systems approach to help the family learn to cope with life’s stresses; all the while, helping the family to gain awareness of self and to deepen relationships with each other. Together, the Brice parents, Carolyn and David, and their three children, Claudia, Don, and Laura gain skills that assist them in redirecting their lives, reshaping their family dynamic, and creating the positive change they desire.
Bowen theory offers a model through which to view family processes. Within the Jarrett family system, we witness emotional triangulation, communication issues, family secrets, as well as crisis and change. The basic framework of Murray Bowen’s theory rests in the conceptualization of the family as an emotional unit. This conceptualization views the emotional activity of individuals within the family system as existing. The relationships between participants in the system are seen as a more valid indicator of individual functioning than any other. Bowen theory judges family health by the ability or inability of family members to function independently of underlying emotional forces. An ability to function independently of the ongoing family emotional process is ...
The family is in the pre-contemplation stage. The family has not consider its issues as problems and the family members are looking at other individuals as the problem.
Regardless of the position within their family, decisions can be made openly and honestly, while acknowledging their differences. However, this therapy can limit the family role concerning how to appreciate each other, decreased desire to solve the issues, and more geared toward groups(M.U.S.E).
The Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Model is broken down into three categories: Structural (family composition, race, social class), developmental (stages, tasks, attachments) and functional (activities of daily living, communications, beliefs) (Kaakinen et al., 2015). This assessment is used for outpatients and community based patients. It is a multidimensional approach to assessing a family’s structure, function, affective and behavioral components (Kaakinen et al., 2015). The purpose of this assessment and intervention is to promote health changes that improve family stability or maintain family stability. The assessment is also used to identify how one family member can affect all family members. When assessing Bernetta Bold,
Moreover, the foundational approach to structural family therapy are that families’ are views as psychosocial systems, attached within social systems, which operate in a transactional patters. The transaction patterns are how, when and whom to relate, and reinforce systems. As a result each family duty are carried ou...
As mentioned before, structural family therapy is mainly attributed to Salvador Minuchin though many other influential thinkers such as Lynn Hoffman (3), Marianne Walters (4), Braulio Montalvo (5) to name of few have contributed to the theory. While many core concepts such as family rules, roles, coalitions, organization, feedback etc. are borrowed from established family therapy models, what makes this model different is that a structural family therapist will view and formulate the difficulties that a family is facing in terms of the structure of the family and its dynamic
Fred, Wilma, and Rose present an interesting perspective when looking at their family through a Structural Family Systems Theory. When trying to work with the family a social worker will utilize Functional Family Therapy in order to understand their structure and maybe ameliorate some of the family’s problems. Using Rose and her family as the clients it will be able explain what interventions we can use when we learn the constructs of the theory.
The purpose of an assessment is to gather information about the family structure and determine how the family functions in times of stress and needs. Understanding the family strengths and needs can be helpful in regards to the issues that affect the family members. The data gathered can provide the framework for an intervention plan and identifying the available resources is critical to the implementation of the plan. The process for gathering and analyzing data is best done in the context of their natural environment. An effective family assessment can acknowledge
To see the dysfunctional family is expected from time to time. They are found in a series on television, in the media, in the home one may visit and in the gossip one may hear. This family is usually identifiable as farce and amusing, it carries the type of presence some wish were around as they were growing up. However, for some children the dysfunctional family is their very life, and they are not very amused nor are they very grateful. In fact, they are being abused. The truth is that some dysfunctional families, those that are rather severely dysfunctional, are very simply abusive and neglectful families. Regrettably, for the children growing up in these severely dysfunctional families, emotional abuse and neglect
Since the 20th century, researchers have sought out solutions to help assist families and the individual components that make up family systems overcome the challenges and schisms that can inhibit individuation and stability. Two theoretical perspectives, the family-systems theory and the family-development theory, were conceived to gain as Balswick & Balswick (2014) noted, gain “a wide-angle view of family life” (p. 22). Though these two theories have merit, one I found to be more advantageous in gaining a better understanding of the family as an actively metastasizing organism, which needs to be approached more adaptively.
The theoretical perspective approach useful for analyzing this family is the family systems theory. This approach views individual problems in relationship to other family members and significant others within the social environment. The family system theory is easily amendable to include techniques from other theories including cognitive behavioral strategies to create the most effective treatment plan for the client systems.
Family factors include being exposed to violence, deplorable family functionality, diminutive emotional attachments to parents and poor monitoring of children.