What is a short family therapy?

Short family therapy describes a number of time -limited therapeutic programs that are suitable for couples or family members. Before sessions, the family and the therapist usually agree on several sessions, if necessary with possible adjustment. These sessions usually do not exceed 20 and many short therapy models use only half of this amount. A session involving family members is usually an hour to two, and part of the goal is sufficiently solving the problems of the family in a few months, so it is able to recover and continue alone to work more efficiently. Sometimes a short model is followed by a six -month or one year review, so families can assess whether interventions have been effective or more help.

There are many different theories than the short practice of family therapy. Some of the most famous come from family therapy systems that are the therapeutic worldEnforced to social workers for development. In the approach of family systems, the family is perceived as a whole unit and the aim of therapy is to treat the system. This is done by paying attention to how each member of the system interacts with each other and contributes to the systemic way by what these interactions contribute positively or negatively. As is common in the ideology of social work, the therapist occupies a position that every person and the whole family have a strong side, and gives time to observe their own structure, the family can commit to a positive change and evoke healing.

Other short family therapy methods focus on cognitive behavioral strategies or have a psychoeduction purpose. For example, family therapy (FFT) often works with families where one member can have a chronic disease such as bipolar disorder. It prevents family members of a person with illness by teaching them about Illness and can partially cooperate with other family members to help them provide better care. Also recognizesWeigh the stress and tension associated with someone with a significant illness and can restore normal relationships such as a parent/child that have been disrupted by a continuing condition. A short family therapy of FFT usually takes about 16-20 sessions.

Due to the shortness of work, short family therapy usually does not include a large amount of psychoanalytic survey. People do not spend time immersion in the past, but instead it is recommended that they currently look at problems and strengths. Therapy tends to focus on solving for easy identification of problems.

Short therapy can be very effective for people who have a problem or are currently engaged in a traumatic event that can be easily named. Sometimes brevity is not desirable. Short family therapy may less suitable for a family with a history of problems with more problems, or concerns that guarantee more psychodynamic survey, which includes accounting of difficulties in the distant past.