Sections
Family Systems Theory and Practice: Introduction | Family Systems Orientation | Assessment of Family Functioning | Components of Family Functioning | Evolution in the Field of Family Therapy: From Deficits
to Strengths | Value of Systems Approaches in Psychiatry | Systemic Approaches in Clinical Practice | Conclusion | Key Points | References | Suggested Readings
Excerpt
Over the past three decades, family systems
approaches to practice have become essential to the understanding
and treatment of individual and relational disorders. These approaches
are guided by a developmental, multisystemic conceptual orientation
to human problems and processes of change, attending to the family
and social context of functioning and well-being. Current research evidence
supports involving families in assessment and treatment (Heru 2006).