Family Therapy Approaches

This chapter includes descriptions of several family therapy approaches and an integrative couple approach to therapy. Covered are Structural Family Therapy, Strategic Family Therapy (Mental Research Institute), Strategic Family Therapy (Haley and Madanes), Bowen Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Each is described because of its association with systems thinking and because many integrated approaches use these basic models. Descriptions of each approach include overview, concepts, goals, role of the therapist, and practices.