ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the specific strategies employed to engage with all household members, and ensures that the disengagement process is successfully negotiated. In Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT) it is assumed that adherence to all aspects of the programme requires some special effort and that, unless each participant perceives that the short-term and long-term benefits are greater than the efforts that they expend, they are unlikely to participate fully in the process. Specific problem-solving or goal achievement strategies are individually tailored to different problems in different households. BFT is considered as a long-term commitment with the aim of enhancing problem-solving efficiency indefinitely. However, the therapist aims to disengage at the earliest possible time, and to provide the minimal amount of intervention to ensure that efficient problem-solving activity is maintained. Children may be included provided that they are able to attend to, and understand, the training process.
