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Family Crucible Family Systems Theory
Introduction
This paper will use the book The Family Crucible to demonstrate the authors' family systems approach to therapy. Narrative theory is compared and
contrasted with family systems theory, and is ultimately integrated into my own theoretical foundation for practice as a social worker.
Family Systems Therapy
In The Family Crucible, Augustus Napier and Carl Whitaker's form of therapy was strongly influenced by family systems theory, a burgeoning theory of
the time. General systems theory examines relationships between elements that constitute a whole (Andreae, 2011, p. 243). When applied to families, this
theory views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems thinking to describe the complex interactions in the unit (The...show more content...
91).
Narrative Therapy Family systems therapy has some interesting comparisons to make with narrative therapy. They are each commonly used in work with
families. According to Kelly, narrative theory adopts a postmodern social constructionist lens (p. 316). Family systems theory originates from organismic
biology and early psychoanalytic, behaviorism, and learning theories (Andreae, 2011, p. 244–245). Although these are very different theories, each
emphasizes environmental factors and influences on behavior. With family systems theory, all members in the family unit must coexist with each other
and other environments such as work, school, church, institutions, etc. (p. 247).
They also each place little emphasis on diagnosis within the medical model. Within narrative therapy, Michael White argues that diagnoses are "totalizing
techniques" that actually maintain rather than solve the problems of living (Carr, 1998, p. 486). When looking at family systems and The Family Crucible
the client is the family, not the individual, so a medical diagnosis would not make sense. Narrative therapy is guided by the idea that people's lives have
dominant storylines and people get stuck in problem–saturated stories (Morgan, 2000). When these dominant storylines begin to emerge, individuals will
remember events that support the storyline, and forget events that don't (Kelley, 2011, p. 317). The Brice family's problem–saturated story when they
presented to therapy
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Family Crucible Family Systems Theory

  • 1. Family Crucible Family Systems Theory Introduction This paper will use the book The Family Crucible to demonstrate the authors' family systems approach to therapy. Narrative theory is compared and contrasted with family systems theory, and is ultimately integrated into my own theoretical foundation for practice as a social worker. Family Systems Therapy In The Family Crucible, Augustus Napier and Carl Whitaker's form of therapy was strongly influenced by family systems theory, a burgeoning theory of the time. General systems theory examines relationships between elements that constitute a whole (Andreae, 2011, p. 243). When applied to families, this theory views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems thinking to describe the complex interactions in the unit (The...show more content... 91). Narrative Therapy Family systems therapy has some interesting comparisons to make with narrative therapy. They are each commonly used in work with families. According to Kelly, narrative theory adopts a postmodern social constructionist lens (p. 316). Family systems theory originates from organismic biology and early psychoanalytic, behaviorism, and learning theories (Andreae, 2011, p. 244–245). Although these are very different theories, each emphasizes environmental factors and influences on behavior. With family systems theory, all members in the family unit must coexist with each other and other environments such as work, school, church, institutions, etc. (p. 247). They also each place little emphasis on diagnosis within the medical model. Within narrative therapy, Michael White argues that diagnoses are "totalizing techniques" that actually maintain rather than solve the problems of living (Carr, 1998, p. 486). When looking at family systems and The Family Crucible the client is the family, not the individual, so a medical diagnosis would not make sense. Narrative therapy is guided by the idea that people's lives have dominant storylines and people get stuck in problem–saturated stories (Morgan, 2000). When these dominant storylines begin to emerge, individuals will remember events that support the storyline, and forget events that don't (Kelley, 2011, p. 317). The Brice family's problem–saturated story when they presented to therapy Get more content on HelpWriting.net