Experiential Family Therapy Theory

Experiential Family therapy theories Other than Carl Rogers who was considered as one of the pioneers as the first major psychotherapy researcher in experiential family therapy, others who built on Rogers’s legacy were Virginia Satir, John Banmen, Maria Gomori, and Lynne Azpeitia. Each of these theorist personalities has affected the development by implementing warmth from a humanistic perspective (Gehart, 2014). By viewing the client more subjectively and conveying empathy with the client emotional reality or what the client considered as their own truth while conceptualizing, through a series of connection that strengthen the therapeutic process as well as establishing credibility between client and therapist. What seems or appear to be

Focusing on the emotional layers of the same behavioral interaction sequences lean toward the Satir human growth model and symbolic-experiential therapy model which is consider a traditional approach(Gehart, 2014, p. 165). I believe one of the obstacles in using the assessment and intervention strategies of these models in my practice is identifying which emotion is secondary emotion or primary emotion which is a very critical part in therapy especially when dealing with diversity and cultural differences. Experiential family therapy model uses a multisystemic approach, targeting on the interaction sequence of behavior and emotional layers whereas symbolic-experiential therapy model focus mainly on the emotional systems other than the behavioral interaction sequences (Gehart, 2014, p. 186). The case were these model would work is with trauma and abused survivors which is considered as an internal family systems therapy model. Because, this model shares the humanistic assumption common with other experiential model approaches. With abused and traumatize clients, this model of internal family system is a system that pinpoint the inner aspect of the client or person who has many layers or part that is characterized as a system that function like