There are certain lessons that I picked from the book, The Family Crucible, which can be put as simply as being an intense experience of a family therapist. The book looks into the ways that this therapy can find practical applications and tells a tale of a unique way in which this family therapy was used. Though the reflection that I have gathered up in my mind started in the face of how family ties, and blood relations are not honored and loved with the deserving intensity that they should have been, and how this unique way in which this family therapy can be applied in life.
While reading the book I felt as if the expedition was the true crucible. A crucible that made the family see the essential source of their difficulties in a way that also guided them to discover a solution to deal with the basic complications that frequently distress a majority of families nowadays. The authors’ tactic for helping the Brice family was perhaps the most contributory and emerging characteristic of the text. The system of using two therapists to help a family through psychotherapy is exceptional and one in which I have never heard of. I supposed at the beginning that this may look as if the therapists were ganging up on the family members. However, as I continued through the book, I thought that it was persistently the family who outvoted the therapists.
I personally prefer the systematic approach used in the book, which helps to achieve a unique perspective on how the family therapy can be used, individual problems can be dealt with and solved, taking into consideration that this is not the approach that a therapist may adopt normally. Parenting and the effects that parenting has on children are all discussed and look into; as I finish with ...
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...d in into therapy by considering that Claudia was their total problem and that her movements alone were the root of their problem.
A thought that this book produced was that of my earlier held belief that a child’s mind could be changed, and so can his preferences. When it came down to a healthier early development of these kids, according to research to be dependent on factors such as the nurturing and reliable relationships that have been nested around the child. The thought process of these young children is what decides the way that they will feel, this is something totally new to me, for I was of the belief that young children can be made to think as we please. At last, the family therapy helps us in raising children and better developing them and their mind as it is a responsibility of the parents to raise healthy, optimistic and motivated human beings.
Gladding, S. T. (2010). Family therapy: History, theory, and practice (5th Ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson
The idea of family is a central theme in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. Hansberry alludes to the Old Testament book of Ruth in her play to magnify “the value of having a home and family”(Ardolino 181). The Younger family faces hardships that in the moment seem to tear them apart from one another, but through everything, they stick together. The importance of family is amplified by the choices of Walter and Beneatha because they appear to initiate fatal cracks in the Younger family’s foundation, but Mama is the cement who encourages her family to pull together as one unit. The hardships of the family help develop a sense of unity for the Younger household.
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. During this time period, Salem is in hysteria due to the witch hunts and trials of the seventeenth century. The hysteria of the witch trials paints a picture of Good vs Evil which makes The Crucible a morality play. Furthermore, Miller intended to create his characters this way in order for people to reflect on their current way of life. Specifically, the Red Scare that was taking place when the play was first released.
In this essay I am going to show my understanding of a child's early emotional development based on the psychoanalytical view of child development. I will show how emotional skills gained in the early years can be of a significant relevance to later life. I will show my understanding by illustrating it with the clinical material. Although I am focusing on the psychoanalytical approach to child development I believe that it is beneficial to present also some general background knowledge of child development.
Currently, families face a multitude of stressors in their lives. The dynamics of the family has never been as complicated as they are in the world today. Napier’s “The Family Crucible” provides a critical look at the subtle struggles that shape the structure of the family for better or worse. The Brice family is viewed through the lens of Napier and Whitaker as they work together to help the family to reconcile their relationships and the structure of the family.
Duty, G. (2010, December 10). Family Systems Therapy. Lecture presented at Principles of Counseling Class Notes, Bethany.
My theoretical approach to family therapy is very integrative as I believe families cannot be described nor treated from a single-school approach. I view humans through a humanistic and existential lens but am more technically structural and solution-based. With this integrative approach, I believe I will be the most effective in helping families grow and reach their goals.
Goldenberg, H. & Goldenberg, I. (2013). Family therapy: An overview (8th ed.). Belmont CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole.
Fonagy, P. (1999). Relation of theory and practice in psychodynamic therapy. Journal Of Clinical Child Psychology, 28(4), 513--520.
Nichols, M. P. (2010). Family therapy concepts and methods (9 ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Furthermore, “the central premise of this theory is that one must resolve all emotional issues with the family of origin, rather than reject reactively or accept passively that family, before one can become a mature and healthy individual” (Charles, 2001, p. 280). Bowen believed that the change in the self occurred through the change in relationships with others, so he encouraged the client to reconnect with the nuclear family members and resolve all emotional issues with them. This is because Bowen believed that unresolved conflicts with the family of origin would catch up with the client and affect his or her present relationships. Also, conflicts do not exist in the person, but in the family system. The necessary changes must take place in the self as well as in the larger system.
...r lose the attention of the reader. In the conclusion, the speaker ends more definitively than she began, telling the audience the most valuable lesson she was taught by her mother, “that if our [the speaker and her sisters] classmates came to cruelty…we were expected to take, and would be each separately capable of taking, a stand” (p. 79) By doing this, the speaker causes the audience to look back on the rest of the story to learn the mother’s lessons, and it becomes clear that everything the speaker was taught, confidence in herself, fearlessness in the face of adversity, a respect and love for the abnormal, and a sense of protection for the needy have contributed to the lesson the speaker refers to.
The Crucible is a famous play written by Arthur Miller in the Early 1950’s. It was written during the “Red scare, when McCarthyism was established. Many anti-communists wanted to prevent communism from spreading just like in The Crucible many wanted to get rid of witchcraft. Many would accuse others of witchcraft in order to not be accused just like many would accuse people of communism. In The Crucible witchcraft would be punishable by death. Many were scared to be accused; therefore many would admit practicing witchcraft in order to save their lives. The Crucible is considered a good play because it is based on real life events during the Salem witch Trials and shows how fear played a role in the individual’s life just like during the “Red” scare.
Moreover, the foundational approach to structural family therapy are that families’ are views as psychosocial systems, attached within social systems, which operate in a transactional patters. The transaction patterns are how, when and whom to relate, and reinforce systems. As a result each family duty are carried ou...
Nichols, M. P. (2011). The essentials of family therapy. Boston, Ma.: Allyn and Bacon. (Original work published 5th)