The Case Of Nancy Troy And Her Family

Catherine Birnie specifically, a famous killer, lived with her very controlling and abusive grandparents. One of the most famous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos, also lived with her violent grandfather as her mother deserted her at a very young age. These unhealthy families consisted of a lot of physical and physiological abuse. Unfortunately, it is very common for parental or guardian abuse to be copied by a daughter or son. Many of these woman turned to alcohol, drugs, and sex to cope with these issues, which destroyed their future.

For this assignment, two different theoretical approaches will be discussed, Bowenian family therapy and structural family therapy, and they will be used individually to construct a treatment plan to help clients reach their goals. Within each treatment plan discussed, short-term and long-term goals of therapy will be established and the family’s presenting problems will be defined. Two techniques that will be assigned to help them reach their therapeutic goals and any expected outcome from using those techniques will be discussed.

The basic concepts of this type of therapy are boundaries, subsystems, complementary and alignments which are easily applied and grasped. The most important aspect the therapist must keep in perspective is that every family is made up of structure and that these structures are seen only when the members of the family interact. If the therapist does not consider the entire structure of the family and intervene in only one of the many subsystems are most likely not to attain a lasting change.

Structural Family Therapy (SFT) is an approach used in family therapy settings. In every family there are both strengths and weaknesses in how the family functions, this type of therapy focuses on the ability of families to move forward any dysfunctional issues they can encounter. In every family there has to be structure, a way of doing things, who is in charge and yet still be able to adapt to change when it is necessary or problems begin to occur, in order to repair and alter issues of dysfunction and reposition family boundaries, many therapists who use the structural family approach have the belief that the problems the family is experiencing “emerge in families when their boundaries (that define structures) are not clear and when

In order for the ARC intervention to be utilized her grandfather and ideally the foster parents would have to participate. This would be challenging due to the grandfather’s mental illness, his assumptions regarding Lisa’s anxiety and depression being a result of the loss of her mother, and his resistance to an ongoing relationship with the foster parents. Prior to this intervention, it could possibly benefit this family system to give the grandfather psychoeducation on attachment with the desired effect being that he would be an open and a willing participate. If the grandfather would agree to the intervention the ARC intervention could begin.

Per Reporter: Gail and Troy has a violent history, which has been an ongoing situation. The most incident was 8/15/17, Gail almost fell on Jasmine during the altercation. The children witnessed the incident. Law enforcement was involved; Troy was arrested. The violent behaviors of Gail and Troy has already affected the children. Troy is back in the home. Gail has an open case due to the outside of her home. Gail and Troy has a history of drug abuse; Gail informed law enforcement that she has been clean for a year. Troy mentioned that he and Gail used drugs (unknown) recently. Gail has been known to use marijuana occasionally. Troy and Gail will lock themselves in their rooms and leave the children in the home running around unsupervised. There

The family is made up of five people: Claudia, the IP; Carolyn, mother; Laura, the sister; Don, the brother; and David, the father. The family is coming into therapy because there have been mounting concerns about Claudia and her behavior—acting out, staying out late, some fairly typical teenage stuff. For the purpose of this paper, I will be starting at the beginning where the family is first coming into therapy. I will first school that I will apply is Structural Family Therapy and the second school is Bowen Family Therapy.

therapy aims to improve family relations, and the family is encouraged to become a type of

For this paper the author will assume the role of a marriage and family therapist (MFT) whom the Anderson’s have reached out to in order to help them with the current problems they are facing. A systematic approach will be used to assess developmental factors, Riley’s individual development, the family’s development as a whole, their relationship, and lifespan transitions. A genogram will be

The first long-term goal is to improve communication skills among each family member. The interventions created to achieve this goal includes: 1) Rosalyn and Carl will complete weekly worksheets and homework assignments provided by their family therapist, 2) Each family member will learn and practice using I-statements to decreasing blaming behavior and increase self awareness, and 3) Each family member will write a letter to address one another and identify how their feelings in regards to the problems identified in therapy along with their ideas of how they can be a part of the solution to decrease the anxiety in the family.

Tanya’s mother is an African American female who suffers from an extensive history of psychiatric illness and is currently incarcerated. She never had a relationship with his father. The client’s brother has a history of bipolar disorder. There are no other known maternal relatives that struggle with mental illness or addiction.

The couple I chose for this case study is the older, married couple, Albert and Marion Mazur. I chose this couple while watching the documentary, “Love, Etc.” In this documentary, five couples were followed and featured, among those, Albert and Marion were the couple that displayed complete unity. Married for over fifty years, these two individuals define Dr. Murray Bowen’s family systems theory. Basically, the theory focuses on whatever occurs in an individual’s life affects his or her family. In order to understand one person in a family, it is imperative to view each individual as a member of the family. Therefore, the couple’s history and marriage will be explored using the Bowen Family Systems Theory. The concepts of the theory in

This family is seeking therapy assistance due to the following reasons: grief and loss encountered during Kate’s cancerous condition and after her death, the lawsuit Anna placed onto her parents, Jesse’s delinquent behavior, and the parents’ deteriorating relationship. The family is concerned with the alliances that have been building within the family and in regards to their negative communication skills. The Fitzgerald family feels that the family is becoming dysfunctional and distant. Having a positive attachment amongst each other at all times assists with minimizing issues, and it is much easier to find solutions to any problems or challenges when positive relationships emerge (Cassidy and Shaver, 2008, p. 200). This is why the Fitzgerald family is seeking help now.

The most fundamental of a family is interaction. The interconnectedness among family members helps to maintain a family structure. According to McGoldrick (2006), family patterns repeat from one generation to the next generation. These triangular patterns are impacting functioning, relationships, and family structure. Looking at the current and historical context of the family, the genogram illustrated some repetitive patterns in Michelle’s family. There were many intergenerational losses and lack of connections among the family members.

There is a very thin line between functional families and dysfunctional ones. At the same time, the term ‘functional families’ does not give the true picture of such families. This is because it describes a nonexistent phenomenon. There is no such a thing as a completely functional family. Instead, there is a desirable family, one which exhibits very few of the characters that describe the dysfunctional families. Every family has problems of their own and it is how they tackle