Psychoeducational Family Therapy
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- What has psychoeducational therapy approaches primarily directed their efforts towards?
- Reducing the stress on families by educating them so that they might develop better coping skills for dealing with a disturbed family member or a troubled family relationship.
- What type of information or education is offered?
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Conflict prevention.
Skills for managing everyday, nonclinical situations.
Coping skills.
Working with family member w/mental disorder.
(Typically these programs involve a combination of systems theory, behavior therapy, and educational psychology) - Family peschoeducation efforts follow one of two formats:
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1. Working w/ individual families.
2. Working w/ multiple families simultaneously. - What is medical family therapy?
- A coordinated effort by an interdisciplinary team to treat a chronic medical illness, trauma, or disability. The thrust is not on cure as much as its on coping.
- What is the goal of short-term educational programs?
- This is for couples or families without a symptomatic member who wish to acquire better skills to cope with everyday relationship problems more effectively.
- Types of programs (a sampling)
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Relationship Enhancement
Marriage, or Childbirth Preparation
Marriage enrichment
Parent effectiveness - Therapist's goal
- To deliver educational training, not psychotherapy.
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Relationship Enhancement Programs
(4 sets of skills) -
1. Self-awareness and self-expression (expressive mode).
2. Listening and reflective responding skills (empathic mode).
3. Mode switching.
4. Help one another to learn the previous skills (facilitative mode).
TWO MORE ADDED:
5. Problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills.
6. Maintainance and generalization skills. - Relationship Enhancement time frame?
- Usually ten sessions.
- What areas are covered in Marriage Preparation Programs?
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PREPARE (PREmarital Personal and Relationship Evaluation) -an 11 item scored inventory. Areas include:
Marriage expectations
Communication
Sexual relationship
Personality differences
Financial management
Conflict resolution
Child rearing - Marital Enrichment Program contents
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Constructive communication and conflict resolution skills.
Developing realistic attitudes and expectations about marriage. - Stepfamily Preparation Program (8 areas)
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1. Dealing w/losses and changes
2. Negotiating different developmental needs
3. Establishing new traditions
4. Developing a solid couple bond
5. Forming new relationships
6. Creating a "parenting coalition)
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