Description
Use a family systems theory and discuss how you can use this theory in a family session with all family members or guardians present. Plan a meeting with the client's entire family. Identify the client's family members. Discuss in detail the rules and boundaries in the family. Do you need to include some parent education models for the parents? If so, which model would you use and how would you introduce it in the session?
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Family counseling – Outline
Thesis statement: The family system theory is a theory on human behavior that views the family
system as an emotional unit and uses systems thinking to explain the complexity of the
interactions in the unit
I.
Introduction
II.
The system
A. Subsystem
B. Parents
C. children
III.
Rules and boundaries
IV.
Parents education model
V.
Conclusion
VI.
conclusion
Running head: FAMILY COUNSELING
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Family counseling
Name
Institution
FAMILY COUNSELING
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Family counseling
The Family system theory stipulates that a family is an emotional unit hence a person
cannot be understood from the isolation of other family members. Families are interconnected
systems and interdependent individuals who cannot be understood in isolation of the system. The
system outlines that each member has a responsibility and guidelines or rules to follow. Each
member is expected to react to each other in different ways depending on the role they play. A
change in one member of the family’s functioning is f...