Family-of-origin therapy and diversity
By: H. Russell Searight.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Psychotherapy patients -- Family relationships; Psychotherapy; Family psychotherapy; Intergenerational relations; Family -- Psychological aspects; Parent and adult child; Cultural psychiatry
Description: Family-of-origin therapy is a psychodynamically oriented intervention approach developed by Murray Bowen and James Framo. Assessment and therapy focus on the multigenerational family history as the basis for perceptions of current adult relationships.

This book describes family-of-origin therapy in an understandable manner that is easily applied to clinical practice. Concepts such as differentiation, triangulation, emotional reactivity, and object relations are discussed and illustrated with case examples. Research findings and assessment tools are described.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.