ABSTRACT
Family therapists from 10 different countries (China, India, Israel including Palestinian citizens, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, and the United Kingdom) describe systemic therapy in their contexts and current innovative work and challenges. They highlight the importance of family therapy continuing to cut across disciplines, the power of systems ideas in widely diverse settings and institutions (such as courts, HIV projects, working with people forced into exile), extensive new mental health initiatives (such as in Turkey and India), as well as the range of family therapy journals available (four alone in Spain). Many family therapy groups are collaborating across organizations (especially in Asia) and the article presents other ideas for connections such as a clearing house to inexpensively translate family therapy articles into other languages.
Subject(s)
Couples Therapy , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Family Therapy , Mental Health Services , Social Work , Asia , Humans , Mexico , Peru , Research , Spain , Translations , Uganda , United KingdomABSTRACT
La familia es considerada como el contexto más importante en los diferentes estadios vitales del niño. Los terapeutas familiares, suelen mirar con atención la relación padres- hijos para co-construir soluciones a sus problemas. Este artículo considera los diferentes aspectos del enfoque sistemático, y explica como el rol de los padres, considerados habitualmente como informantes, en las terapias de sus hijos, se ha transformado en un rol más activo. Los problemas son considerados como parte de un patrón circular que se retroalimenta permanentemente. Por lo tanto, las soluciones deben incluir todas las piezas del rompecabezas.
Family is considered the most important context along child development stages. Family therapists are used to look up on the relationships between parents and children to co-construct solutions to their problems. This article considers different aspects of systemic frame, and explains how the role of parents as informants has changed to active participants in problems and solutions. Problems are considered among circular patterns of feedback. Therefore solutions must include all pieces of the puzzle.
