POSITIVE PRACTICE IN FAMILY THERAPY

The therapist’s experiencing in family therapy practice

The question posed in this article is how the therapist should deal with strong emotions she might experience in the session. This question is especially important if it concerns emotions that –at least on the surfacecannot be considered to contribute to a therapeutic alliance. We offer some reflections as preliminary steps towards answering this question and propose that therapists be sensitiv...

Effectiveness of Structural Family Therapy on Therapy Motivation and Family Functioning in Families with Substance Abusers

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of structural family therapy in therapy motivation and family functioning in families with substance abusers. Method: A quasi-experimental research design along with pre-test/post-test and control group was employed for the conduct of this study. The statistical population of this study consisted of all families who presented t...

A Short Course in Family Therapy: Translating Research Into Practice

Positive psychology in clinical practice.

Positive psychology is the scientific study of positive experiences and positive individual traits, and the institutions that facilitate their development. A field concerned with well-being and optimal functioning, positive psychology aims to broaden the focus of clinical psychology beyond suffering and its direct alleviation. Our proposed conceptual framework parses happiness into three domain...

Developing family practice in Kuwait.

ROBIN C FRASER of oil, some 50 years ago, it has undergone phenomenal change. Its population has expanded rapidly, mainly through immigration (Table 1);' only 40% are Kuwaiti, with the remainder mostly from other Arab countries. Its age structure differs markedly from the UK:2 compared with the UK it has double the proportion of those aged under 15 years and only one 10th the proportion of thos...