family psychotherapy: multigenerational
perspective/families of origin/multigenerational therapy
The interactional patterns of a
nuclear family often prove to have been prefigured and established in the parents'
families
of origin. Emotional and social disorders can thus be seen as the expression of
problems that have been developed and passed on over the course of many generations. A
multigenerational
perspective does not, for example, view the mother of a schizophrenic child as
responsible for the child's schizophrenia; the mother is merely one "player" in
a long line of "players" in other generations. Specific rules and values of the
family system
have been established during the course of the family coevolution.
In certain situations, the rules and values can result in conflict, tension, and strain,
which give rise to symptoms.
With this in mind, it often makes sense to include the grandparents in therapy, either for
diagnostic reasons or to change the relational patterns of the
family.*
Also: multigenerational
transmission
Books and Other
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According to Greta
Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Murphy, and Evan
Ross 2009 -
Dad Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson 1989
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
DVD Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn 2002
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Family Law
Jean Pierre Reguerraz, Daniel Hendler, Damian Dreizik 2006
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Friedman, Edwin H.
Generation to Generation - Family Process in Church and Synagogue
Hardcover 1986
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In Her Shoes
DVD Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Tony Collette 2005
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Monster's Ball
Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson 2002
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Mike Binder, and Winona
Ryder 2009
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Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands
Leif Sylvester, Zlatko Burik, Mads Mikkelsen, and Kurt Nielsen 2004
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Starting Out in the Evening
Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor, Adrian Lester 2007
*Extracted with permission from Simon, Fritz et al Language of Family
Therapy - A Systemic Vocabulary and Source Book (Family Process Press Series)
Paperback 1985 Family Process, Inc.
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