 The goal of this group is to focus on healthy family functioning  Learning and applying the new knowledge and skills to help individuals and families to function in a healthy manner

 Extent to which a person is able to distinguish between the intellectual process and the feeling process  Striving for balance, achieving self- definition but not losing spontaneous emotional expression  Fusion is when there is no balance between thoughts and feelings

 Projection is when one person attributes to someone else his or her unacceptable thoughts and feelings.  Parental projection is a major source of transmitted family anxiety.

 Four relationship patterns that foster problem development. System anxiety can be passed to other generations. › Marital conflict › Problematic emotional functioning › Functional impairment › Emotional fusion Severe dysfunction in a family is the result of the operation of the family’s emotional system over several generations

Skills and knowledge needed for healthy family functioning are : strong communication skills knowledge of human development good decision-making skills positive self-esteem healthy interpersonal relationships

 As a family complete a genogram or family mapping to better understand family of origin