1. FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORIES

2. PIONEERS IN THE FAMILY THERAPY MOVEMENT
MADANES
HALEY
WHITAKER
MINUCHIN
SATIR

3. SYSTEMS APPROACH PHILOSOPHY
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
ADDRESSING PROBLEM VERSUS SYMPTOM
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE INTERDEPENDENT
BOUNDARY DISTORTION AS A CAUSE OF FAMILY DISTURBANCE (ENMESHMENT OR DISENGAGEMENT)
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION

4. SYSTEMS APPROACH PHILOSOPHY
A FOCUS ON PRESENT FAMILY FUNCTIONING
A FOCUS AWAY FROM BLAMING
UNDERSTANDING THE FAMILY AS IT RELATES TO THE GREATER SOCIAL CONTEXT

5. OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY
PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH
EXAMINATION OF EARLY UNRESOLVED CONFLICT WITHIN FAMILY OF ORIGIN
UNCONSCIOUS PROJECTION OF INTROJECTS ONTO SIGNIFICANT OTHERS

6. MULTIGENERATIONAL (BOWENISM) THEORY
A FOCUS ON DIFFERENTIATION AND FUSION
DEALING WITH TRIANGULATION
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION (USING GENOGRAMS)

7. HUMAN VALIDATION PROCESS MODEL (SATIR)
EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATION AND METACOMMUNICATION (ROLES AND RULES WITHIN FAMILIES)
IMPROVING MEMBER’S SELF-ESTEEM
FOCUS ON STRENGTHS
ANTIPATHOLOGY

8. STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY
FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION
FOCUS ON BOUNDARIES (ENMESHMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT)
FOCUS ON ALIGNMENTS (COALITIONS)
FOCUS ON HIERARCHIES (POWER)

9. STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY (HALEY)
PROBLEM SOLVING FOCUS (SYMPTOM ORIENTED)
POWER STRUGGLES
EXAMINING HIERARCHIES
VERY DIRECTIVE THERAPIST (STRAIGHT FORWARD AND PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVES)

10. FEMINISTIC THEORY

11. FEMINISTIC OR GENDER SENSITIVE COUNSELING
ANTIPATHOLOGY (SEEN AS SEXIST)
ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION AS NORMAL REACTION LIVING IN A SEXIST SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGICAL FOCUS (GENDERED ROLES AS DETERMINED BY SOCIETY INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR)
EMPOWERMENT AS THE ULTIMATE GOAL
COPING WITH AND WORKING ON CHANGING GENDERED ROLES
INEQUALITY IN POWER LEADS TO RELATIONSHIP DIFFICULTY (THUS THE NEED FOR AN EGALITARIAN RELATIONSHIP IN THERAPY) * THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS

12. FEMINISTIC OR GENDER SENSITIVE COUNSELING
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL TO PRODUCE PERMANENT CHANGE (RADICAL FEMINISM)
INFLUENTIAL IN TREATING VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE/ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, COUPLES COUNSELING