Integrating individual and family therapies: A structural-developmental approach.

Melito, Richard

doi:10.1037/1053-0479.16.3.346

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“…The individual therapeutic frame above all needed to be preserved so that the unconscious was not contaminated. Family systems theory challenged this notion with the assumption that we are all part of a system (Melito, 2006) and that pretending that this is not the case limits the range of possible clinical interventions.…”

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Ethical considerations in treatment of personality dysfunction: Using evidence, principles, and clinical judgment.

Magnavita¹,

Levy²,

Critchfield³

et al. 2010

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Clinical work with clients suffering from personality disorders can be among the most challenging for psychologists. These clients may have a wide range of clinical presentations, and many practitioners may lack the specialized training needed to provide successful treatment to these clients. Clinicians are faced with several challenges in making treatment decisions that are ethically informed and based on available research findings. Because of the relative dearth of evidence-based treatments for these clients, clinicians are encouraged to use a cost-benefit analysis approach when weighing the benefits versus disadvantages of specific interventions and treatment approaches. Recommendations for effective and ethical treatment of clients with personality dysfunction are provided that are based on an empirically grounded framework. Three expert commentators provide insights into the state-of-the-art of clinical work with these clients.

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Section: The Challenge Of Delivering Multiple Modalities Of Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethical considerations in treatment of personality dysfunction: Using evidence, principles, and clinical judgment.

Magnavita¹,

Levy²,

Critchfield³

et al. 2010

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…Here, the marital system is kept alive in therapeutic content. Melito (2006) described a structural-developmental approach to integrate theoretical individual and family therapies. He proposed integration using a lens to identify four common structural aspects.…”

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The Solo Note: Therapy With One Spouse Through Systemic Individual Marital Therapy (SIMT)

Shah

Satyanarayana

2011

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

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The debate over conjoint versus individual marital therapy seemed to have ended many decades ago with criticisms and countercriticisms. Yet, this skepticism in marital therapy literature about the effectiveness of marital therapy with 1 partner does not translate into efficient practice guidelines. In this article, the authors propose a new model for therapy with 1 partner using a systemic perspective with the aim to address marital and other issues, named systemic individual marital therapy (SIMT). The authors demonstrate this therapeutic reality first by using a case report that illustrates client material where a new individual therapy perspective is required. Then, the authors show findings from a brief qualitative research that emphasizes the importance of client experiences. SIMT goals, structures, processes, and conceptual issues are subsequently presented, followed by discussion on some of its theoretical positions. KEYWORDS case report, indicators, model, systemic approach, systemic individual marital therapyThe theory of conjoint sessions has become a very powerful force in contemporary research and practice initiatives in marital therapy. Reviewers of couple/marital therapies have deliberated over conjoint versus individual session formats through criticisms and counter-criticisms, especially in the 1980s. Individual marital therapy (IMT) became a well-known terminology,

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“…Scheinkman and Fishbane (2004) understood marital conflict as clashing behavior (survival strategies) aimed at protecting vulnerabilities of each partner. Melitto (2006) offered a structural-developmental schema linking the complexities of individual and family psychology. His view of a “multifaceted self” is of special interest for our meta-model.…”

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The functional hypothesis: A family systems contribution toward an understanding of the healing process of the common factors.

Mones

Schwartz²

2007

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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In this article, the authors link a central organizing concept and process, The Functional Hypothesis, to the literature on metatheoretical approaches to the psychotherapy process. The Functional Hypothesis is presented as a central thread that runs through all family systems models, the employment of which contributes to successful therapeutic outcomes. The Functional Hypothesis is linked to the literature on client factors in emotional healing and is posited as the creative catalyst for the dynamics of the Common Factors. A Case Example is included, exemplifying the metatheoretical Internal Family Systems Therapy model which operationalizes therapeutic work with the Functional Hypothesis.

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Integrating individual and family therapies: A structural-developmental approach.

Cited by 4 publications

References 56 publications

Ethical considerations in treatment of personality dysfunction: Using evidence, principles, and clinical judgment.

Ethical considerations in treatment of personality dysfunction: Using evidence, principles, and clinical judgment.

The Solo Note: Therapy With One Spouse Through Systemic Individual Marital Therapy (SIMT)

The functional hypothesis: A family systems contribution toward an understanding of the healing process of the common factors.

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