Ordering a therapeutic context: A developmental interactional approach to the treatment of eating disorders in a college counseling center.

Expanding Perspectives: Systemic Approaches to College Students Experiencing Depression

“…The meaningful system was used by Imber‐Black () to describe the context of a presenting problem, including sets of relational patterns and meanings, which are then organized and related to a presenting problem in a useful way. College students' meaningful systems can often include family members as well as nonfamily members who are significant components of their college environment (Terry, ). By using a systemic lens to include important individuals with whom clients interact, clinicians may begin to better conceptualize how the problem is maintained in the college environment (Terry, ).…”

Assessing and Constructing a Meaningful System: Systemic Perspective in a College Counseling Center

“…It may include the family plus particular supporting social structures the family has engaged to help in resolving their problems (Imber-Black, 1985;Miller, 1983;Selvini-Palazzoli, Boscolo, Cecchin, & Prata, 1980;Webb-Woodard & Webb-Woodard, 1983), the family plus nonhousehold significant others (Dammann & Berger, 1983), or the individual's own solution cycles (Weakland, 1983). On the college campus it may include the individual plus significant members of the college environment (Searight & Openlander, 1984;Terry, 1986).…”

“…Including nonfamilial members, at times, allows the therapist to consider influential relationships that can affect therapeutic progress and to develop more therapeutic resources. This work took place at a small, private, 4-year New England college and builds on both Whiting's (1981) descriptions of family therapy services and my work on interactional treatment of eating disorders in this college counseling center (Terry, 1986).…”