Positive Practice in Family Therapy

Carr, Alan

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1997.tb01036.x

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“…(This seems intuitive, considering that the ultimate goal of all therapies is for clients to make use of gains made in therapy outside the formal consultation setting.) Specifically, homework has received enthusiastic support in experiential therapy (e.g., Greenberg, Watson, & Goldman, 1988), marital and family therapies (e.g., Carr, 1997), and solution-focused therapy (Beyebach, Morejon, Palenzuela, & Rodriguez-Arias, 1996). Despite this broader emphasis of homework as an important feature of psychotherapy practice, there is no current empirical support for its use outside of cognitive and behavioral therapies.…”

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Reflecting on homework in psychotherapy: What can we conclude from research and experience?

Kazantzis

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2002

J Clin Psychol

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This article examines the empirical basis of using homework in psychotherapy and then offers a synthesis of the research literature with the preceding clinical articles. We provide a practitioner-friendly review of psychotherapy process and outcome research literature, concluding that there is now sufficient evidence to support the assertion that homework assignments enhance psychotherapy outcomes. It is also clear that homework compliance is a consistently significant predictor of treatment outcome. Limitations of existing studies and future research directions are outlined, and we suggest that more specific questions are required regarding the integration of homework into therapy process. Clinical recommendations and issues in homework administration described in preceding articles are also synthesized. The research evidence and contributors to this issue converge in recommending homework within the broad context of psychotherapy and using creative ways of administering homework that is customized to the client.

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Section: Limitations Of Empirical Researchmentioning

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Reflecting on homework in psychotherapy: What can we conclude from research and experience?

Kazantzis

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2002

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“…Carr (1995) sees the problem as embedded in the context of Western society where fathers are more likely to be engaged outside the home and to live in a culture which separates them from their children. In reviewing ten empirical investigations of Milan Family Therapy, Carr (1991) refers to a study by Bennun (1989) in which the perceptions of the therapist were researched in thirty-five families.…”

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‘Too busy’? Father's attendance for family appointments

Walters¹,

Tasker

Bichard³

2001

Journal of Family Therapy

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Fathers are often less likely to attend for appointments with their referred children at family and child psychiatry clinics than are mothers. The literature related to this topic is examined. A study of fathers' attendance at family sessions is reported, in which attenders are compared to nonattenders. It is concluded that conventional suppositions regarding fathers' attendance, such as work hours and family roles, are not as important predictors of fathers' attendance as fathers' relationships with their own fathers and current relationships with their partners. Clinical implications are examined.

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“…In social theory, Allan (2000) interpreted postmodernism in the following way: It rejects grand narratives on the nature of the universe, doubts the advantages of technology, and reduces science to a language game. In family therapy, some scholars (e.g., Anderson, 1999;Carr, 1997;White & Epston, 1990) view postmodernism as an ideological critique of universal or metanarratives, including self-critique, and it invites an ongoing skeptical attitude toward the nature and meaning of knowledge, including its certainty and power.…”

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Daughter Praising, Mother Bashing: A Case Study From Hong Kong

Chan

Joyce

2004

Health Care for Women International

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In this paper, we present the case of a mother and daughter in family therapy. We call for a critical examination of Western literature that describes how a mother praises her child. I illustrate how one observer (the first author) perceives the issue of maternal praise differently from other observers. To illustrate the interaction between this family and the family therapist (the second author), some representative vignettes of the sixth session have been extracted for discussion. Ten observers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 7 of whom were master's students and 3 were doctoral students, observed the therapy sessions from the adjoining room. The article is composed of four parts: (a) parental styles and relationships in families with an anorectic daughter literature review; (b) vignettes of the sixth family therapy session; (c) the observers' comments about the therapist; and (d) discussion. The paper concludes with a question of whether the impact of praise on a child's development in Western society functions in the same way and produces the same effects on a child's development as it does in Chinese society.

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Positive Practice in Family Therapy

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Cited by 28 publications

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Reflecting on homework in psychotherapy: What can we conclude from research and experience?

Reflecting on homework in psychotherapy: What can we conclude from research and experience?

‘Too busy’? Father's attendance for family appointments

Daughter Praising, Mother Bashing: A Case Study From Hong Kong

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