The Family Speaks: Family Members' Descriptions of Therapy for Sexual Abuse

Fraenkel, Peter; Schoen, Sarah; Perko, Kathryn A.; Mendelson, Tamar; Kushner, Sheila; Islam, Sania; Coxon, Zoë; Taylor, Dawn Baird

doi:10.1521/jsyt.1998.17.4.39

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“…Of critical importance to some clients was having a regularly scheduled session where they could (a) interact with each other differently, (b) limit the influence of their everyday problems (Bischoff & McBride, 1996;Ward et al, 2007;Wark, 1994b), and (c) focus on relationships (Bowman & Fine, 2000). For example, Fraenkel et al (1998) reported, ''The most important thing that happened today was my family came together as one group'' (p. 55). Along these lines, some clients acknowledged that ''just coming to therapy is helpful, regardless of the therapist or therapeutic approach'' (Bischoff & McBride, 1996, p. 123).…”

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“…Conversely, when clients feel therapists are focusing too much on one family member’s agenda and perspective at the expense of those of the other family members, they can become frustrated and can perceive the therapist as being biased (Bischoff & McBride, 1996; Bowman & Fine, 2000; Kuehl et al., 1990). Clients appear to be especially sensitive on these issues of balance when children or adolescents partake in the therapy process (Fraenkel et al., 1998; Lobatto, 2002). This perception of imbalance can lead parents to report that they have to ask therapists (a) to connect with their children (Stith et al., 1996), (b) to give children space in the process (Lobatto, 2002), and (c) to point out positive points of the child (Strickland‐Clark et al., 2000).…”

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“…Clients expressed a keen interest in how their therapists dealt with emotional issues (Beck et al., 2006; Fraenkel et al., 1998; Ward et al., 2007), including how therapists explored deeper emotional concerns (Andersson et al., 2006) by asking clients questions about feelings that they might not be asking each other (Allen & St. George, 2001). Clients expressed appreciation for techniques such as externalization, which they perceived as taking inhibiting emotions out of issues (St.…”

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Based upon a qualitative metasynthesis of 49 articles centered on clients' experiences of their conjoint couple and family therapy, the investigators constructed a grounded formal theory of Clients' Relational Conceptions of Conjoint Couple and Family Therapy Quality. The theory suggests from pretherapy conceptions to posttherapy reflections, clients' perceptions of conjoint couple and family therapy quality appear to consist of clients' constructed meanings regarding a series of interrelated relationships between clients and their therapists and therapy environments, between clients and themselves, between clients and other family members, and between process and outcome both inside and outside therapy. Within and across these relationships, clients appear to focus on expectations, connections, balance, and change when evaluating the quality of their clinical experiences. Based upon this theory, the investigators recommend that researchers continue to explore this clinical phenomenon and that therapists regularly seek clients' conceptions of quality in therapy.

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This article presents the collaborative family program development (CFPD) model, a collaborative research-based approach to creating community-based programs for families. In this approach, families are viewed as experts on the nature of their challenges and on what they desire in a program. This approach is particularly useful in developing programs for families who have experienced social oppression and who may have been reluctant to participate in programs created for them by professionals without their consultation. In contrast, when professionals adopt the stance of respectful learners, families respond by actively engaging in the program development research and in the program created from it. This article describes the nature and complexities of a collaborative program development stance, the unique contribution to community-based program development offered by a family systems focus, and the 10 steps in the CFPD approach. These 10 steps guide movement from initiating the project and forming collaborative professional partnerships to engaging cultural consultants; conducting in-depth research to understand the problems, resources, contexts, and recommendations from the perspective of families who will receive the program and from the perspective of front-line professionals working with these families; transforming research findings into program contents and formats; and implementing, evaluating, revising, and replicating the program. The approach is illustrated by a program called Fresh Start for Families, developed and replicated for families in New York City who are homeless and attempting to move from welfare to work.

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The Family Speaks: Family Members' Descriptions of Therapy for Sexual Abuse

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Clients’ Relational Conceptions of Conjoint Couple and Family Therapy Quality: A Grounded Formal Theory

Clients’ Relational Conceptions of Conjoint Couple and Family Therapy Quality: A Grounded Formal Theory

Collaborative Family Program Development: Research Methods That Investigate and Foster Resilience and Engagement in Marginalized Communities

Engaging Families as Experts: Collaborative Family Program Development

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