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Family Therapy Session Report

The Science: Why “Good Morning, Hot” Works in Family Therapy

Addis didn’t pull this out of thin air. She built family therapy 20 01 11 on established research:

Treatment Planning (Decision Rules)

• If severe violence or active safety risk → prioritize safety planning, separate sessions, and coordinate with appropriate services.
• For child conduct problems ages 2–12 → implement PMT or PCIT.
• For adolescent delinquency with multisystem involvement → consider MST or FFT referral.
• For couple distress where attachment rupture is central → EFT or BCT depending on behavioral vs. attachment focus.
• For multigenerational family conflict or chronic anxiety rooted in family roles → Bowenian-informed work with genogram exploration.
• Use brief strategic or structural interventions when quick reorganization is needed (e.g., crisis, transition).

Theoretical Approaches (Concise Overview)

• Structural Family Therapy (Minuchin): Emphasizes family organization, boundaries, and subsystems; uses enactment, joining, and restructuring.
• Strategic Therapy (Haley, Madanes): Focuses on problem-focused directives and paradoxical interventions to change interactional sequences.
• Bowenian Family Therapy: Targets multigenerational patterns, differentiation of self, and triangles; uses genograms and process-focused interventions.
• Systemic (Milan) & Narrative Approaches: Reframe problems as relational processes or externalize problems; use circular questioning and collaborative re-authoring.
• Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy (CBFT) / Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT): Targets behaviors, communication, and cognitions with structured skills training, contingency management, and relapse prevention.
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples: Uses attachment theory to reshuffle interactional cycles and foster secure bonding through experiential interventions.