Social Work and Family Therapy: Interdisciplinary Roots of Family Intervention
Social Work and Family Therapy: Interdisciplinary Roots of Family Intervention
Author(s): Robert ConstableSubject(s): Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: social work; family therapy; family systemic therapy
Summary/Abstract: Social work practice takes place between persons in families and other social institutions, such as schools, health systems, welfare systems or courts. Drawing from multi-disciplinary theoretical sources, the article brings together social work and family therapy to develop a contemporary model of social work practice with families. There are five generic principles of family systemic practice: 1) persons are inherently relational; 2) families have resilient strengths; 3) family life cycles proceed systemically generating relational tasks for family members; 4) repetitive family interaction generates relational structures; 5) cultures, as perceived by family members, are themselves in dynamic motion, necessitating a transcultural understanding of family interaction.
Journal: Nauki o Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne
- Issue Year: 3/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 147-160
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English