Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Introduction

This essay aims to explore the case of a seven year old child in terms of different therapies application. The paper will look at the differences in approaches, goals and techniques of structural and experiential therapies.

Discussion

A structural family therapist will view the case as the repetition of an experience in the family. The therapy using this approach suggests that school phobia prevails in the family. He will view two constraint systems which are generic constraint and idiosyncratic constraint. The generic check explores that the parents have greater authority on their child which creates the mental health issue in the ...