Symptom focused treatments conjoint family therapy- virginia satir

Paper name: Family Counselling
Assignment Topic: Family with Mental Illness. Role of Family Counsellor in the same.

-Must be in APA format with references
-Must have context in relation to Indian culture
-Must include counselling strategies and techniques applicable in such settings (wrt to the topic)
-Pointers such as influence/ impact of the illness in the patient and the family members, decreasing stigma, benefits of counselling in these scenarios…etc. must be covered
-No cover page needed
- Word document is required
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Unit 2: Family across a Life Span
Unit 3: Families Dynamics
Stages of family life cycle-key developmental and emotional issues in the following stages-Young Adulthood, newly married, child bearing, families with preschool children, Families with school age children. Families with teenage children, Launching stage, Middle aged adult, Retirement.

Unit 7: Other Modalities of Family Therapy
Individual family therapy, Couple therapy, Group family therapy. Couples group therapy, Multiple family therapy. Family networking. Symptom focused treatments - Conjoint Family Therapy- Virginia Satir, Brief Marital Therapy-Hudson and O'Hanlon. Program development in marriage and family counselling: Pre marital counselling, parenting programs, communications skills, conflict management, and emotional management, relations enhancement, Family Life education.

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6. McGolderick, M., Gerson, R and Shellenberger, S (1999) Genograms assessment and Intervention, New York: Norton

10.Hudson. P. O'Hanlon & O'Hanlon, W. H (1994) Ed. Rewriting love stories- Brief Martial therapy, New York, Norton.