Why Am I the Only One You’re Talking to, Talk to Them, They Haven’t Said a Word? : Pitfalls and Challenges of Having the Child in the Focus of Family Therapy
Abstract
Children with conduct disorders are at risk of being positioned in the family therapy as ‘the problem’. This study describes how the difficulties were talked about and how the child coped in this situation. The results showed: the parents produced symptom-oriented problem talk about the child’s behavior, rendering systemic reformulation of the problem challenging. The negative interaction made the climate unsafe and impaired consideration of the child’s behavior as a meaningful way for the child to become seen and heard. This study enriches understanding of the therapeutic challenge therapists face with high-risk families from the very beginning of the treatment.
Main Authors
Format
Articles
Research article
Published
2022
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Routledge
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202102121541Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0192-6187
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2020.1870582
Language
English
Published in
American Journal of Family Therapy
Citation
- Helimäki, M., Laitila, A., & Kumpulainen, K. (2022). Why Am I the Only One You’re Talking to, Talk to Them, They Haven’t Said a Word? : Pitfalls and Challenges of Having the Child in the Focus of Family Therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy, 50(2), 113-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2020.1870582
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