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The renaissance of family therapy?

The renaissance of family therapy? THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF FAMILY THERAPY Volume 33 Number 4 2012 pp. 263–265 c The Authors 2013 doi 10.1017/aft.2012.35 Editorial In Therapeutic Assessment with Children (TA-C), Filippo Aschieri, Francesca Fantini and Paolo Bertrando describe a brief semi-structured family intervention that uses psychological assessment in a collaborative way to help families with children to change. TA-C is part of a developing research literature and the authors describe its various steps in detail. This includes how to construct assessment questions in collaboration with the family, plan and conduct psychological testing with the young person while the parents observe, the family intervention session and separate feedback sessions with both parents and the child, the latter taking the creative form of a fable. A fascinating and detailed practice narrative illustrates how TA-C can be seen as an integral part of a systemic and dialogical approach to family therapy. Rolf Sundet in Postmodern-oriented practices and client-focused research: possibilities and hazards, brings traditional therapy outcome research and postmodern collaborative practices together in a way that is mindful of therapeutic assessment. The article draws on an on-going patient-focused qualitative research study in a child and adolescent mental health family therapy unit in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
2012 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1017/aft.2012.35
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Abstract

THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF FAMILY THERAPY Volume 33 Number 4 2012 pp. 263–265 c The Authors 2013 doi 10.1017/aft.2012.35 Editorial In Therapeutic Assessment with Children (TA-C), Filippo Aschieri, Francesca Fantini and Paolo Bertrando describe a brief semi-structured family intervention that uses psychological assessment in a collaborative way to help families with children to change. TA-C is part of a developing research literature and the authors describe its various steps in detail. This includes how to construct assessment questions in collaboration with the family, plan and conduct psychological testing with the young person while the parents observe, the family intervention session and separate feedback sessions with both parents and the child, the latter taking the creative form of a fable. A fascinating and detailed practice narrative illustrates how TA-C can be seen as an integral part of a systemic and dialogical approach to family therapy. Rolf Sundet in Postmodern-oriented practices and client-focused research: possibilities and hazards, brings traditional therapy outcome research and postmodern collaborative practices together in a way that is mindful of therapeutic assessment. The article draws on an on-going patient-focused qualitative research study in a child and adolescent mental health family therapy unit in

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family TherapyWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2012

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