The book begins with a quote from James Agee and Walker Evans: "The family needs to take care of itself, no mother or father, no shelter, no resources, no love, interest, service, support or comfort, so close you can happy or sad, what about all the family is for those who are outside of what the people inside, but, as I said, very lonely pull themselves homeless, designed around a fire in the cruelest times, so alone, and if it other families, each as an individual or less, no help or comfort and is also designed himself. "
Story of a family history of Bryce, Napier and Whitaker illustrate the basic dynamics of the structural imbalance of the system and how the child is a method to avoid the typical happy couples for marriage and family problems starting. , Fusion triangles, single family life cycle, family of origin issues, prejudices, reciprocity, and guilt are the hierarchy and the properties of living systems are among the concepts explained and illustrated by experiences in dealing with this family. David Carolyn, is a pair of unhappy parents of Claudia (PI), Laura, and Thursday the book well written, stop, hard to start as soon as you read.
Whitaker has been criticized in the field, because many people believe that he is not really a theory. It is assumed that only lead his charismatic personality, his treatment. I do not agree. I think that's enough to read his chapter in Handbook of Family Therapy (1981) and these concepts can be understood in a family witch hunt of the depth and breadth of his theory to see.
To examine in the book review services, better theoretical background and key concepts Whitaker. He began as a OB / GYN and had no psychiatric training. He was involved in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia, after the Second World War. Whitaker was interested in determining the understanding of the relationship distressed family background and whether the psychotic symptoms as severe as the patterns and beliefs, dysfunctional family could be increased.
From 1946 to 1955, he participated and Whitaker (1981) Treatment of schizophrenia with the type of aggressive treatment to play. In fact, the most influential Whitaker drive training clinic in which children learn, play therapy (Whitaker, 1981). Whitaker used different methods to learn of the scandal, too, "crazy" of the war, with a bottle of swing, all of them speak in his formative experiences to draw deeply.
At the same time developed these techniques, a kind of pyknolepsy, where he slept in a meeting has developed. He dreams of his relationship with the patient for treatment, and then his associations with the dream seat treatment (Whitaker, 1981). Show in defense of the unique techniques and Whitaker, that (p. 188) "any technique to use in self-development process of the analyst to the patient as a mediator, an analyst, the model is called the primary process."
In 1946, Whitaker moved (1981) at Emory, where he headed the department of psychiatry. It was here that his two friends treatment, in collaboration with Dr. Thomas Malone developed in 1964, David Keith Whitaker with a degree of MFT to develop a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine Development Methodology symbolic -.. Experiential Education Students "... Take it all, what the patient said was true symbolic meaning" (Whitaker, 1981, p. '189) to be.
Whitaker (1981) defines health as "... a process to be continued" (p. '190). He stressed that the most important of a healthy family, "... an integrated sense of integrity ... a healthy family, a group or a group of fragmented frozen ... constructive and healthy family management of negative feedback is used strength and comfort. Handlers group includes persons "(p. '190). Whitaker also defines the healthy family "... a generation that is 3-4 ... Put an integrated longitudinal beam separation between the generations. Mom and Dad are not babies and children from their parents" (p. '190). Whitaker examined the degree of parents and children a strong desire to have access to support to external stakeholders. Families of origin in healthy families.
Is important, Whitaker tried to spontaneity of communication as a marker for healthy families. Healthy family, the whole country to accept the problems and the identification capabilities. Therefore, he stressed that healthy families greater freedom for the individual to himself. Whitaker (1981) states: "... families who do not actually normal stress" (p. '190).
Whitaker (1981) found that the fundamental characteristic of healthy families is the availability of "if" the structure, the various family members take on different roles at different times allows. Result of interaction and not rigidly defined roles. Past, present and future of culture and the needs of the family at some point: They are of different conditions, as defined. On the other hand, machine function and Whitaker families as "... characterized by a very limited sense of a whole" (p. '194). Lack of flexibility in times of change are secret communication, the intolerance of the conflict, lack of spontaneity, lack of empathy, guilt and scapegoat, the lack of playfulness and a sense of humor, a marker for healthy families and Whitaker, from the perspective.
Whitaker has a strong focus on the exchange of technical treatment. Family Crucible, for example, the witnesses and the reader Whitaker Napier to continually increase power. Whitaker and Napier techniques are described in the book designed to interfere directly in the rigid pattern of behavior. The exposure of the secret behavior is the efforts of the wrong family to keep in touch immersion true feelings into account. There are of crucial importance here and now family quality of the tools used symbolic, experiential education, Crucible, with a focus on creating and then turn around and the emotional dynamics vivo treatment session.
Napier and Whitaker Bryce insisted on presenting the whole family. In fact, Whitaker symbols - experimental therapy model is considered essential to begin the process of dealing with the family (Napier and Whitaker, 1978). Whitaker (1981) stated: "Our wish for the whole family, is the beginning of" our struggle for the building. "It starts with the first call" (p. '204). He notes that "... seriously, the process of treatment is not aimed at families with children" and "... the quality of experiential education family therapy requires the presence of children" (p. '205). Book by Napier and Whitaker (1978) often try to change the game drive, especially with Laura, Don Claudia. David's family members are invited to the meeting, Carolyn origin. Whitaker (1981) argues that the production of four generations to come for interviews, in order to fight "... helps to develop systems of great anxiety" (p. '204). Experience is the use of cognitive therapy Bryce family entertainment as the winner of growth is attributed to cognitive theory.
Napier and Whitaker (1978) describe the treatment as a symbol of sharing, a wedding professional. Early treatment of co-therapists involved to meet Bryce, decisions. Symbolically, they saw the family as a baby's first steps. How such a structure, the family is required, it follows that unilateral decisions to treat. According to Napier and Whitaker won the battle for control, care of children and parents to soften significantly. Middle of the Bryce family therapy, treatment decisions were more cooperative. Again, this process model, increasing differentiation of the family. As the treatment progressed, the therapist increasingly smaller role, as parents are proud of how the family was integrated Bryce change, regardless of the therapist to search. Whitaker (1981) made clear that the process of care (p. '107) "... with the kids and goes until late adolescence, where the initiative lies with the children, then responsibility for their lives start".
Through the whole book, he emphasized, implicitly and explicitly, that the development varies from self-therapist is the key to the success of treatment. Napier and Whitaker (1978) served as a grandparent, coach or substitute family Bryce further treatment. Themselves are the active forces for change. Instead of a blank screen, acted as allies of the family system. Especially at the beginning of Napier and Whitaker were teaching. Techniques are silence, fear, conflict and balance system used. They acted as a catalyst, which was held on the tacit and found at the scene, represented by the symbols in the family communication patterns. Preferred co-therapists, their subjective impressions.
Above all, he Napier and Whitaker (1978) had the courage to be yourself. They knew how the absurdities of life, and how to bring the most important impulses of people to meet. They believed in a strong healing power of the people, and more importantly, family. They insisted the family in connection with his nonsense, respect the game spontaneously from their own management models.
The reader will notice that the team symbolic - experiential education therapy through several stages. In the first part of the treatment, the struggle can the co-therapists structure. Intermediate phase, a team of parents working activators of stress, expander growth, fostering creativity. Towards the end of treatment, co-therapists to sit and watch, while maintaining independent functioning of the family. Whitaker (1981) states that "the order of attachment and detachment is important. It is a little" how to be with children. Father is angry with their children a minute, our love for others. We take the same stance with families "(p. '205). Therefore, the role of co-therapists in the treatment with Bryce family was dynamic.
She trained as a therapist or reader to believe that he inspired the treatment of Napier and Whitaker (1978) witchhunt genealogy offered. Self-disclosure, his creative play, stories, education, personal messages spontaneously, the use of metaphors, and his co parts of the therapist to work the environment through the generous use of their personal lives. Techniques developed to confusion about Claudia, the patient is identified to start the system off balance in a genuine dialogue between the spouses in a marriage between the generations of large families to open a user. It should be noted however, that non-technical, but a personal commitment that allows Napier and Whitaker (1978), has to do their best. And it shows how thoroughly symbolic (emotional) experience in treating families, illustrated by sharp learning the Bryce family. Why should this experience be created in the session. In order to reveal the hidden world beneath the surface of the world is the healing Bryce's family, for all families. Unique symbolic language in Bryce family system therapists were able to move, the family of the awareness level of the symbolic content.
Family Crucible, Napier (1978) describes the healing of family therapy from the perspective of Whitaker co-therapist. Courage to live absurdity, the courage to embrace each other, to share the point of free association and thoughts with families face. Courage to take part in family life or even invites them to share their lives with deep associations helps families cope with the primary process. In fact, the book argues that the power of the therapist is to treat important, so that the family met with the therapist is the most important remedy. The goal of psychotherapy with the Bryce family, like all families to provide therapeutic experiences the applications must be baked in an imbalance for the whole family. As Carolyn Whitaker says: "If you marry your husband and children divorce?" It acts as an agent of change. They do not care if the customer wants. And it is here that one recognizes that the success of psychotherapy, the analyst from the emotional maturity. Person of the analyst is the core of what is a good psychotherapy. As Whitaker says that the treatment the therapist is critical, vital, experiential education training analyst, his / her customers is to provide an experimental treatment. In short, this book easy to read, inspiring, helpful and deserves a central place in the library of every therapist.