Family therapy training methods: minimal contact with an agency

Desensitization with minimal therapist contact.

Phobic Ss were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups: (1) a "conventional desensitization" group, which was treated by a therapist in the laboratory, or (2) a "do-it-yourself" group, which carried out the desensitization process at home. For the latter, the only therapist contact was an initial interview and a weekly progress-check phone call. According to Ss' reports of success, both gr...

Social Agency in an Interactive Training System

Interactive training systems often use avatars to depict an advisor that provides feedback on the exercise. In the framework of the SmartSenior project, which developed technologies for people with age related limitations, we realized an interactive trainer for stroke rehabilitation. The UI contained two avatars, one for the training person itself to provide feedback on her motion, and one for ...

Dialectical behavior therapy--family skills training.

Over the past three decades, family interventions have become important components of treatment for a number of psychiatric disorders. To date, however, there has been no family treatment designed specifically for borderline personality disorder patients and their relatives. This article describes one short-term family intervention called Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Family Skills Training. Bas...

Functional Family Therapy Clinical Training Manual

Effectiveness of Structural Family Therapy on Therapy Motivation and Family Functioning in Families with Substance Abusers

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of structural family therapy in therapy motivation and family functioning in families with substance abusers. Method: A quasi-experimental research design along with pre-test/post-test and control group was employed for the conduct of this study. The statistical population of this study consisted of all families who presented t...