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Family Therapy Within the Context of Violence

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Statistics report that much of family violence goes unreported. Family violence can occur in many forms, including physical, verbal, and emotional acts; all of them should be assessed. It is essential for marriage and family therapists and all mental health counselors to understand the context of family violence, including how to recognize, assess, and support families through effective treatment interventions.

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Family therapy approach to family violence that focuses on resiliency

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Marriage and Family therapy case involving family violence:

In your response to this assignment, your professor has outlines some specific areas that he/she wish to see in your essay.

1. Lifecycle in relationship to family systems theory
- consider using Erikson's theory of psychosocial development of human life cycle. This theory can help you conceptualize where each member of the family is in their lifecycle. For instance, if the perpetrator of the violence is in their mid-50th, in the Generativity vs. Stagnation stage of their life, it is plausible that his verbally and physically abusive behaviour has escalated because he is agitated that his life is stagnant and he has not accomplished all his dreams. Furthermore, he projects his feelings of uselessness and failure on to his spouse, who he now bullies and victimizes.
- I suggest also reading chapters 1-5 in the book your professor suggested. They may help you consider the issues that ...

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