I have a father who is in the very same position as the man in the clip and so are my family. Is it possible to cure a person stubbornness to accept the fact that he is causing the family to be distant from him rather than the other way around? Most importantly, my father is a very stubborn man. Is there a way to make him change his stubborn mindset and make him consider other people's opinion?
Well you can't cure anything because it has to do with family dynamics and role processes being played out, not just what people are saying or doing, which is content-driven therapy. Change the process, you change the outcome. Too many times people think if you focus on the content that the outcome will be different and it never is. Focus on process. Minuchin has his own way of doing that and it is very specific to his type of practice.
This guy seems like he has a rage issue and the kids are scared. I wonder if this therapist would use the same approach knowing what we now know about domestic violence.I felt like the therapist was putting blame on the family. It does not feel right to me at all.
It is not explained well in this video what happened or what roles each family member was playing. Also, people tend to be very judgmental in families that come in for therapy and they do not even want to be there, just enough to actually be there, and that is why therapists generally move people around to see what happens with their family dynamics and roles, which he did here a little bit.
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This type of approach seems very confrontational.
Confrontation isn't a bad thing depending on the client. Sometimes it's an excellent ingredient for change.
I have a father who is in the very same position as the man in the clip and so are my family. Is it possible to cure a person stubbornness to accept the fact that he is causing the family to be distant from him rather than the other way around? Most importantly, my father is a very stubborn man. Is there a way to make him change his stubborn mindset and make him consider other people's opinion?
Greetings Wayne. Try using meta-questions to challenge his distortions, deletions and generalisations.
Well you can't cure anything because it has to do with family dynamics and role processes being played out, not just what people are saying or doing, which is content-driven therapy. Change the process, you change the outcome. Too many times people think if you focus on the content that the outcome will be different and it never is. Focus on process. Minuchin has his own way of doing that and it is very specific to his type of practice.
This guy seems like he has a rage issue and the kids are scared. I wonder if this therapist would use the same approach knowing what we now know about domestic violence.I felt like the therapist was putting blame on the family. It does not feel right to me at all.
It is not explained well in this video what happened or what roles each family member was playing. Also, people tend to be very judgmental in families that come in for therapy and they do not even want to be there, just enough to actually be there, and that is why therapists generally move people around to see what happens with their family dynamics and roles, which he did here a little bit.