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Families of Children with Chronic Illness and the Relational Family Model

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Pate T.

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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2016

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vol. 6

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issue 2

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Families of children with chronic illness experience persistent stress. Facing the diagnosis and learning how to cope with it is a stressful experience not only for the child but also for the parents and for the whole family. The illness, with its unpredictability and treatment, disturbs their daily routine and threatens the whole family system. Parental involvement in the child’s disease management and their emotional support are crucial for effective coping and adaptation to the child’s chronic illness. The aim of this article is to present the importance of the parental role in these families through theoretical findings of the relational family model.

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Traumatic bonding in intimate partner violence: A Relational Family Therapy approach

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Simonič B., Osewska E.

Family Forum

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2019

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vol. 9

71-90

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Intimate partner violence is defined as a form of violence where, in an intimate relationship, physical or psychological acts of violence are committed by a partner or spouse against the other partner or spouse. All of these actions are accompanied by extremely emotional dynamics, which is paradoxical, as we would expect that with the gravity of abusive and violent acts the victims will understand the need for self-protection and appropriate measures. There is a strong emotional bond between the victim and the abuser, which authors call traumatic bonding. It is an emotional dependence between two people in a relationship that is characterized by the feelings of intense attachment, cognitive distortion and behavioural strategies of both individuals that paradoxically strengthen and maintain the bond, which is reflected in a vicious cycle of violence. The termination of such a relationship or the departure from it, from the point of view of attachment which is activated in this situation, seems risky, since the victim seeks refuge in the state of perceived danger, but experiences that - after the outbreak of violence calms down - the refuge is paradoxically offered by the bully. Here we can recognize a pattern of dysfunctional affect regulation that falsely calms difficult (basic) affects and maintains a violent relationship. From the viewpoint of Relational Family Therapy, it is therefore necessary for victims that after breaking off a violent relationship or leaving it they face their painful basic affects and develop proper regulation of these, otherwise they will remain committed to this kind of relationship. Using the case study method, the paper describes the case of a client after she left a violent intimate relationship, with an emphasis on the demonstration of traumatic bonding dynamics and the resolution of their consequences in Relational Family Therapy. [1] The authors acknowledges partial financial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (project No. J5-9349).

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Coping with divorce and relational family therapy

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Simonič B.

Family Forum

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2014

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issue 4

203-222

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Divorce or collapse of the partner relationship is among the more stressful and psychically challenging of experiences. No matter the circumstances, due to which we could understand divorce as a desired solution of irresolvable complications in relationships, it is a distressing experience that affects the life of an individual as well as that of the family as a system. Divorce does not have far-reaching consequences just for the partners, but also for the children and extended family, as well as society. After divorce, a new era begins, when it is necessary to re-adapt to life and during which hard feelings also emerge. Divorce represents loss: the loss of a partner, of social status, of identity as a married person, etc. During the process of facing divorce, successful emotional adaptation to the new situation, which may also be described facing loss, is of great significance. The process of mourning begins, during which it is necessary to face the reality of loss. When that does not happen, the individual cannot move on; this is the point at which dysfunctional and symptomatic behaviour emerges. This contribution will outline some of the aspects of divorce, focusing mainly on the emotional aspect of adapting to divorce, as well as some possibilities for successfully processing emotional complications during divorce through the process of relational family therapy.

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Rozwód lub rozpad związku partnerskiego znajduje się wśród bardziej stresujących i psychicznie trudnych doświadczeń. Nie ważne, jakie są okoliczności, w związku z którymi moglibyśmy rozumieć rozwód jako pożądane rozwiązanie nierozwiązywalnych konfliktów w związku, jest to ciężkie doświadczenie, które oddziałuje na życie jednostki i życie rodziny jako systemu. Rozwód nie posiada daleko sięgających konsekwencji tylko dla partnerów, ale też dla dzieci i dalszej rodziny oraz dla społeczeństwa. Po rozwodzie rozpoczyna się nowa era, kiedy konieczna jest ponowna adaptacja do życia, w czasie której pojawiają się trudne odczucia. Rozwód jest stratą: stratą partnera, statusu społecznego, tożsamości zamężnej/żonatej osoby. W czasie procesu zetknięcia się z rozwodem, dużą wagę kładzie się na pozytywną emocjonalną adaptację do nowej sytuacji, którą możemy również opisać jako zmierzenie się ze stratą. Rozpoczyna się proces żałoby, w trakcie której konieczne jest sprostanie realiom straty. Kiedy to nie zaistnieje, jednostka nie może ruszyć dalej, a my możemy zaobserwować pojawienie się dysfunkcyjnego, symptomatycznego zachowania. W artykule zarysujemy pewne aspekty rozwodu, skupiając się głównie na emocjonalnym aspekcie dostosowania się do sytuacji, jak również zaznaczymy możliwości pozytywnego postępowania z komplikacjami emocjonalnymi występującymi podczas rozwodu poprzez przejście modelu rodzinnej terapii relacyjnej.

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Families of Children with Chronic Illness and the Relational Family Model

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