Social Work and Family Therapy: Interdisciplinary Roots of Family Intervention

• Authors: Robert Constable

Title variants

Praca socjalna i terapia rodziny: interdyscyplinarne korzenie interwencji w rodzinie

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Social work practice takes place between persons in families and other social institutions, such as schools, health systems, welfare systems or courts. Drawing from multi-disciplinary theoretical sources, the article brings together social work and family therapy to develop a contemporary model of social work practice with families. There are five generic principles of family systemic practice: 1) persons are inherently relational; 2) families have resilient strengths; 3) family life cycles proceed systemically generating relational tasks for family members; 4) repetitive family interaction generates relational structures; 5) cultures, as perceived by family members, are themselves in dynamic motion, necessitating a transcultural understanding of family interaction.

PL

Praktyka pracy socjalnej odbywa się pomiędzy członkami rodzin a innymi instytucjami społecznymi, takimi jak: szkoły, systemy opieki zdrowotnej, systemy opieki społecznej i sądy. Czerpiąc z multidyscyplinarnych źródeł teoretycznych, artykuł łączy pracę socjalną i terapię rodzinną w celu opracowania współczesnego modelu praktyki pracy socjalnej z rodzinami. Istnieje pięć ogólnych zasad systemowej praktyki rodzinnej: 1) osoby są z natury relacyjne; 2) rodziny mają siły rodzące sprężystość psychiczną; 3) cykle życia rodzinnego postępują systemowo, generując relacyjne zadania dla członków rodziny; 4) powtarzające się interakcje rodzinne generują struktury relacyjne; 5) kultury, postrzegane przez członków rodziny, znajdują się w stanie dynamicznego ruchu, co wymaga transkulturowego zrozumienia interakcji rodziny.

Keywords

EN

social work; family therapy; family systemic therapy

PL

praca socjalna; terapia rodzin; systemowa terapia rodzin; praca socjalna; terapia rodzin; systemowa terapia rodzin

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Nauki o Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 147-160

Dates

published

2016-12-30

Contributors

author

Robert Constable

• Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2450-4491.03.09