WK-3-asignment. Experiential Family Therapy. Health, Medicine, Nursing

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Experiential Family Therapy
Experiential family therapy is an instinctive tactic that uses active and multisensory practice such as drawing and role play. Experiential family therapy has two main goals;
* To establish individual autonomy and ensure the family members have a sense of belonging or inter-connection or belonging.
* To encourage family members to encourage each other to attain individuation
In incidences related to drug addiction, the therapist must ensure that more members, if not all, participate because the chances of the client becoming sober depend on a health and functional family. Since the effectiveness of experiential family therapy relies on joining, empathy, and interactions, the therapist’s must be authentic and actively participate in the therapy sessions. Experiential techniques are useful in cases where verbal based communication or traditional therapies have failed.
Narrative Family Therapy
The practice of narrative family therapy is based on the idea that people classify their lives through narratives or stories. Narrative family therapy indicates that individuals make meaning of their lives based on the people who are close to them and prevailing cultural practices (Suddeath et al., 2017). As a result, narrative therapists believe that their clients are not solely responsible for the problems they are experiencing. The main objective of narrative family therapy is to;
* Change the midget of people who are dominated with feelings of “I am depressed or anxious” to view their problem as something that they possess but does not define who they are.
Compare experiential family therapy and narrative family therapy noting their strengths and weaknesses
A major difference between experiential family therapy and narrative family therapy is that the former relies on “experiencing” while the latter focuses on the importance of narratives in peoples’ lives. Experiencing enables a person to become the kind of individual he/she wants to be rather than ...