The Family System vs Individual Approaches Research

Family System Theory
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Family Systems

Individual Counseling

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Roles of the Counselor & Client

In the structural family therapy, the role of the counsellor is largely to join the family system which is in question and take out the various elements that causing the conflict. Then replace with the right practices that are going to help the family to grow as a complete unit. This means changing the current practices to better ones that are constructive (Minuchin, 1974).

The rational emotive behavior therapy on the other hand, the counselor’s role involves uncovering the irrational beliefs which may lead to unhealthy practice in the individual and replace them with productive ones (Mulhauser, 2014).

Strengths of the Approach

The strength of the structural family therapy is based on the fact that it relates to the family interactions relative to the structurally elements holing the family members together (Goodtherapy.org, 2016). The family unit is held together under certain specific structures.

In the case of the REBT theory, the strength lies in the fact that, other than identifying the changing the negative practices, the individual is trained on how to adapt productive practices to make better people (David, 2012).

Limitations of the Approach

The structural family theory is largely based on the nuclear family. This means that the theory is largely focused on the interactions within the nuclear family and ignores the fact that, there are other complex interactions such as with the extended family (Zhuo, 2011).

The REBT theory on the other hand focuses solely on the specific symptoms that the patient is showing at the moment. This means that, it does not go deeper into the past to establish how the destructive habits were formed in the first place and heal these areas ("Rebt Albert Ellis", 2008).

Appropriate Scenarios for Using the Approach

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