Ethnic Diversity: Selected Population Highlights about Our Pluralistic Society We are, in United States, a nation of ethnics who are becoming increasingly diverse. Each ethnic group […]
Expressions of Ethnicity Ethnicity finds expression in every aspect of individual, family, and group life. It affects personal appearance, family and group structures, processes, and relationships. […]
Preparation of Workers Preparation for work with varying ethnic groups includes the same as preparation for human service in general, but there are some special aspects […]
The Use of Systems Theory Pluralistic societies tend to be extremely complex, particularly when the groups that make them up are in the process of redefining […]
Applying Concepts from Systems Theory to Working with People What implications does all this have for workers whose task it is to improve the functioning of […]
Communications Model of Family Therapy I. Gregory Bateson Don Jackson John Weakland William Fry Jay Haley __________________________________________________________________________________ •Known as the Palo Alto Group, at the Mental Training […]
Key theoretical concepts include the differentiation of self, the ability of the child to become separate from the parental unit, and triangles, which occur when two-person […]
The theory of strategic therapy states that the patient’s symptoms are a result of attempts by family members to correct what they consider “problem” behavior. • […]
Systemic Crisis Intervention Strategies It can be useful to study crisis and intervention in terms of two separate categories: individual, couple, and family crises, and systemic […]