Susan smiled: on explanation in family therapy

The contemporary psychotherapist is exposed to a variety of conceptual models and paradigms. These are usually presented as opposing truths in different doctrinal schools, but actually they are all valid from one point of view or another. And accordingly, they are all tactically useful at some point...

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Published inFamily process Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 59
Main Author Scheflen, A E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1978
Subjects
Attitude of Health Personnel
Child
Emotions
Facial Expression
Family Therapy
Father-Child Relations
Female
Humans
Male
Mother-Child Relations
Motivation
Nonverbal Communication
Personality
Smiling
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Summary:The contemporary psychotherapist is exposed to a variety of conceptual models and paradigms. These are usually presented as opposing truths in different doctrinal schools, but actually they are all valid from one point of view or another. And accordingly, they are all tactically useful at some point or another. I thought it was important to say this, but I did not want to write a dry, academic paper on the subject. So I will tell a clinical story that weaves the threads into a fabric.
ISSN:0014-7370
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1978.00059.x