A CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE TO SIMON'S REVISION OF STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY

A response to George M. Simon's article "A Revisionist Rendering of Structural Family Therapy" (see abstract in this section of SOPODA 17:2). It is argued that Simon, who sees competency & uniqueness as the underlying goals of structural family therapy (SFT), does not revise SFT,...

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Published inJournal of marital and family therapy Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 27 - 31
Main Author Wetchler, Joseph L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.1995
[Upland, Calif.] :American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Subjects
Family counseling
Family Structure
Family Therapy
Individualized Instruction
Simon, George M
Theory Practice Relationship
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Summary:A response to George M. Simon's article "A Revisionist Rendering of Structural Family Therapy" (see abstract in this section of SOPODA 17:2). It is argued that Simon, who sees competency & uniqueness as the underlying goals of structural family therapy (SFT), does not revise SFT, but only describes preexisting components of the therapy from a theoretical position that privileges enactment. Instead, it is argued that competency & uniqueness have always been theoretical components that guide the practice of structural diagnosis in SFT. By overemphasizing the importance of practice, Simon instead defines his theoretical point on a therapeutic technique, which is both the position he seems to be arguing against & an inversion of the SFT process. J. MacDowell
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ISSN:0194-472X
1752-0606
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1995.tb00136.x