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The tone of the group leader was calming and encouraging; his voice felt reassuring and affirming that ultimately empowering by simply sharing his stories. The open format felt genuine in nature and the group appeared cohesive. Reoccurring themes for most speakers were difficulties in identifying their feelings, perceive themselves as completely unselfish and dedicated to the well-being of others. Listening to others sharing their struggles, I began to access my life and codependent tendency that I may exhibit. There is codependency in every relationship; however, my focus was on my relationship with my husband. After some thought, I realized that the relationship with my husband mutually satisfying relationship.
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) As an aspiring Marriage and Family Therapist, this group was very intriguing. Looking at the multigenerational effects of addiction illustrated the systemic affects that results from the disease of addictions. The group leader (Lisa) was passionate and well versed in the area of ACOA. The catalyst from change was embodied through Lisa insightfully disclosing personal attributes of the codependency relationship of her parents. …show more content…

The family system aspects of ACOA resonated with me as a clinician and allowed to divulge into dysfunctional characteristics that members of the group may experience. Throughout the meeting, I was very mindful of the painful experiences of the members and observant of their reactions. This allowed me to intuitively understand their personal traumas and maladaptive behaviors they experienced. This was truly a learning experience for me because it systematically supported me in connecting attributes of Bowenian approach to experiences of the group

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By having the question structured like this, it might be able to get group members to try and look a little bit beyond strong feelings they are having right now. This could then lead to discussing what skills group members want to work towards in the group sessions in order to be able to cope better. This question may help them to be able to come up with goals of which coping skills they think would work best. This will help the members to visualize what the future that they want, which will then help in figuring out the goals of the

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(1999). Bowen Family Systems Theory and Practice: Illustration and Critique. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy,20(2), 94-103. doi:10.1002/j.1467-8438.1999.tb00363.x Richardson, C. A., Gilleard, C. J., Lieberman, S., & Peeler, R. (1994).

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In Part B of the paper, the writer will describe the structure and culture of the family origin from a Bowenian perspective. The Bowenian perspective allows the family members to think about where their problem(s) originate and try to come up with a plan to prevent the problem from spreading to the next generation and discuss the strength and problem areas in the family concerning health. According to Yarhouse and Sells, "Bowenian family therapy is helpful in assisting individual family members to differentiate between thinking and feeling and in recognizing boundaries between family members." (483) Approaching any situation the family needs to know their limitations with each other and different activities and food.

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Alcoholism is a chronic brain disease that affects all walks of life and does not have any bounders (Gossop, Stewart, & Marsden, 2008). I choose to attend an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting since this disease is prevalent among adolescents and adults. The meeting was held in the first-floor forum at Pilgrim Congressional Church in Queens New York. The goals of the AA meeting were stated explicitly by the leader conducting the meeting. The mission of the organization is to maintain sobriety by helping alcoholics achieve recovery.

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Over the years a debate has ensued as to whether addiction is an individual or family problem. Our textbook states that “Bateson and others believe that addiction is not an either/or proposition but a both/and problem” when it comes to whether addiction is an individual or family issue (Stevens & Smith, 2013, p. 240). There are many advantages when using family therapy as a substance abuse treatment modality. One advantage to family treatment is that new problem solving skills can be taught to the family so that they can employ the tactics with their loved one. Enabling is a reoccurring problem that many family members do believing that they are actually helping their loved one.

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