Novice Counselor's blog

Structural Family therapy means approaching clients in their social context. It is based on changing the organization of the family. Structural Theory rests on the assumptions that outer context affects inner psychic processes, that changes in context produce changes in the individual and that the therapist working with the family becomes a part [...]

Diana, a private practitioner, began working with Mrs. Cole, who was referred for counseling by her family doctor. Her doctor had not been able to find any physiological basis for her complaint that on several occasions she had felt as though she were choking and could not breathe. After several sessions, it became [...]