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Strategic Family Therapy (SFT) Overview:

Strategic Family Therapy is a brief, goal-oriented therapeutic approach that focuses on altering interactional patterns within a family to resolve dysfunction. Developed by Jay Haley and others at the Mental Research Institute, SFT concentrates on the family's current problems, aiming to shift behaviors rather than explore underlying causes. The therapist takes an active role, using specific interventions to influence family dynamics and promote change.

Intervention Strategies in SFT

Pretend

• Definition: The pretend technique involves asking family members to act as if the problem doesn't exist, or to pretend to engage in the problematic behavior in a controlled way.
• When to use: This strategy is useful when emotions are intense, and direct confrontation would lead to defensiveness. It allows the family to experiment with new ways of interacting without feeling pressured.
• Application in the vignette: The therapist could ask Laura to pretend for one day that she has forgiven Charles and ask Charles to pretend that he feels fully supported by Laura. This allows both to experience what a healed relationship might feel like without the emotional burden of doing it "for real."

Positioning

• Definition: Positioning involves taking an exaggerated stance on a family member's behavior to bring about change. It's a more extreme form of reframing where the therapist emphasizes the negative consequences of maintaining the current behavior.
• When to use: Positioning is helpful when family members are entrenched in their views, and the therapist needs to push them toward reevaluating their stance.
• Application in the vignette: The therapist might take Charles' statement about Laura's neglect to the extreme, suggesting that if Laura continues to "ignore him," their relationship is destined for failure. This could provoke Charles into reflecting on his own actions and motivate him to address his role in the conflict.

Explanation:

The information above is only a guide for you to answer the task. You can use this to help you answer the task. References you can use include:

• Guttman, H. A. (2020). Strategic Family Therapy: A Problem-Centered Approach.Journal of Family Therapy, 42(4), 419-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6427.2020.00562.x
• Haley, J., & Richeport-Haley, M. (2018).Directive family therapy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315275453
• Nichols, M. P. (2021).The essentials of family therapy(7th ed.). Pearson.
• Vetlesen, A. J. (2019). Family intervention strategies in systemic therapy: Evidence from randomized trials.Journal of Family Psychology, 33(5), 637-647. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000549
• Watzlawick, P., Weakland, J. H., & Fisch, R. (2019).Change: Principles of problem formation and problem resolution. W.W. Norton & Company.