Readers will get an overview of Brief Strategic Family Therapy, some of its offshoot approaches and its effectiveness.
Description:
The Spanish Family Center (in Miami, Florida) needed to develop interventions to help recent immigrant Hispanic families' work together to deal with the stress of acculturation. This article describes the Brief Strategic Family Therapy model they developed, using structural family therapy (SFT) as the core approach. Refinements have been made to meet the needs of Hispanic families in the Miami area.
Keywords: Brief therapy, brief psychotherapy, structural family therapy, family therapy, strategic family therapy, Hispanic, diversity, immigrants, acculturation
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
American Psychological Association
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Expiration 03/31/2010
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Illinois Social Work Continuing Education
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
CAADAC, California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Marriage and Family Therapist
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, 04/2010 to 03/2012
