Marriage and Family Therapy Techniques #
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Hurtful Words: A knowledge of the ways in which words affect you and how your family interact.
Every family has a unique way in which words produce responses. For example one family might really enjoy movies and insert movie lines to convey large bits of information in a specialized way.
Trust is a huge issue in communication and it plays out at a number of levels in a family. The parents that perceive bad intention in their spouse will react to these perceptions as if it were reality but that may not be the case. Trust is integral part of all solid attachment in any relationship, family, work or friendship.
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One of the things that are very common in family communication is that people operate in a rather mindless way. Frequently we are unaware of what our silent messages are really communicating.
One time a client spent considerable time trying to convince me that she wasn’t communicating anything to her husband or children when she refused to speak with them or would behave sulkily. Of course through a discussion of this she finally came to realize that these silent communications were often louder and clearer than the verbal things she might say.
One of the things that are really important in therapy is that we have an understanding for what’s really happening. What that takes is an understanding of the problem geography.
I’m using geography as the metaphor of the problem at hand. If you think about geography you want to know about the latitude and longitude, the weather, what kind of flora is growing there, who lives there and you want to know the basics of what is going on in that geographic region. Read the rest of this entry »
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How many times have you found yourself planning your response before you have heard all of what a family member is saying? This fairly common family communication style is frequently found in families where members feel unheard, or unappreciated. This is a common family pattern with those that suffer from poor self-esteem, and depression.
This is a ten part series on what factors might help you improve the quality of communication within your family.
Family Communications part #2: Family Culture. An ability to know how and why you and your family see things the way you do.
One of the areas that create problems within families can be communication patterns that are not affirming or useful in conflict resolution, expression of sincere feelings, or in some way lack clarity.
There are a number of factors that seem to be repeatedly required to master effective intimate communication .
This is a ten part series on what factors might help you improve the quality of communication within your family. Read the rest of this entry »
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