Psychiatr. praxi. 2014;15(1):31-34

Is every encounter of a therapist with a family family therapy?

MUDr.Vladislav Chvála¹, PhDr.Ludmila Trapková²

¹ Středisko komplexní terapie psychosomatických poruch, Liberec

² Ordinace klinické psychologie a psychoterapie, Praha

Contribution to PPP treatment

The authors conclude that family therapy is becoming commonplace part of eating disorder treatment. However, they come across the

fact that family therapy is sometimes considered a mere meeting with the family, or a briefing on the food checking of an adolescent who

resists treatment. Cooperation with the family can be variously intense, from a mere acquaintance and giving the information about the

patient, through specific tasks to actual family therapy, which goes to the substance of the problem of eating disorders. The authors see it

mostly in stagnant separation process. In their opinion, it is extremely important to cooperate with the trio of mother - child - father and

their interplay to restore it. Systemic family therapy in contrast to individual psychotherapy aims primarily in transpersonal relationships

in the family. It cannot be sufficient where individual psychopathology predominant the symptom carrier, e.g. personality disorders,

but even here it can effectively complement individual therapy.

Keywords: eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, family therapy, narrative therapy, externalisation

Published: March 1, 2014  Show citation