Smith, Harriet; Moller, Naomi P. and Vossler, Andreas
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2016.1164296 |
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Abstract
A number of current developments in the field potentially provide opportunities for preventative relationship and family interventions to be integrated into primary care. In this context, it is important to understand what family counselling is and how it might differ from family therapy. Thus, this paper investigates how the service of one low-intensity family counselling provider, Relate, is conceptualised and practised by counsellors on the ground. Questions about practice were posed to five focus groups of family counsellors and these were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings suggest that Relate family counselling is seen as ‘family therapy lite’, with a flexible, eclectic and integrative use of concepts and techniques within a systemic framework. Implications of this conceptualisation of family counselling for training, practice and research are discussed.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2016 Informa UK Limited |
| ISSN: | 1469-3534 |
| Keywords: | family counselling; family therapy; family interventions; Any Qualified Provider; Relate |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Research Group: | Health and Wellbeing PRA (Priority Research Area) |
| Item ID: | 48403 |
| Depositing User: | Naomi Moller |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2017 14:56 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2019 08:49 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/48403 |
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