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1. Family-Centered Therapy works great for working with families from more than one generation. (Sharf, 2016). Bowen uses generations of three or more to define patterns of interpersonal relationships that connect family members. (Sharf, 2016). The inter- generational approach is used to help family members understand what the other is feeling and to de-tangle family interactions of involving two people and pulling a third person in. (Sharf, 2016). The family is considered the emotional unit. (Sharf, 2016). Within the family unit, an unresolved emotional issue must be addressed. (Sharf, 2016).

2. Family structure was made up of mom, dad, Braydon, and Tanner. (John Sommers- Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan). In the session the therapist would ask the kids, what is mom doing? What is dad doing? (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers- Flanagan). Family sculpting was used to show the way they felt when the boys were having an issue. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan). Family sculpting was used for the entire family. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers- Flanagan). Braydon was feeling alone and the counselor modeled how alone might look. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan) The counselor then asked Tanner how he was feeling inside when he was picking on his brother. (John Sommers- Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan). Tanner had a feeling of anger so the therapist asked Tanner to show her how that looked. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan). The therapist then placed mom and dad according to how the boys saw them. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan). Family sculpting gets feedback from all family members. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan). It provides a visual to the families of what it looks like when the fighting is occurring. I think it helped the boys to realize they were feeling more lonely than anything. I like the use of family sculpting. I feel it can bring out a way of looking at things that maybe they did not see before. The boys were able to say they felt lonely and the parents were able to see how their actions were affecting the boys. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan) . Tanner was able to feel his opinion mattered and Braydon was able to let out that he felt hurting more than he felt teasing. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan). The boys were able to see how mom felt when she was working. (John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers- Flanagan). I think this is a great technique to see what is happening in the home. It offers a visual and strong emotional responses.

References: John Sommers-Flanagan, & Rita Sommers-Flanagan. (n.d.). Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice. Retrieved February 10, 2020, from https://www.psychotherapy.net/video/counseling-psychotherapy-theories (Links to an external site.) Sharf, R. S. (2016). Theories of psychotherapy and counseling. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.