Sociology

The Systematic Model of Family Therapy, developed by a group of family therapists, highly considers the background and history of the clients and makes effort to understand what influences the families in order to understand and assess their situations. One of the principles of the Milan Systematic Model is to shift the focus of treatment for many family therapists away from observing interactive sequences as patterns and toward questioning family belief systems (Goldenberg  Goldenberg, 2008, p. 288). This principle is effectively conducted by systematic procedures and approaches. The aspect that I liked best about the model is its goal of helping families uncover the connections that link family members and keep the system in homeostatic balance through the technique wherein all family members hear each others thoughts and opinions (Goldenberg  Goldenberg, 2008, p. 289). If families can find balance in their relationships that is not rigid or forced, they may work out their situation faster and more effectively. Also, as opposed to presenting a direct prescription that the family may not be readily accept or apply out of fear or any other reason, the model offers the technique of ritualizing which helps families to be more open to the behavior suggestions of the therapy as the family members are given the choice of making their own prerogatives and the time for the prescriptions to grow on to them (Goldenberg  Goldenberg, 2008, p. 295).

The part of this model I would most likely integrate in my brand of therapy is the neutrality practiced in the approaches. Therapists are expected to remain allied with all family members, avoiding getting caught up in family coalitions or alliances (Goldenberg  Goldenberg, 2008, p. 299). However, this neutrality should not be confused for being inactive or indifferent. Rather, it should be seen as objectiveness for better yielding results.

The aspect that I would most likely incorporate into my own family therapy would be its weakness of breaking its own principle of neutrality. Sometimes, when it comes to the point of prescription, the therapists become too opinionated in order to reach for an endpoint in the therapy. The principle of systematically arriving with the differences should be absorbed by the clients with no intervention from the therapists.