Therapeutic Relationships - The Tripartite Model: Development Applications to Family Systems

In this text, Butler takes an in-depth look at the development of Bowen family systems theory, which considers the family as an emotional unit, and explores the therapeutic relationship in terms of its three primary components: the alliance, transference/countertransference, and the real relationship—better known as the tripartite model.

About the author

Jack Butler, PhD, maintains a private practice at Rose Street Mental Health Care in Wichita Falls, TX. He is a licensed clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, and a AAMFT clinical member and approved supervisor. He retired as a Colonel from the United States Air Force in 1999. He was the Associate Chief of Clinical Social Work for the Air Force Surgeon General while at Andrews AFB, Maryland. Butler trained at the Georgetown Family Center (now the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family) for five years. He is the recipient of Caskie Research Award from the Bowen Center in 2010 for his work on the Bowen Archives at the NIMH.

Summary

In this text, Butler takes an in-depth look at the development of Bowen family systems theory, which considers the family as an emotional unit, and explores the therapeutic relationship in terms of its three primary components: the alliance, transference/countertransference, and the real relationship—better known as the tripartite model.

Product details

• Authors: J. Butler, Jack Butler, John F. Butler
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2016
• EAN: 9781442254527
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5452-7
• No. of pages: 132
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Psychiatry, Family psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: couples and families, Family & Relationships;Psychotherapy