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HUMAN VALIDATION MODEL (COMMUNICATION FAMILY THERAPY)

This model was developed by Virginia Satir in 1983 where by she begun emphasizing family connection
in a model called conjoint family therapy. The human validation model grew out of Satir’s mission to
realize the potential that she saw In every family (Satir & Baldwin,1983;Satir&Bitter,2000).

Her approach emphasized communication as well as emotional experiencing. She was highly intuitive
and believed spontaneity, creativity, self-disclosure and risks taking were central to family therapy.

In her view, techniques are secondary to the relationship the therapist is able to establish with the
family. The personal involvement of the therapist with the family is what makes a difference.

Concept of the theory

Family life: Children enter the world as part of a preexisting systems, with the family being the most
common and central one. The early experience is a constant transition from what is known and
familiar to what is unknown and unfamiliar, the movement from the womb to the outside word being
the first of many transition which leaves children with feelings of fear ,helplessness and even anger as
they struggle for competence and security in a challenging and often difficult new environment.

Children enter families that are already loaded with rules that govern communication: who says what
to whom and these rules can be spoken or unspoken and are embedded in the in the behavioral
response and interaction of the family system. The rules may initially assist children in handling anger,
helplessness and fear. Unfortunately, they often receive these rules in form that quickly lose their
effectiveness; that is the rules are perceived to be absolute and too often impossible for example
don’t confront your parents,don’t talk to ousiders about your family.thus children have to make early
decisions about these rules either to accept them or to fight against them yet children learn rules by
observing the behavior of their parents when absolute rules are presented to them,they typicslly
cause problems to us. As small children they may accept the rule and live by it for reasons of both
physical and psychological survival and when we carry such a pattern into our adult interaction,it
becomes self- defeating and dysfunctional.

Rather than trying to get people to give up these survival rules in their lives, Satir would assist them in
transforming those that are extreme and functional

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