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Unpacking the Family Story: Family Techniques in Residential Treatment

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Family Therapy with Adolescents in Residential Treatment

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Abstract

Family therapy is highly effective in the treatment of many issues, including addictions, mood disorders, and oppositional defiant disorder . In working to make treatment as effective as possible, many residential treatment and outdoor behavioral healthcare programs have adopted and developed family therapy techniques for use in individual and peer group therapy settings. Family members, most often parents, are required to attend family weekends and workshops in most programs. An article by Faddis and Bettmann (2006) outlines an example of an integrated approach to family sculptures and reflecting teams in a wilderness therapy setting for adolescents. This chapter serves as an update and expansion of the principles discussed in that article. Most recently these methods have been expanded for use with young men ages 18–30 in an adventure wilderness therapy program. This chapter will examine the theoretical basis for both of these approaches, discuss the application of these techniques to residential outdoor behavioral healthcare programs, and review how these methods have been most recently adapted for use in an integrated residential and outdoor program.

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  1. Legacy Outdoor Adventures, P.O. Box 400, Loa, UT, 84747, USA

    Troy J. Faddis

  2. Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Mount Mercy University, 1330 Elmhurst Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52402, USA

    Katherine F. Cobb

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  1. Mount Mercy University , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

    Jacob D. Christenson

  2. Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

    Ashley N. Merritts

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Faddis, T.J., Cobb, K.F. (2017). Unpacking the Family Story: Family Techniques in Residential Treatment. In: Christenson, J., Merritts, A. (eds) Family Therapy with Adolescents in Residential Treatment. Focused Issues in Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51747-6_16

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