MYSTERY IN FAMILY-THERAPY

Authors
LANTZ J
Citation
J. Lantz, MYSTERY IN FAMILY-THERAPY, Contemporary family therapy, 16(1), 1994, pp. 53-66
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Family Studies","Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Contemporary family therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
08922764
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
53 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-2764(1994)16:1<53:MIF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Existential approaches to family psychotherapy are considerably differ ent from the problem centered approaches to treatment which are curren tly so popular in the field. Gabriel Marcel's distinction between a pr oblem centered and a mystery centered understanding of life is utilize d to overview the basic and deep differences between existential and p roblem centered approaches to family treatment.