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Family therapy in the 1980s

Family therapy has continued to evolve in a fascinating way from its beginnings only 30 years ago. Like the related field of individual psychotherapy, there is no unitary form of therapy, nor a unitary theory accepted by all practitioners. Instead, there is a collection of numerous approaches with overlapping but divergent assumptions about the nature of problem behaviour, several explanatory models within these different epistemologies, and a rich array of therapeutic methods. The nearest thing to a unitary theory is the ’Systems Theory’ and ‘Cybernetics’ paradigm applied to the human family.’ Common elements of the therapeutic approach called ‘family therapy’ include having the family as the unit of study, emphasizing what is occurring between people rather than what may be happening inside people, being prepared to directly observe and work directly with troubled relationships, often with a team of observers, and the belief that context is inextricably linked with behaviour and thinking.