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Emotion-focused family therapy and the empty chair technique for parenting a child with depression
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emotion-focused therapy.
- Family psychotherapy.
- Depression in children.
- Depression in adolescence.
- Emotion-Focused Therapy.
- Family Therapy.
- Depression.
- Medical Subjects:
- Emotion-Focused Therapy.
- Family Therapy.
- Depression.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films
- Educational films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (36 min., 35 sec.))
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association [2018]
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- "In this session, Dr. Adele Lafrance meets with a middle-aged, White female client about her concerns related to her daughter who has depression. The client expresses frustration over her own lack of patience toward her daughter's struggles, as well as her own fears that her daughter will not be prepared or equipped to survive in a world that does not slow down to meet her needs. Dr. Lafrance demonstrates emotion-focused family therapy and uses the "empty chair technique" to help the client navigate her feelings toward her daughter and her role as a parent. In the first stage, the therapist asks the client to give voice to the part of her that is fearful of what could happen if her daughter does not learn to deal with her depression better. In the second stage, the therapist instructs the client to imagine her daughter in the other chair and to convey these feelings toward her. In the third stage, the therapist asks the client to assume the role and voice of her daughter in expressing her needs. In the final stage, the client offers her own reactions toward her daughter's pain. Throughout the exercise, Dr. Lafrance guides the client in taking deep breaths, and helps her explore and better understand emotions such as anger, fear, sadness, guilt, and love. Near the end of the session, they arrive at a clearer understanding of what role the client wants to take in her daughter's struggle with depression, and the therapist helps the client reflect on the exercise and her intentions to make change in her relationship with her daughter moving forward"
- Notes:
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- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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