TY - JOUR
T1 - What does it mean to be relational? A framework for assessment and practice
AU - Silverstein, Rachelle
AU - Bass, Linda Buxbaum
AU - Tuttle, Amy
AU - Knudson-Martin, Carmen
AU - Huenergardt, Douglas
N1 - concerning this article should be addressed to Carmen Knudson‐Martin, Department of Counseling and Family Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, Tel: (909) 558‐4547. E‐mail: [email protected] The authors begin with a question regarding how to better draw upon relational thinking in making case assessments and treatment plans.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - The authors begin with a question regarding how to better draw upon relational thinking in making case assessments and treatment plans. They first address issues regarding the cultural construction of self and relationships, integrating women's psychology, family systems, and collectivist culture literatures within a discussion of power. Then they present a heuristic framework for how individuals orient themselves within relationships that includes two dimensions - focus and power - and evolves out of the social context. From these two dimensions, a typology of four basic relational orientations is presented; position directed, rule directed, independence directed, and relationship directed. Case examples from couple's therapy and suggestions for practice are provided.
AB - The authors begin with a question regarding how to better draw upon relational thinking in making case assessments and treatment plans. They first address issues regarding the cultural construction of self and relationships, integrating women's psychology, family systems, and collectivist culture literatures within a discussion of power. Then they present a heuristic framework for how individuals orient themselves within relationships that includes two dimensions - focus and power - and evolves out of the social context. From these two dimensions, a typology of four basic relational orientations is presented; position directed, rule directed, independence directed, and relationship directed. Case examples from couple's therapy and suggestions for practice are provided.
KW - Assessment
KW - Couples Therapy
KW - Gender
KW - Relational Therapy
KW - Social Context
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33750272362
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00178.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00178.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17220110
SN - 0014-7370
VL - 45
SP - 391
EP - 405
JO - Family Process
JF - Family Process
IS - 4
ER -