Aponte uses a gentle style of confrontation to offer the family insight into the multi-generational hurts and resentments that keep them isolated. His comfortable and comforting presence display a mastery of self and technique that inspire confidence in the family and the viewer. The demonstration is followed by brief discussion with referring social worker.
By watching this video, you will:
- Learn to gather and sort quickly through the relational infrastructure to see how the family drama is unfolding.
- Identify the structural problems and the strengths in each family group.
- Appreciate the effects of actively involving oneself, as a therapist, in the family’s interactions, in order to help bring about changes in their patterns of relating.
Length of video: 1:00:00
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-410-X
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-410-9
Harry J. Aponte, LCSW, LMFT is a professor in Drexel University’s Couple & Family Therapy Department. He also has a private practice in Philadelphia. He has written several important articles and chapters in addition to his book,
Bread and Spirit: Therapy with the new poor. He has lectured and conducted workshops throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Among other honors, he received the award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy and Practice from the American Family Therapy Academy in 1992, and the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Marriage and Family Therapy from the Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 2001. He also received the I. Arthur Marshall Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Menninger Clinic in 1997.
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