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Research in Redecision Therapy

Redecisions in Family Therapy: A Study of Change in an Intensive Family Therapy Workshop

Pages 27-38
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Describes and discusses outcomes observed in five families who participated in a seven-day residential family therapy workshop which utilized family systems theory and incorporated redecision approaches derived from a Transactional Analysis orientation. Five similar families, non-participants in the workshop, served as controls. The Family Environment Scale (FES), The California Psychological Inventory, and Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory were administered prior to the workshop, at the time of completing the workshop, and eight weeks after the workshop. A Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ) designed to identify changes perceived in self and in other family members was also given post-workshop. Significant increases on the Cohesiveness and the Expressiveness scales of the FES were reported on both post-test administrations by the experimental group and a significant increase reported on the Independence scale for the first post-workshop administration. Experimental families reported statistically significant greater positive changes on the SRQ than did members of the control families. No significant changes were elicited between experimental families as a function of the making of redecisions by the parents. Implications of this study for psychotherapy and family therapy are discussed.

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Ellyn Bader

Ellyn Bader, PhD, is a Clinical Teaching Member of ITAA, is in private practice in Palo Alto, California and is a faculty member of the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy.