Transgenerational (general) - MFT
AMFTRB Questions and Answers.
Hallmark of transgen -
\Past generations have powerful ifluences on the present
Transgen roots are -
\Psychoanalytic - intrapsychic
What is transmitted across generations? -
\Unresolved conflicts, beliefs, and roles
Couples interact based on -
\FOO influence - each partner's internalized unconscious needs, longings, and fantasies
Symptoms develop when -
\The transgenerational phenomena remain unconscious
Treatment relies on -
\Insight - making the unconscious conscious
Best way to treat the symptomatic child is to -
\Treat the parents
Treatments tend to last -
\Longer than other family models - 2 years-ish
Some transgen therapists bring in more than one generation or have the couple talk to
heir families -
\Others may simply talk abt their FOO relationships
Transgen models differ from psychoanalytic approaches in that -
\Like other Gamily therapy models they see symptoms resulting from patterns across
generations rather than from one event
Principal practitioners of transgen therapy include -
\Bowen & his followers: Philip Guerin, Betty Carter, Norman Paul, Monica McGoldrick
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
James Framo
Also Fairbairn, Dicks, and more recently Scharff & Scharff
