Abstract

FERES-CARNEIRO, Terezinha; MACHADO, Rebeca Nonato; MELLO, Renata  and  MAGALHAES, Andrea Seixas. Demand for family therapy and contemporary parenting. Psicol. clin. [online]. 2019, vol.31, n.1, pp.15-31. ISSN 0103-5665.  https://doi.org/10.33208/PC1980-5438v0031n01A01.

Social transformations stimulate reflection on parenting practices and their relation to seeking family therapy. This study aimed to investigate how the demand for family therapy arises and what its relation to parenting is. A qualitative clinical study was conducted based on preliminary interviews of 16 families undergoing therapy at the Applied Psychology Services of a private university. Data was collected from the department's clinical reports, on which clinical analysis was performed based on family-therapy postulations. Analyzing the reports, the following main focuses of clinical analysis emerged: initial complaint and latent issues, with the latter being subdivided into separation and individualization processes, the experience of conjugality, establishment of roles and hierarchical ranks, and parenting practices. It was found that families which seek therapy present parenting difficulties. We conclude that there is a close relationship between seeking family therapy and performing parenting functions in contemporary families.

Keywords : family therapy; preliminary interviews; parenting.

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