Family Phone Therapy in University Counseling and Psychological Service Centers: A Family Systems Approach
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of American College Health
- Vol. 37 (2) , 71-76
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.1988.9939045
Abstract
This paper offers family phone therapy as a method for student mental health practitioners to overcome the obstacle of geographic distance between students and their families when family therapy is the treatment of choice. The issues of confidentiality, triangulation, diversionary conversation, and mixed communication, which present unique concerns when engaging in family phone therapy, are introduced and strategies to deal with them are discussed. A case example is presented to demonstrate the utility of family phone therapy in dealing with problems that students who use university mental health services can typically experience. Finally, implications of dealing with students' developmental tasks from an individual or family systems perspective are discussed.Keywords
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