SATIR FAMILY THERAPY

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Psychological Theories podcast.In this podcast, we take a journey
into the human mind with one psychologicaltheory at a time. So let's begin.
Setie family therapy is a type offamily therapy developed by Virginia Setier in
the fifties. She was a pioneerin the field of family therapy and she's

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basically the idea that problems in familiesare often caused by ineffective communication and dysfunctional
family roles. So Tier believe thefamily members often develop coping strategies and defense
mechanisms that can contribute to communication problemsand relationship difficulties. The therapists and severe
family therapy works with the family toidentify the patterns and to help family members
communicate more effectively and authentically. Thetherapist helps family members to understand and express

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their emotions, to identify their needsand wants, and to develop new ways
of interacting with each other. Setierfamily therapy is a holistic approach. They
emphasize the importance of addressing the emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of the
family system. So Tyr believe thatall individuals have the potential for growth and
change, and the family therapy canhelp families to create more meaningful and fulfilling

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relationships. She did also break itdown into different patterns. One of them
is called the play cater. Oneof them is called the distractor. She
also divided into parts. She's calledthe Parts Party and in the Parts Party
and involves identify and exploring the differentparts or aspects of a person's personality,

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their values, their beliefs, theemotions. One of them was the happy
part. This part represents the joyfuland positive aspects of the person's personality and
you people may the happy part maybe explored to help individuals connect with positive
emotions and experiences. People also havethe sad part, the angry part,
the vulnerable part. These are alldifferent parts again of the person's personality,

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and a therapist can utilize these differentparts to help the individual overcome those sad
parts or at least be able toprocess it properly, to manage and regulate
anger or emotional regulation, to enhanceempowerment when they're vulnerable. So Tyr's Family Therapy