Introduction
Intergenerational family therapy is a category of family therapy models that highlight the importance of family of origin and early life experiences in understanding any individual, couple, or family. These family therapy models tend to emphasize therapists’ own awareness of how their own family of origin experiences impact them as a person and a therapist. The most widely recognized intergenerational family therapy models are Bowen Family Systems Theory, Contextual Therapy, Intergenerational Family Therapy, and Object Relations Therapy. This entry will serve as an overview of each of these theoretical models.
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Contextual Therapy
The founder of Contextual Therapy is Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, often shortened to Nagy in the literature. Nagy was born in Hungary,...
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Contextual Therapy
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Bowen Family Systems Theory
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Object Relations Therapy
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Intergenerational Family Therapy
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Katafiasz, H., Tefteller, D., Patton, R. (2018). Intergenerational Couple and Family Therapy. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_362-1
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