Spiritual Resources in Families and Family Therapy Samaritan Institute Annual Conference August 6, 2011 Part 2 Froma Walsh, PhD Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita, School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago [email protected]www.ccfhchicago.org
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Spiritual Resources in Familiesand Family Therapy
Samaritan Institute Annual ConferenceAugust 6, 2011
Part 2
Froma Walsh, PhDMose & Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita,
School of Social Service Administration, The University of [email protected] www.ccfhchicago.org
• Stresses impact family; Family coping influences adaptation of all members, relationships, and family unit
• Contextual View of Distress, Wellbeing, & Adaptation: Larger systems: workplace, healthcare, schools; social structures, access to resources all important
• Varied Challenges and Pathways in Resilience: • No single model fits all families, resources & challenges
• Prevention: By strengthening resilience, families and children become more resourceful to meet future challenges.
Facilitating Family Resilience: Practice Guidelines
• Core Conviction in Strengths, Potential of all Youth & Families, alongside Vulnerabilities, Limitations
• Language, Framing to Depathologize, Humanize
• Contextualize Distress; Decrease Shame, Blame
• Compassion for Suffering, Struggle, Disappointments, Losses • Focus on Strengths, Interests, Abilities, Gifts• View Crisis as Opportunity for Learning & Positive Change
• Shift Focus from Problems to Possibilities forMastery, Healing, & GrowthSteps toward Future Hopes and Dreams
• Integrate Challenges and Resilience into the Fabric of Personal & Relational Lives.
Guidelines to Facilitate Healing, Resiliencefrom Complicated or Traumatic Loss
• Start by grounding in their family, community,
cultural, & spiritual connections. • Invite them to share their loss experience. • Offer compassionate witnessing of recent (&
ongoing) losses, hardships, or injustices suffered.• Draw out, affirm strengths in coping efforts; • Link with kin, community, spiritual resources• Re-member persons & relationships lost;
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