The Family on Rehabilitation

PhD. ELENA TORRADO VAL Andex’s psychologist Families and couples psychotherapist The Family on Rehabilitation General Systems Theory (Von Bertanlaffy, 1968) ! Family: ¡ Social group of interdependent individuals interating one-another ! A change in a member affects all others ! A member get sick, all suffer the illness Family System Illness Model (Rolland, 1984-2016) “ “Putting the illness in its place” (González et al., 1987; Rolland, 1994 & Navarro, 2004) ! Symptoms control and Treatment ! Fluenty relation with Health System ! Open comunication ! Expression of fears and feelings ! Autonomy ! Prevent exhaustion ! Incress support net ! Preserve individual and group objetive and identity ! NEW NORMAL… redefinition Centripetal vs. Centrifugal Potential Risks ! Changes on Parenting Styles (Torrado, 2015) ¡ Overprotection (Méndez et al., 2004; Long & Marsland, 2011; Williams et al. 2014) ¡ Lower academic achivements (Champaloux & Young, 2015) ¢ Treatment secuelae ¢ Higher absenteism ¢ Lower parental and own expectation ¡ Conflictive siblings relations (Torrado, 2015) Potential Risks ! Postraumatic Stress Symthoms (Kaplan et al., 2013;Long et al. 2013; Packman et al., 2005) ! Individual and System losses (Tizón, 2004) ! Couple relationship crisis (Lavee, 2005; Lavee & Mey-Dan, 2003). Potential strengths: Family Resilience (McCubbin & McCubbin, 1996) “The positive behavioral patterns and functional competencies individuals and the family unit demostrate under stressful or adverse circumstances, which determine the family`s ability to recover by maintainig its integrity as a unit while insuring, and where necessary restoing, the well-being of the family members and the family unit as a whole”. (p.5.)