Brief strategic family therapy: Engagement and treatment

Ervin Briones; Michael S. Robbins; José Szapocznik

doi:10.1300/J020v26n01_05

Brief strategic family therapy: Engagement and treatment

Ervin Briones, Michael S. Robbins, José Szapocznik

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Abstract

An overview of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), a family-based, empirically validated intervention designed to treat children and adolescents' problem behaviors is presented. In this article the theoretical underpinnings of BSFT are described using a clinical case to illustrate the basic BSFT tenets. A selected review of outcome evidence is presented as well as the considerable clinical development and research evidence on specialized BSFT Engagement. Clinical implementation is highlighted.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	81-103
Number of pages	23
Journal	Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
Volume	26
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J020v26n01_05
State	Published - Mar 3 2008

Keywords

Adolescent
Alcohol-other drug abuse
Engagement
Family therapy
Strategic
Structural

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Medicine (miscellaneous)

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