Family Therapy and Multigenerational Family Therapy Family Therapy and Multigenerational Family Therapy The idea of ​​working with the family as a unit and not with individuals was innovative and over the years has become a significant improvement in family system therapy. In 1960, structural family therapy was founded and developed by Salvador Minuchin whose main focus was based on interactional patterns and sequences within the family. He was able to alter the family's behaviors by alleviating the symptoms of the young individual's delinquent behavior. The use of multigenerational family therapy evolved from Murray Brown's development of traditional family therapy. During his observations, he found that the problems that occur cannot change until the behaviors of extended generations are understood. By using these methods, you can better access and facilitate treatment for people seeking help. Structural Therapy Salvador Minuchin's initial research involved training and therapy with delinquent boys from poor families. His findings demonstrated that children's affirmed behaviors were reduced by focusing on interactional patterns and sequences within the family and assisting in structural changes. Minuchin established two key goals to better facilitate his treatment by firstly reducing symptoms of dysfunction and secondly bringing about structural change within the system by modifying the family's transactional rules and developing more appropriate boundaries (Corey, 2013). While working at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, Minuchin collaborated with Jay Haley, and given their similarities in goals and processes, structural therapy was the most widely used model in the late 1970s (Corey, 440). Allow the client to contemplate... the medium of paper...w to avoid and/or eliminate certain behaviors that cause tension. This is critical to ensuring balance and a stronger family unit. The family redefines the individual as a system embedded within many other systems, which brings a completely different perspective to assessment and treatment (Corey, 2013). By using structural therapy or multigenerational family therapy, guilt is alleviated from the identified patient or the entire family. Growth occurs through both practices, regardless of whether immediate family members or multiple generations of family members are included. References Corey, Gereld (2013). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy. (9th ed.) Belmont, CA: Brroks/Cole Cenage Learning.Freeman, David. (1992). Multigenerational family therapy. New York: Taylor and Francis Group. Minuchin, Salvador. (2003). Families and family therapy. Harvard University Press.