title: Paradigmatic classification of family therapy theories.
abstract: This review proposes a method for classifying theories of family therapy in terms of the ideal categories from which they derive. Establishing the relationship between a family-system theory and a more general world view facilitates the identification of unique aspects of theory and lays the groundwork for a theoretically consistent integration of therapy and research.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012107:Research Design; D013597:Systems Analysis