title: Potential perils of the demonstration-consultation interview in family therapy: a case study of contextual confusion.
abstract: This article focuses on a specific aspect of consultation in contemporary family therapy, namely, problems that arise in the context of a consultation that simultaneously serves as a demonstration of a particular model of therapy. The demonstration-consultation interview is used widely in family therapy, but has received little attention in the literature. We use a case example of the apparent persistent deterioration in the clinical state of a patient following such a family interview with a visiting expert, and examine the possible contribution to the patient's deterioration that the demonstration-consultation context creates for the various participants. We offer provisional guidelines to minimize the risk of negative effects of the demonstration-consultation interview, pending empirical research into this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bloch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003221:Confusion / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012017:Referral and Consultation