title: [Psychosomatics of the family today].
abstract: The concept "family psychosomatics" was introduced some 30 years ago. It denoted at that time a programme rather than a domain of practice and research. Today this domain increasingly reflects a systemic approach focussing on the so-called "problem defined system" which is not necessarily identical with the family system. Also, we notice that systems with serious psychosomatic disorders tend to embed themselves in a "hard reality". Therefore, therapeutic interventions should aim at softening this hard reality. In this, they could make use of a "systemic questioning" which can trigger changes, and at the same time, can anticipate potentially frightening consequences of such changes.
authors: Abteilung für psychoanalytische Grundlagenforschung und Familientherapie, Universität Heidelberg.
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authors: Stierlin
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Zur Familienpsychosomatik heute.