[The Therapy Process of Accompanying Mothers in Multiple Family Therapy Groups: Evidence from a German Child Psychiatric Setting].
The Therapy Process of Accompanying Mothers in Multiple Family Therapy Groups: Evidence from a German Child Psychiatric Setting This study provides an empirical contribution to the understanding of parents that accompany their children in psychiatric multiple family therapy settings (MFT). To this end, we conducted qualitative interviews with mothers that had successfully participated, with their diagnosed children (ages 3 to 9), in disorder-independent, age-homogeneous, and open family groups (the "Magdeburg Model") for several months. We performed a theoretical coding approach to the extensive interview material (n = 6 interviews, duration = 70 to 100 minutes each) according to Grounded Theory and extracted seven main and 29 sub-categories. These categories yield a coherent, complete, and specific subjective therapy model for this setting. One of the central findings is a profound understanding of to what extent and by which means the family group as a social arena paves and supports the arrival of the mothers in the group, their engagement into the therapy process, and their motivational and volitional steps during therapy. Another relevant result is a reconstruction of what we termed Arriving Home, which is the epitome of the positive cognitive, affective, and behavioral therapeutic development that mothers perceive. Conclusions for clinical practice as well as for qualitative and mixed methods therapy research are discussed.
MSB Medical School Berlin Calandrellistr. 1-9 12247 Berlin Deutschland http://www.medicalschool-berlin.de/.|Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Universitätspl. 2 39106 Magdeburg Deutschland https://www.uni-magdeburg.de/.
Holger
H
von der Lippe
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal Breitscheidstraße 2 39114 Magdeburg Deutschland https://www.hs-magdeburg.de/home.html.
Josefine
J
Radloff
Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg Leipziger Str. 44 39120 Magdeburg Deutschland https://www.med.uni-magdeburg.de/.
Jeanette
J
Schadow
Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg Leipziger Str. 44 39120 Magdeburg Deutschland https://www.med.uni-magdeburg.de/.
Ulrike
U
Röttger
Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg Leipziger Str. 44 39120 Magdeburg Deutschland https://www.med.uni-magdeburg.de/.
Hans-Henning
HH
Flechtner
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research
Grounded Theory; Kinderpsychiatrie; Mehrfamilientherapie; Qualitative Therapieforschung; Subjektives Therapiemodell; child psychiatry; multiple family therapy; qualitative therapy research; subjective therapy model