[[Strategic Family Therapy]] ## Initial Interview - Gathering information - How is the problem experienced - Who contributes to it ## Social Stage - Seeing how the family interacts with each other and us - How does the family function based on what we see, not what they tell us ## Problem Stage - We try to clarify what the problem is - What are we trying to resolve - What's the functioning of the problem? ## Interaction Stage - Testing out interventions - Giving directives and observing the response - Amplifying the problem ## Goal-Setting Stage - Clarify with the family what the ultimate goal is - Is this really their goal? Maybe via interventions, we realize the goal is actually something else