Course Details

1. Describe the gradual changes of the Traditional Family in industrial and meta-industrial societies, as well as the diplerectiation in the structure and function of the family today. Alternative family structures.
2. Explain how the social crisis today has as a result a systemic crisis in the institution of the family on the whole.
3. Recognize therefore the necessity of sensitizing the social worker in basic concepts of family therapy for the best possible assessment of family dynamics.
4. Describe basic concepts of family therapy: the family as a system, its dynamics, the family homeostatis, the family boundaries, the double bing etc.
5. Describe elementary knowledge from home models of family therapy: a) psychodynamic approach, b) Systemic approach.
6. Describe especially: a) The Ackerman model psychodynamic approach, b) the Minudrin model (Systemic), c) the Bowen model (Systemic).

The gradual changes in the structure and functions of the traditional family today.

The crisis in the intuition of the family. Increase of divorces and family problems. Alternative family functions.

Necessity for sensitizing the social worker in basic concepts of family therapy for a letter and exact assessment and intervention in dysfunctional families.

Description of certain models of family therapy: The psychodynamic and the Systemic.

Psychodynamic: The Ackerman approach. Intervention skills. Case study.

Systemic: The Minuchin approach and the Bowen approach. Intervention skills – Case study.

• Zaphiris, A.G, Zaphiri E.A Mouzakitis C (2000) “Family Therapy. Theory and Application”. Ellinika Grammata, Athens.
• Papadioti - Athanasiou, V. (2014) Family and Limits: A Systemic Approach, Athens: TOPOS (In Greek)
• Georgiou, S. (2012), Psychology of Family Systems, Athens: Diadrasi (In Greek)

• Demopoulou-Lagonika, M. (1995) The changing family structure and function in Europe today: Reflections on Social Worker, in SOCIAL WORK: 10(37) (In Greek)
• Mouzakitis, Chr. (2011) "Systemic Models in Social Work", in M. Demopoulou-Lagonika et al, Methodology of Social Work - Intervention Models, Athens: TOPOS: 587-632 (In Greek)
• Bowen M. (ed. Charalampaki), (1998), Triangles in the Family, Athens: Ellinika Grammata. (In Greek)
• Zaxariades, Tr. (2011), Who educates whom emotionally: A Psychoanalytic detection of interactions in the family, Athens: TOPOS. (In Greek)
• Kataki, H. (2012), The Three Identities of Greek Family, Athens: Pedio. (In Greek)
• Kourkoutas, E. (2011), Behavioral problems in children. Interventions within the family and the school, Athens: TOPOS. (In Greek)
• Karagiannis, D. (2010), The Injustice that Wounds, Athens: Armaos. (In Greek)
• Minuchin, S. (2000) Families and Family Therapy, Athens: Ellinika Grammata. (In Greek)
• Minuchin,S. (2007), Family Therapy Techniques, Athens: Erevnites. (In Greek)
• Pappa, Β. (2016), Parents in Crisis: The management of loss and change, Athens: Okto publ. (In Greek)
• Papadiote – Athanassiou, Β. (2014), Family and Limits - Systemic Approach, Athens: TOPOS. (In Greek)
• Heintz, Ε. (2012) Marital Therapy, Athens: University Studio Press. (In Greek)
• Tomaras, B., Karamanolaki, X. & Zervas I. (ed.) (2008) Conjoint couple Therapy- Psychotherapies, Athens: Kastaniotis. (In Greek)