1. A Feminist Family Therapy Research Study: Giving a Voice to a Girl Suffering from Anorexia Nervosa.
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Chan, Zenobia C. Y. and Ma, Joyce L. C.
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FAMILY psychotherapy , *WOMEN patients , *ANOREXIA nervosa , *EATING disorders in women , *THERAPEUTICS , *FAMILY relations , *INTERPERSONAL relations - Abstract
In Hong Kong no one has ever explored a female anorectic's experience of family therapy by inviting her to review her family sessions. By using a retrospective approach, this single case study adopted an interpretative paradigm with an open-ended question regarding how the patient experienced the family sessions. The distinct feature of this data collection was that the patient served as a research instrument and was invited to review six family sessions in order to review her past session experiences. Five themes emerged from the patient's storied review of the sessions: (1) how she viewed her own personal characteristics; (2) her changed perceptions of her family relationships; (3) her perceptions of her family quarrels' dynamics; (4) her resistance to recovery; and (5) her significant events in family therapy. With this unique client—driven approach for qualitative inquiry—her hands were writing for her heart; her words expressed her experience. Thus, the client was allowed to give her own voice to her subjective experience and, thereby, to enhance the future of family therapy practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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