Therapeutic Three Generation Family Reunion - Carl Whitaker

Carl Whitaker (1990) demonstrates consultation and therapy with a therapist who has brought a bilingual family with a mother who experiences anxiety attacks. The maternal grandmother, mother, father, and two children are engaged by Whitaker as he sits on the floor and experiments with different types of play and fantasy.
Educational Objectives:

1. To describe the role of the therapist as a symbolic "foster parent"

2. To understand how to construct the family group as the "patient" in need of treatment