Feinstein H M
Fam Process. 1981 Mar;20(1):97-107. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1981.00097.x.
Family therapists disagree over the utility of historical reconstruction for treatment. Following either a behavioral or a psychoanalytic paradigm, theorists insist that history is irrelevant or essential to the treatment process. This paper demonstrates how a variety of family therapy concepts were used in his historical research into the life of the family of William James, the American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910). This is offered as evidence both that family theory has a contribution to make to the writing of history and that the historical process is important to family therapy. It is suggested that clinical actuality calls forth interventions within both paradigms, often by the same therapist with the same family. The alternatives need not be mutually exclusive, though theory-building is clarified by talking as if the therapist were confronted by an either/or choice.
家庭治疗师对于历史重构在治疗中的效用存在分歧。遵循行为主义或精神分析范式，理论家们坚持认为历史与治疗过程无关或至关重要。本文展示了在对美国心理学家和哲学家威廉·詹姆斯（1842 - 1910）家族生活的历史研究中，各种家庭治疗概念是如何被运用的。这既作为家庭理论对历史写作有贡献的证据，也作为历史过程对家庭治疗很重要的证据。有人认为临床实际情况会促使在这两种范式内进行干预，通常是同一位治疗师针对同一个家庭。尽管通过假设治疗师面临非此即彼的选择来构建理论会更清晰，但这两种选择不一定相互排斥。
