Problem: Read the following Case Study and read Chapter 4 from The Essentials of Family Therapy, 7th Edition and answer the following question.
Case Study:
The Harrison Family were referred for family therapy by the individual therapist of the sixteen year old son, Dillion. He had been hospitalized by his doctor the previous moneth due to self-injurious behaviour and suicidal thoughts with a plan to overdose. To date, the family had been only peripherally involved in his treatment but were now feeling that they could no longer remain on the sidelines when the risk levels were so high. Hospitalization had also intensified family reactivity, with Dillion blaming his father for allowing his freedom to be taken away, both parents feeling angry about his lack of progress and ongoing self injurious behavior, and his eighteen year old sister questioning how Dillion could put his family through so much worry.
As a therapist, identify two basic goals for the Harrison family using the Bowen's approach?