How to Coach Yourself and Others Coaching Families

Four-Dimensional Interventions As both a guide for therapeutic interventions and a theoretical concept, Contextual Approach originally proposed four inter-connected, but not equitable or reducible to each other dimensions of Relational Reality; namely     Facts, Individual Psychology, Transactions and Relational Ethics. Böszörményi-Nagy introduced the fifth, “ontic dimension” in 2000, although it was implicitly present within the original theory. (Kalayjian, Paloutzian (2009), p.43) Facts The first dimension - Facts - consists of factual reality and biological determines, over which we have limited or no control. Many facts and events occurring in the Families or Societies (immigration, large lotto winnings, unemployment, adoptions, particularly intercultural ones, births, deaths, ethnic and religious conflicts) impact on the Family relationships, change interaction patterns, and deeply affect both individual and Family goals. Along with biological and historical determines this can create conflicts within the Family, which, if unresolved can become factual realities, creating grounds for “split-loyalty.” (Krasner, Joyce (1995), p.19) When more than one generati

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