Why We Made This:
Family therapy can feel like a tangled web of overlapping theories, techniques, and terminology—especially when you're trying to study for the EPPP, organize course content, or deepen clinical understanding. That’s why we created this visual guide to simplify major family therapy approaches—from Bowen to Satir, Minuchin to Milan. We discuss their founders, theories, key terms, and interventions in a visually intuitive format.
 
Learning Objectives:
Identify and differentiate major family therapy models, including Structural, Strategic, Bowenian, Experiential, Contextual, Systemic, Symbolic-Experiential, and more.
Understand core concepts like feedback loops, triangulation, boundaries, differentiation, loyalty, homeostasis, and family sculpting.
Learn key interventions, including paradoxical techniques, enactments, reframing, joining, circular questioning, and the Satir Iceberg.
Connect each theory to its founder and foundation, utilizing visual aids and memory tools to facilitate effective studying and recall.
Compare overlapping models through charts and side-by-side breakdowns of goals, techniques, and emphasis.