What are the Essential Components of BSFT?
Successful implementation of BSFT requires:
- Counselors certified in Brief Strategic Family Therapy who can intervene in families to improve maladaptive patterns of interactions
- Facilitators who can identify maladaptive interactions in families that are linked to the youths' behavior problems
- Facilitators who can encourage family members to support and rely on each other, rather than on the facilitator her/himself
- Identification, recruitment and engagement of families at risk
- Regularly scheduled family sessions
- Flexibility in adapting the intervention to address cultural and family issues specific to each family
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