یوجین اونیل: کمک نمایشنامه نویس آمریکایی به خانواده درمانی

A growing body of research has indicated that “family of origin” exploration as a curriculum and training tool is particularly useful in the affective realms specifically for those who plan to practice family therapy in a professional setting Aponte and Winter 1987, Braverman 1994, Deveaux and Lubell 1994, Kane 1996 and McDaniel and Stanton 1991. To support this supposition, Aponte and Winter (1987), have argued that to ensure the optimal development of the new family therapist, the family therapist trainee needs both theory and skills training in family therapy, as well as attention to the development of the therapist as a “person.” Additionally, Papero (1990), has stated that the single most important task for the new family therapist in the training of the “person” is family of origin work.