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interactional model

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interactional model
[-ak′shənəl]
Etymology: L, inter, between, agere, to do
a therapy model that views the family as a communication system comprising interlocking subsystems of family members. Family dysfunction occurs when the rules governing family interaction become vague and ambiguous. The therapeutic goal is to help the family clarify the rules governing their relationships.


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Relying on the perspective of Lawrence Shulman's interactional model, she offers an overview and case examples on working with survivors of childhood trauma.
That interactional model is inadequate because it assumes that children's constitution and the caregiving environment are constant over time, which they are not.
The reciprocal model became the mediating model and then the interactional model while the remedial model evolved into the organizational/environmental approach (Middleman, and Goldberg, 1988).
 
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