Healthy Family Systems

The goal of this paper is to review and integrate concepts of the healthy system as developed in the theoretical literature on therapy. From a review of the relevant writings of the major workers in the field, eight dimensions of healthy functioning are isolated and discussed. These dimensions can be integrated as a mutually casual system, the family health The different styles of leading therapists can be seen as espousing different points of entry into the family health cycle. The need for studying healthy families in therapy training programs is discussed.