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The Integral Role of Siblings Throughout Life

SESSION 14 OF 18

Duration 11mins 37secs

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines the integral role played by siblings and the way past and present sibling dynamics impact personality and psychopathology. The lesson focuses on how integrating sibling issues in therapy can be applied not only to the process of enhancing sibling bonds and family harmony but also when working on other individual mental disorders not necessarily linked with sibling dynamics. Working with a “sibling-lens” can assist practitioners enhance therapy across psychopathologies. We learn how the untapped power of integrating siblings and sibling-themes in therapy can enhance the work of psychologists, psychiatrists, social-workers, marriage and family therapists, nurses, and other intervention therapists. We also examine the unfortunate neglect of sibling issues in therapy, social services, and family law and the cost of this neglect.

ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: Sibling Issues In Therapy

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Sibling Issues in Therapy with Children: Risk and Support

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines the second of three instances when a practitioner may be called upon to work with families and siblings. When children experience various types of family turmoil such as divorce, foster placement, or adoption, practitioners may work with the children to overcome the trauma. Dr Milevsky examines how the...

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Counselling Parents in Direct Ways They Impact Sibling Bonds

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates how creating closeness among siblings offers children a lifelong gift of sibling emotional support. Dr Milevsky examines how to work with parents and families on direct ways to enhance sibling connection early in the lifespan of a family.

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Sibling Issues in Therapy with Children: Family Issues

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines the third of three instances when a practitioner may be called upon to work with families and siblings. Sibling work can often be used to assess broader family conflict and marital tensions. Dr Milevsky examines how bringing siblings together can help reveal long-concealed family tensions and marital conflict....

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Sibling Issues in Diverse Families: Single Parenting

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines how single parenting offers unique challenges across life and family. He outlines how to work with single parents on some unique sibling-based issues that will enhance not only the sibling bond but will assist in creating general personal and family well-being.

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Sibling Issues in Diverse Families: Special Needs

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates how growing up with a sibling with a disability offers unique challenges for children and parents. He examines how we often neglect the needs of well siblings in families with disabilities and offers concrete suggestions when working with families to enhance the lives of well siblings which will...

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Sibling issues in therapy with adults: Needs and assessment

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines the ways in which siblings and sibling-themes can be integrated into working with adults on various individual and family issues. He examines how a sibling-lens, or a focus on sibling-based core beliefs, can help uncover what underlies many individual mental-health issues.

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Sibling Issues in Diverse Families: Blended Families

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates how blending families is a lengthy process that is often accompanied by individual and family tension. In order to understand how to work with blended families Dr Milevsky examine how working with the step-sibling unit can improve the transition period and hastened the blending of the family for...

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Sibling transference and countertransference

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines the classic issues of transference and countertransference and how the neglected focus on sibling-based transference and countertransference can offer an important addition to the therapeutic process.

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Assessment Tools to Enhance Sibling Warmth and Family Harmony

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates several important assessment tools when integrating siblings in therapy. As with the entire series, the tools will focus on how sibling related issues and assessments can be applied not only to the process of enhancing sibling bonds and family harmony but also when working on other individual mental...

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The parental context and sibling support

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates how many adults have troublesome relationships with their siblings. Helping adults find peace in their sibling relationship can repair not only the sibling bond but offer a source of support for adults experiencing all manner of mental health issues. This three-part lesson highlights important techniques for helping adults...

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Sibling Issues in Therapy with Children: Sibling Conflict

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines the first of three instances when a practitioner may be called upon to work with families and siblings. When sibling aggression has reached a limit, a practitioner may work with the family in minimizing the sibling aggression. Dr Milevsky offers tools to work with siblings to minimize aggression...

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Sibling core beliefs

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates how sibling core beliefs may be impacting sibling engagement and will discuss how to help clients overcome this destructive way of thinking to permit sibling positive engagement.

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Sibling conflict, obsessive jealously, and positive engagement

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates sibling conflict and jealousy and how to help clients move towards engaging siblings in more effective ways.

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In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky examines the integral role played by siblings and the way past and present sibling dynamics impact personality and psychopathology. The lesson focuses on how integrating sibling issues in therapy can be applied not only to the process of enhancing sibling bonds and family harmony but also when working on...

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Siblings within a family context: Structure

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates the work of Salvador Minuchin and healthy family structures. We learn how working with siblings can enhance personal and family boundaries and well-being.

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Siblings Within a Family Context: Communication

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates the work of Virginia Satir and her focus on healthy communication. We also examine the role of sibling work in enhancing healthy family patterns of open communication for personal and family health.

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Siblings Within a Family Context: Intergenerational Transmission

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates the work of Murray Bowen and his focus on family intergenerational patterns. We also examine the role of sibling work in enhancing healthy family patterns of individuation for personal and family health.

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Counselling Parents in Indirect Ways They Impact Sibling Bonds

In this session, Dr Avidan Milevsky investigates how to work with parents and families on indirect ways to enhance sibling connections early in the lifespan of a family.

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Sibling Issues In Therapy

with Avidan Milevsky

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