Özet:

The aim of this study is to identify the theoretical basis of the life/human family consultation theory, the therapeutic process, its functionality, the effectiveness of consultation, the strengths and weaknesses, and to be able to reach the outcome. In this direction, the area has been scanned, documented and tried to explain in the light of available sources. The life-based family sculpture led by Satir and Whitaker is a family consultancy approach that takes the basis of the theory from humanist, existential theories. Humanist approach; he sees people unique and puts in the center that people are valuable. This also reflects the process of psychotherapy. In life/human family therapy, consultants aim to make family members more authentic, improve their self-consciousness and increase their potential to realize themselves by revealing the feelings, thoughts, and feelings of family members. Humanist theories, which still retain their effectiveness in today’s world, show that life family counseling is also effective and functional because it responds to the needs of modern and contemporary people. According to the information obtained in the light of clear sources, this theory, which seems to be very useful in family counseling, is recommended by family counselers to be used in the therapeutic process and to advance taking into account the concepts of process, self-cultural and self-understanding. Thus, it can be said that both theoretically and culturally the consultant will contribute to the process of understanding and helping.

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