MENTAL HEALTH: TROUBLE IN THE FAMILY Part 2

Description

Documentary: Examines the emotional problems of a middle-class family with three teenagers in suburban New England. R. l: Using a one-way mirror technique, therapist questions the family; the 15-year-old son has difficulties in school, and his parents are unable to communicate with him. They discuss ways in which to help the son and also to overcome the parents' own emotional problems. Dr. Nathan W. Ackerman, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, discusses family therapy with producer, Harold Mayer. R,2: Each member of the family express their previously hidden feelings. The father's parents attend a session to talk about their son's emotional problems as a young child. R. 3: In the last sessions, they discuss the mother's problem with her own family.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs