Family ReferenceToday I received a referral from a family who is seeking help regarding their dysfunctional family structure. The Simpsons are a family unit that has difficulty living as a family. I have already spoken to Marge Simpson and agreed to find a way to get her husband and children into therapy. She has very high aspirations to attend therapy with her family because she wanted a "normal" functioning family where her husband and children interacted in a much healthier way than they do now. She described her husband as distracted, her son sometimes uncontrollable, and her daughters disconnected from the family. We scheduled the meeting for next week, Wednesday at six, when she believed her family would be more willing to attend and actually participate in the therapy session. First Session/Introduction The Simpson family will be meeting with me today at six o'clock, I can't wait to see if Marge Simpson can get her family into therapy. I happened to glance at the clock and noticed that it's already 6:00 and the family isn't here. Since Marge had mentioned that her family was dysfunctional and disorganized, I decided to give them a few extra minutes thinking that Marge might have difficulty getting her family together to come to therapy. While I wait I try to imagine what the Simpson family will be like when they walk through that door. It's 6:10 and still no Simpson family. I was starting to think that Marge had failed to get her family into therapy when Marge burst through the door. She apologized for the delay and I could tell that her family had given her a hard time going to therapy. I introduced myself and asked the family to sit down. My desk is closed......the center of a sheet of paper......thoughts and feelings about self, the world, and others in positive things that have led to long-lasting changes. Since Dr. Beck's initial cognitive behavioral therapy there have been many researchers and theorists who have expanded on his work which has led to CBT evolving in a very positive way. CBT is known to treat a variety of disorders in both clinical and non-clinical settings. The effectiveness of this type of therapeutic technique has been tested and proven to be highly effective. Furthermore, the future of CBT also looks very positive. Researchers and theorists are now working to make this type of therapy available for the prevention of suicide, schizophrenia and other psychopathologies. Works CitedBeck, J. S. (2005). Cognitive therapy for challenging problems: What to do when the basics don't work. New York: Guilford Press