If One Should Not Marry a Hypothesis, Should One Marry a Model?

There has been increasing discussion in the literature about the possibility and value of integrating different approaches in family therapy. This paper illustrates the complexities of attempting to integrate models by describing two cases in which the therapists drew from the theory and techniques of the major strategic and systemic models. Each case was conceptualized from each model's perspective through each stage of the therapy. The families' response to the therapists' interventions led, in a co-evolutionary manner, to working with a particular emphasis in each case.