FACTS on SFT
Who invented SFT?
Salvador Minuchin
Which colleague played the role of the daughter in the skit?
Domineke Cannida
When two people join to form a couple, what are the structural requirements for the new union?
Accommodation and Boundary making
What does SFT stand for?
Structural Family Therapy
What therapy was used in the sessions?
SFT (Structural Family Therapist)
What three constructs define structural therapy?
Structure, Subsytems, and Boundaries
Name at least four situations SFT is recommended in?
Situations that involve significant life changes, chronic illness disorders within the family, single-parent families, blended families, and divorced families affected by trauma.
Do you think mom and aunt needs to work on their communication?
Yes. Because mom was rude to aunt however, aunt was overstepping her boundaries
As a structural therapist, who would you invite to the initial family therapy session and why?
Whoever interacts daily or the most with the client, who would make an effect on the client's perceptions and behavior. In order to assess the family structure and create healthy interactions within the family system.
Name all 5 SFT Techniques
JOINING, STRUCTURAL MAPPING, BOUNDARY MAKING, ENACTMENT, REFRAMING
How many sessions did the family have? And how often did they meet
4 and biweekly
What is the most important tenant of SFT?
Every family has a structure and this structure is revealed only when the family is in action.
What is the main purpose of SFT?
to bring all members of the family dynamic together and formulate ways for them to be able to interact as a family unit, effectively.
Why was the daughter referred to therapy?
Skipping and shoplifting.
Structural therapists proceed to activate dormant structures using techniques that alter and shift what?
Alter align alignments and shifts power.