Structural Basics
What is the goal of SFT?
Strengthening family structure promotes healthier interactions and reduces symptoms over time.
Boundaries that are too strict and limit connection.
What is an authoritarian parenting style?
What are rigid boundaries?
The process of building trust and rapport with the family.
What is joining?
“I always mess everything up.”
What is overgeneralization?
What is Michael Jackson’s iconic signature dance move?
What is The Moonwalk?
The idea that problems are caused by how a family is organized rather than just individual behavior.
What is family structure?
Boundaries that are too loose, where roles are unclear.
What are diffuse boundaries?
A therapist asking a parent and teen to “show me what happens at home.”
What is enactment?
“They didn’t text me back—they must be mad at me.”
What is mind reading?
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What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Smaller units within a family, like parent or sibling groups.
What are subsystems?
This occurs when a child is overly involved in adult issues.
What is enmeshment (or boundary crossing)?
Helping a parent shift from “because I said so” to structured conversation.
What is restructuring communication patterns?
“If I fail this test, my life is ruined.”
What is catastrophizing?
According to Taylor Swift’s "Anti-Hero," who is "the problem"?
What is "It’s me"(Taylor)
A therapist actively changes family interaction patterns during the session.
What is restructuring?
This should ideally be led by caregivers in a healthy family.
What is hierarchy?
Strengthening parental leadership without removing authority.
What is reinforcing hierarchy?
Seeing things in all-or-nothing terms (success or failure only).
What is black-and-white thinking?
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What is Spain (The original Spanish title is La Casa de Papel).
A technique where families demonstrate their real-life interactions in session.
What is enactment?
What boundaries means?
What is
What are boundaries that define emotional limits, balancing connection and autonomy to avoid disengagement or enmeshment?
Rigid (too distant)
Diffuse (too enmeshed)
Healthy (clear but flexible)
A therapist coaching new interaction patterns in real time.
What is in-session restructuring?
Focusing only on the negative and ignoring the positives.
What is Just-the-Bad?
What is mental filtering?
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