Structural
Developed Structural Family Therapy?
Salvador Minuchin
4 psychosomatic patterns in families according to structural family therapy?
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1. Enmeshed family.
2. Overprotective family.
3. Rigid family.
4. Lack of conflict resolution family.
three constructs of structural family therapy?
Structure, Subsystems and Boundaries.
Techniques for Structural Family Therapy?
Family Mapping
Accommodating and joining
Enactment
Intensity
Changing boundaries
Reframing.
In structural family therapy, 3 characteristics of psychosomatic families?
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Enmeshment is common;
Subsystems function poorly;
Diffused boundaries between family members = no individuation.
Conceptualization of the family?
prolong patterns of interaction; problematic structures of relationships
Steps of structural family therapy?
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- Join with the family
- Map the underlying structure; intervening (unbalance) and transform an ineffective structure
- Engage as coach - prescribe the course of action both inside and outside of room
- Search for strength and adaptability
- Watch for actions not verbal accounts
- Reframe
Family subsystems?
For a family to function well, members must work together
to carry out functions. The most obvious subsystems are those of husband-wife, parents-children, and siblings. The purpose of the husband-wife or marital subsystem
is to meet the changing needs of the two partners.
Goal of structural family therapy?
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Release the family members from their stereotyped roles and functions so the system can mobilize resources, create an effective hierarchical structure. Change of structure is key.
In structural family therapy, what do you look for when assessing families?
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1. Family hierarchy
2. Sybsystem functionality
3. Alignments and coalitions
4. Permeability of current boundaries
5. Flexibility or rigidity