The Basics Defined
Structural Family Therapy was developed by __.
Salvador Minuchin
What is known as the invisible set of functional demands that organizes the ways members interact?
family structure
What is it called when the therapist builds rapport and trust , entering the family system to understand its dynamics from within?
___________ and __________
joining & accomodating
One of the primary goals of SFT are to foster change by altering the _________ of the family.
organization
Key questions focus on identifying whose in charge otherwise known as (__________).
(power)
Is a systems-based approach focusing on ________
family organization to resolve dysfunction.
restructuring
What do we call the parts familes are organized into that are defined by generational, gender or functional roles in a family system.
subsystems
What is creating a visual representaion of the family system, including boundaries, hiearchies, and alliances called in SFT?
structural mapping
One of the goals of SFT are to strengthen ________ leadership.
parental
Other key questions focus on identifying who is close/distant (_____________).
(alliances)
It operates on the premis that individual problems are maintained by dysfuctional, otherwise known as _____ or _________ family structures.
rigid or enmeshed
What are the rules defining who participates and how, known as flexible, rigid, or enmeshed?
boundaries
What do SFT therapists call it when they request the family act out a conflict in the session, allowing the therapist to observe and intervene in real-time?
enactment
One of the goals of SFT are to create functional, flexible ____________.
boundaries
And other key questions focus on how ______ ripples through a system.
behavior
The focus of active intervention in SFT to modify hierachial, boundary, and subsystem ________.
patterns
What do we call the orangization of authority within the family, ideally with parents or caregivers in leadership positions.
hierchies
What do SFT call interventions that clarify, tighten or loosen boundaries between family members?
boundary making
The overall aim of SFT is to map, assess, and challenge _____________ ____________.
family structures
Defined as how one member's behavior triggers another's.
"circular" interactions
What do SFT therapists call changing the perspective of a problem from an indivisual issue to a symptom of a systemic interaction pattern?
reframing
Occurs when structural imbalances, such as weak parental leadership or enmeshment, prevent the family from adapting to stressors.
family dysfunction
What is known as challenging the family's current structure or homeostasis to disrupt dysfunctional patterns, often by siding with a specific member?
unbalancing
SFT challenges family structures by identifying boundaries, hiearchies, and ___________ __________.
interaction patterns
Questions that highlight circular interaction reveal the sdtruture behind the _____________.
symptoms