Family Theories - Structural Family Therapy Flashcards
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Creator?
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Salvador Minuchin
2
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Philosophy: Focus P P * Priority/Emphasis ? over ? ? over ?
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Focus
• Present and future
• People within context of their social systems (holistically)
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Priority/Emphasis
• Environmental factors over hereditary factors.
• Process over content
3
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Theoretical Tenants:
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SAD BF
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Subsystems Adaptation to stress Developmental family life stages * Boundaries Family structure
4
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Theoretical Tenants:
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Sad bf
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Subsystems * Family members belong to subsystems which exist to carry out various family tasks. * Adult Subsystem Parental Subsystem Sibling Subsystem
5
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Theoretical Tenants:
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sAd bf
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Adaptation to stress * How families adapt to tense situations caused by internal and external sources of stress
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Theoretical Tenants:
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saD bf
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Developmental Family Life Stages * Family evolves in stages of increasing complexity. * Couple formation Young children School age and adolescent children Grown children
7
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Theoretical Tenants:
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sad Bf
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Boundaries * Determined by sets of rules that define – who participates in the subsystem – how they participate. * Rigid Boundaries Clear Boundaries Diffuse Boundaries
8
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Theoretical Tenants:
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sad bF
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Family Structure
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Transactions in the family regulate behaviour in two ways:
- A power hierarchy exists that dictates the authority and decision making in the family.
- Mutual expectations formed by negotiations over time are determined and fulfilled by individuals in the family.
