Structural Family Therapy Flashcards
Who are the Main Theorist of Structural Family Therapy?
Minuchin, Montalvo, Fishman, Aponte
Structural Family Therapy has been proven to be effective for what Diagnosis?
Anorexia
What are Subsystems in Structural Family Therapy?
Indviduals, dyads, triads and groups within the family. may be generational, age, gender, or interest.
What are Boundaries in Structural Family Therapy?
how individuals, subsystems and families are separated from one another. Range from rigid to diffused.
What are Diffused Boundaries in Structural Family Therapy?
Permeable and permit easy contact with other subsystems, which can result in emeshment
What are Rigid Boundaries in Structural Family Therapy?
overly restrictive, permit little to no contact, can result in disengagement.
Accommodation in Structural Family Therapy?
Adjustments the therapist might make to a family in order to achieve alliance. Adapting the families way of interacting. * Part of Assessment
Enactment in Structural Family Therapy?
Members of the family are instructed to demonstrate their problem in session, allowing the therapist to observe the problem and develop strategies to change it. * Assessment/ Technique
Mapping the system in Structural Family Therapy:
Mapping the family in session, boundaries coalitions emotional cut-off etc.
What Boundaries are these in Structural Family Therapy?
- Open or Clear Boundaries
- Closed or rigid Boundaries
- Diffuse Boundaries
What Affiliation or Bond is this?
Normal bond/ Clear affiliation
What type of bond or affilation is this?
Emeshment/ Over invovled affiliation
What type of affiliation or bond is this?
unknown or weak bond/ affilation
What type of affiliation is this?
Conflicted affilation
What is the theory of dysfunction for Structural Family Therapy?
Rigid/Diffuse boundaries within a system, and infelxible family structure not adjusting to maturational or situational challenges.
