week 3 ch 10

Question 1

Theorist of the Structural Approach

Answer 1

Minuchin

Question 2

5 Dysfunctional Family Structures:

Answer 2

enmeshed families, 
disengaged families, 
families with a peripheral male, 
families with noninvolved parents, and 
families with juvenile parents.

Question 3

3 Focuses of FAMILY STRUCTURE

Answer 3

BOUNDARIES

HIERARCHY

SUBSYSTEMS

Question 4

ELEMENTS OF A STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY ASSESSMENT:

Answer 4

(1) Role of the symptom in the family
(2) Subsystems
(3) Cross-generational coalitions:
(4) Boundaries
(5) Hierarchy
(6) Complementarity
(7) Family Development
(8) Strengths

Question 5

In Structural theory complementarity means v

Answer 5

teamwork

Question 6

Phases OF TREATMENT USING A STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY APPROACH

Answer 6

PHASE I : Joining and accommodating
Phase II: Assessing family interactions
PHASE III: Monitoring family dysfunctional sets
PHASE IV: Restructuring transactional patterns

Question 7

Structural Interventions

Answer 7

FAMILY MAPPING
BOUNDARY MAKING
UNBALANCING  
ENACTMENTS
SYSTEMIC REFRAMING
CHALLENGING THE FAMILY’S WORLDVIEW
THERAPEUTIC INTENSITY
CRISIS INDUCTIONS 
COMPLIMENTS & SHAPING COMPETENCE
EXPANDING FAMILY TRUTHS

Question 8

UNBALANCING

Answer 8

The therapist changes the hierarchy by encouraging the father to take on a greater role. You unbalance the system so that you can realign it

Question 9

ENACTMENTS

Answer 9

Acting out a conflict in the session

Question 10

REFRAMING

Answer 10

Reframing a problem so that you change the meaning and offer a different explanation

Question 11

THERAPEUTIC INTENSITY

Answer 11

You take a situation and you make it really intense and use repeated interventions

Question 12

Crisis Induction

Answer 12

The therapist causes a crisis on purpose so that the family has to deal with it instead of being complacent

Question 13

GOALS IN STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY: Clear

Answer 13

boundaries between all subsystems

Question 14

GOALS IN STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY: Effective parental

Answer 14

hierarchy

Question 15

GOALS IN STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY: Family structure that promotes

Answer 15

development and growth of individual and family.

Question 16

Summary

Answer 16

Structural Family Therapy “maps” the family structure, examining boundaries, hierarchies, and subsystems, in order to help individuals and families resolve individual symptoms and relational problems with the goal being to establish an effective family structure