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What is family structure? |
the invisible set of functional demands that organizes the ways in which the family members interact |
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who _____ with whom in arguments is particularly important |
sides |
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interaction patterns are critical because they... |
tend to be repeated and institutionalized, become part of the family's and individual members' identities, and determine how everyone is to behave |
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patterns of interaction also tell you about _________ or _____ in families |
hierarchy; power |
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Subsystems |
smaller groupings within the family |
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Boundaries protect
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the integrity of a subsystem
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Structural family therapists discuss dysfunction in terms of |
the ways in which the family relates |
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families tend to experience difficulties when |
old patterns of relating don't work |
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Parents who are in conflict and can't deal with it bind together to focus on the afflicted child, a pattern called _________________ or ________________
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detouring or scapegoating
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healthy families are those in which |
structure are clearly defined and flexible |
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Healthy systems can |
change as needed |
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minimal levels of _________, _________, and ______-_____ _________ are present in healthy families |
triangling, detouring, and parent-child coalition
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in a healthy family, children feel free to _______ and ____ |
explore and grow |
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healthy individuals can maintain a good balance between _____________ and _________ to the family |
individuation and belonging |
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What formal assessment methods are used? |
none |
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the first thing the structural therapist does is |
assess family structure |
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the therapist assesses by |
asking himself questions about the structure of the family |
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the therapist is |
active and present-focused |
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the target of the structural family therapists' intervention is the ________ not the___________ |
family; individual member |
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the structural family therapists' goal is to |
change the structure of the family system and thereby the experiences of its members |
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joining is not a _________, but is a _______ on the part of the therapist |
technique; mindset |
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what three general challenges are used in structural therapy? |
a) to the view of the system, b) to the family structure, and c) to the family reality |
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What techniques are used to challenge the view of the symptom? |
reframing, enactment, focusing, and achieving intensity. |
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What techniques are used to challenge the family structure? |
boundary making, unbalancing, and teaching the fan about complementarity of role and functions |
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What techniques are used to challenge the family reality? |
paradoxical techniques and cognitive interventions; emphasizing the strengths the family already possesses |