Structural Family Therapy Edited.

Structural Family Therapy Edited.Structural Family Therapy - ANSWERThe theory and therapeutic model dev by Minuchin, which focuses on family organization & boundaries & the ways in which these structures govern interactional patterns. DYSFUNCTION, in this model stems from BOUNDARIES too RIGID or too DIFFUSE, both of which prevent the system and its subsystems from achieving its goals. Structure - ANSWERStructural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term... The interrelationship amoung system elements that make up the organization of the system. In first order change, structures can be affected w/o altering the organization of the system; whereas, in second order change the organization's rules and structure are changed. Accomodation - ANSWERStructural Family Therapy Minuchin A variety of engagement techniques... such as joining, in which the therapist adapts him/herself to the family's style of interacting. Mapping the System - ANSWERStructural Family Therapy Minuchin An assessment technique...aka (structural map) used to depict a family's organization and gain an understanding of its complex structures and sequences (eg traingles, coalitions, emo cut-offs). Perspective Change - ANSWERStructural Family Therapy Minuchin A term...the process by which elements of a system are TRANSFORMED to NEW STATES OR levels of ORGANIZATION. Subsystem - ANSWERIn Structural Family Therapy, Minuchin A term... an organized component of a system which has a specific role in the functioning of the larger system and is somewhat autonomous from it, ie; a parental or sibling subsystem. Developmental System Change - ANSWERIn Dev Psych/Systems Theory A term... The transition of the family from one stage of dev to another in the family life cycle.