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ACTUAL LIBERTY UNIVERSITY COUN 601 EXAM 3| 2025-2026
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What is meant by Family Coalitions? - (ANSWER)In the structural model of Minuchin,
Coalitions are alliances between specific family members against a third member
What is the emphasis of Structural therapists? - (ANSWER)Structuralists pay special attention to
family transactional patterns because these offer clues to the family's structure, the permeability
of the family's boundaries, and the existence of alignments or coalitions- all of which affect the
family's ability to achieve a delicate balance between stability and change. Structural therapeutic
efforts are geared to the present and are based on the principle of action preceding understanding.
what are characteristics of psychosomatic families? - (ANSWER)Families of children who
manifest severe psychosomatic symptoms are characterized by certain transactional problems
that encourage somatization such as Enmenshment, poorly functioning subsystems, too diffuse
boundaries to allow for individual autonomy. A psychosomatic family was found to be
overprotective, inhibiting the child from developing a sense of independence, competence, or
interest in activities outside the safety of the family. The psychologically vulnerable child feels
responsibility for protecting the family. The manifestation of symptoms typically occurs when
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stress overloads the family's already dysfunctional coping mechanisms, Thus the symptoms are
regard as having a regulation effect on the family system.
What are the interventions according to structural therapists for psychosomatic families? -
(ANSWER)Therapuetic efforts were not only directed at changing the structure of relationships
within the family but also at helping the family develop clearer boundaries, learn to negotiate for
desired changes and deal more directly with hidden, underlying conflicts.
Boundaries - (ANSWER)An abstract delineation between parts of a system or between systems,
typically defined by implicit or explicit rules regarding who may participate and in what manner.
Characteristics of enmeshed families - (ANSWER)diffuse boundaries. A family organization in
which boundaries between members are over concerned and overinvolved in each others' lives,
limiting individual autonomy
Characteristics of disengaged families - (ANSWER)rigid boundaries. a family organization with
overly rigid boundaries, in which members are isolated and feel unconnected to each other, with
each functioning separately and autonomously and without involvement in the day-to-day
transactions within the family.
ACTUAL LIBERTY UNIVERSITY COUN 601 EXAM 3| 2025-2026
LATEST UPDATED | ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS |
100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLTIONS | ALREADY
GRADED A+
What is meant by Family Coalitions? - (ANSWER)In the structural model of Minuchin,
Coalitions are alliances between specific family members against a third member
What is the emphasis of Structural therapists? - (ANSWER)Structuralists pay special attention to
family transactional patterns because these offer clues to the family's structure, the permeability
of the family's boundaries, and the existence of alignments or coalitions- all of which affect the
family's ability to achieve a delicate balance between stability and change. Structural therapeutic
efforts are geared to the present and are based on the principle of action preceding understanding.
what are characteristics of psychosomatic families? - (ANSWER)Families of children who
manifest severe psychosomatic symptoms are characterized by certain transactional problems
that encourage somatization such as Enmenshment, poorly functioning subsystems, too diffuse
boundaries to allow for individual autonomy. A psychosomatic family was found to be
overprotective, inhibiting the child from developing a sense of independence, competence, or
interest in activities outside the safety of the family. The psychologically vulnerable child feels
responsibility for protecting the family. The manifestation of symptoms typically occurs when
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stress overloads the family's already dysfunctional coping mechanisms, Thus the symptoms are
regard as having a regulation effect on the family system.
What are the interventions according to structural therapists for psychosomatic families? -
(ANSWER)Therapuetic efforts were not only directed at changing the structure of relationships
within the family but also at helping the family develop clearer boundaries, learn to negotiate for
desired changes and deal more directly with hidden, underlying conflicts.
Boundaries - (ANSWER)An abstract delineation between parts of a system or between systems,
typically defined by implicit or explicit rules regarding who may participate and in what manner.
Characteristics of enmeshed families - (ANSWER)diffuse boundaries. A family organization in
which boundaries between members are over concerned and overinvolved in each others' lives,
limiting individual autonomy
Characteristics of disengaged families - (ANSWER)rigid boundaries. a family organization with
overly rigid boundaries, in which members are isolated and feel unconnected to each other, with
each functioning separately and autonomously and without involvement in the day-to-day
transactions within the family.
