LIBERTY UNIVERSITY COUN 601 EXAM 3 (FAMILY
THERAPY STRUCTURAL, STRATEGIC, MILAN MODELS)
2025/2026 UPDATE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT!!
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 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.
monitoring family dysfunctional sets Answer - The crux of structural therapy.
Using Boundary Making, the therapist tries to change the distance between the
subsystems; in Unbalancing, the goal is to change the hierarchical relationships
of the members of the subsystem. Through TRACKING, the therapists adopts
symbols of the family's life gathered from members (themes, values, significant
family events) and deliberately uses them in conversation with the family.
family mapping Answer - an assessment technique used by structural therapist
to graphically describe a family's overall organizational structure and determine
which subsystem in involved in dysfunctional transactions
THERAPY STRUCTURAL, STRATEGIC, MILAN MODELS)
2025/2026 UPDATE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT!!
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 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.
monitoring family dysfunctional sets Answer - The crux of structural therapy.
Using Boundary Making, the therapist tries to change the distance between the
subsystems; in Unbalancing, the goal is to change the hierarchical relationships
of the members of the subsystem. Through TRACKING, the therapists adopts
symbols of the family's life gathered from members (themes, values, significant
family events) and deliberately uses them in conversation with the family.
family mapping Answer - an assessment technique used by structural therapist
to graphically describe a family's overall organizational structure and determine
which subsystem in involved in dysfunctional transactions
