CAS PS 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Structural Family Therapy, Enmeshment, Family Therapy
7 Aug 2018
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1. interested in structure of family: patterns of interaction between family members or groups of family members: not only who is in the family, but also the quality of their interactions. The key concept to understand patterns of interaction are family boundaries. 1. each subsystem is an alliance/coalition between 2 ot more family members: alliances form based on role, interest. Alliances should be flexible and open and are based on: a. function/roles: parents/children/siblings/caretakers/providers, b. interests, c. age, d. gender, e. personality/temperament/psychopathology (abnormal behavior, f. physical appearance. To function well, family members must have contact but not interfere with each other"s functioning. Family members can belong to multiple subsystems, flexibility is key. Disengagment: overly distant, isolated: family members are autonomous, difficulties with intimacy and connecting, will have difficulties forming relationships and accepting new people in their family. Permeability/rigidity of boundaries: how available the system is to inputs and outputs from the environment.
