Structural Family Therapy

Conducting a family assessment allows a family to identify their strengths and areas of improvement. Generally speaking, it is normal for an individual to feel some kind of resentment if he or she is the sole individual caring her a parent The familial dispute surrounds who is going to be responsible for the caring of my father. Romika is also the sole individual paying for issues around the house as she lives in the home with our father. In clinical practice, the help of a social worker could have potentially eased the stress of my family. My sisters and I dealt with the diagnosis and organizing travel to accompany my father between us only, we did not have support from outside resources. Despite our disagreements, we were able to cooperate …show more content…
Structural therapy focuses on each member of the family telling his or her individual perspective of the situation. At this moment, I appreciate Romika sacrificing things to ensure our father is okay. However, I would also appreciate it if she would acknowledge that I am doing the best that I can to help. I plan to travel to Boston to help with my father during my breaks. Romika knows what it is like to struggle while attending college to try to better her life and I would appreciate it too if she acknowledges my feeling during the situation as well. The aim of Family Systems Theory is to allow the family the opportunity to recognize their individual interactions among one another. Although this is not directly stated, the issue of my family surrounds blaming. However, in order for us to overcome this conflict McGoldrick, and Hardy (2008) suggests, we have to find the balance within ourselves and operating as a cohesive family unit. A therapist must be prepared to access the family in the context of their sociocultural environment to get an understanding of the underlying issue at