Cmhc 510 - Exam 4 - Structural Family Systems

Front 1

What is family structure?

Back 1

the invisible set of functional demands that organizes the ways in which the family members interact

Front 2

who _____ with whom in arguments is particularly important

Back 2

sides

Front 3

interaction patterns are critical because they...

Back 3

tend to be repeated and institutionalized, become part of the family's and individual members' identities, and determine how everyone is to behave

Front 4

patterns of interaction also tell you about _________ or _____ in families

Back 4

hierarchy; power

Front 5

Subsystems

Back 5

smaller groupings within the family

Front 6

Boundaries protect

Back 6

the integrity of a subsystem

Front 7

Structural family therapists discuss dysfunction in terms of

Back 7

the ways in which the family relates

Front 8

families tend to experience difficulties when

Back 8

old patterns of relating don't work

Front 9

Parents who are in conflict and can't deal with it bind together to focus on the afflicted child, a pattern called _________________ or ________________

Back 9

detouring or scapegoating

Front 10

healthy families are those in which

Back 10

structure are clearly defined and flexible

Front 11

Healthy systems can

Back 11

change as needed

Front 12

minimal levels of _________, _________, and ______-_____ _________ are present in healthy families

Back 12

triangling, detouring, and parent-child coalition

Front 13

in a healthy family, children feel free to _______ and ____

Back 13

explore and grow

Front 14

healthy individuals can maintain a good balance between _____________ and _________ to the family

Back 14

individuation and belonging

Front 15

What formal assessment methods are used?

Back 15

none

Front 16

the first thing the structural therapist does is

Back 16

assess family structure

Front 17

the therapist assesses by

Back 17

asking himself questions about the structure of the family

Front 18

the therapist is

Back 18

active and present-focused

Front 19

the target of the structural family therapists' intervention is the ________ not the___________

Back 19

family; individual member

Front 20

the structural family therapists' goal is to

Back 20

change the structure of the family system and thereby the experiences of its members

Front 21

joining is not a _________, but is a _______ on the part of the therapist

Back 21

technique; mindset

Front 22

what three general challenges are used in structural therapy?

Back 22

a) to the view of the system, b) to the family structure, and c) to the family reality

Front 23

What techniques are used to challenge the view of the symptom?

Back 23

reframing, enactment, focusing, and achieving intensity.

Front 24

What techniques are used to challenge the family structure?

Back 24

boundary making, unbalancing, and teaching the fan about complementarity of role and functions

Front 25

What techniques are used to challenge the family reality?

Back 25

paradoxical techniques and cognitive interventions; emphasizing the strengths the family already possesses