Structural Family Therapy Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
Structural Family Therapy - Answers The theory and therapeutic model dev by Minuchin, which focuses
on family organization & boundaries & the ways in which these structures govern interactional patterns.
DYSFUNCTION, in this model stems from BOUNDARIES too RIGID or too DIFFUSE, both of which prevent
the system and its subsystems from achieving its goals.
Structure - Answers Structural Family Therapy
Minuchin
A concept/term...
The interrelationship amoung system elements that make up the organization of the system. In first
order change, structures can be affected w/o altering the organization of the system; whereas, in
second order change the organization's rules and structure are changed.
Accomodation - Answers Structural Family Therapy
Minuchin
A variety of engagement techniques...
such as joining, in which the therapist adapts him/herself to the family's style of interacting.
Mapping the System - Answers Structural Family Therapy
Minuchin
An assessment technique...aka
(structural map) used to depict a family's organization and gain an understanding of its complex
structures and sequences (eg traingles, coalitions, emo cut-offs).
Perspective Change - Answers Structural Family Therapy
, Minuchin
A term...the process by which elements of a system are TRANSFORMED to NEW STATES OR levels of
ORGANIZATION.
Subsystem - Answers In Structural Family Therapy,
Minuchin
A term...
an organized component of a system which has a specific role in the functioning of the larger system and
is somewhat autonomous from it, ie; a parental or sibling subsystem.
Developmental System Change - Answers In Dev Psych/Systems Theory
A term...
The transition of the family from one stage of dev to another in the family life cycle.
Discontinuous Change - Answers Strategic Family Therapy
Hailey and Madanes
A concept/term...
SUDDEN change resulting from shifts in BELIEFS.
Continuous Change - Answers Structural Family Therapy-Minuchin
Transgenerational models;
A term...
Change occuring through a gradual learning process.
Structural Family Therapy - Answers The theory and therapeutic model dev by Minuchin, which focuses
on family organization & boundaries & the ways in which these structures govern interactional patterns.
DYSFUNCTION, in this model stems from BOUNDARIES too RIGID or too DIFFUSE, both of which prevent
the system and its subsystems from achieving its goals.
Structure - Answers Structural Family Therapy
Minuchin
A concept/term...
The interrelationship amoung system elements that make up the organization of the system. In first
order change, structures can be affected w/o altering the organization of the system; whereas, in
second order change the organization's rules and structure are changed.
Accomodation - Answers Structural Family Therapy
Minuchin
A variety of engagement techniques...
such as joining, in which the therapist adapts him/herself to the family's style of interacting.
Mapping the System - Answers Structural Family Therapy
Minuchin
An assessment technique...aka
(structural map) used to depict a family's organization and gain an understanding of its complex
structures and sequences (eg traingles, coalitions, emo cut-offs).
Perspective Change - Answers Structural Family Therapy
, Minuchin
A term...the process by which elements of a system are TRANSFORMED to NEW STATES OR levels of
ORGANIZATION.
Subsystem - Answers In Structural Family Therapy,
Minuchin
A term...
an organized component of a system which has a specific role in the functioning of the larger system and
is somewhat autonomous from it, ie; a parental or sibling subsystem.
Developmental System Change - Answers In Dev Psych/Systems Theory
A term...
The transition of the family from one stage of dev to another in the family life cycle.
Discontinuous Change - Answers Strategic Family Therapy
Hailey and Madanes
A concept/term...
SUDDEN change resulting from shifts in BELIEFS.
Continuous Change - Answers Structural Family Therapy-Minuchin
Transgenerational models;
A term...
Change occuring through a gradual learning process.
