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In order to highlight and modify interactions in the family, structural therapists must use intensity to

A) interrupt rigid patterns of conflict-avoidance
B) break families loose from their patterns of equilibrium
C) extend interactional sequences beyond the point where dysfunctional homeostasis is reinstated
D) all of the above

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The technique of changing a perception by explaining a situation from a different context is called:

A) enactment
B) pragmatic fictions
C) reframing
D) restructuring

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If successful, structural family therapy results in more functional boundaries and more positive ways of interacting among family members.

Subsystems may include all the following except:

The structural family therapy approach has been criticized for being too simple and lacking complexity.

There are four techniques for 'joining' with family members. Which technique is how a therapist joins the family by making personal adjustments in order to achieve a therapeutic alliance?

Structural family therapy is collaborative approach in which the therapist and client family share responsibility for setting up and directing therapeutic activities and interventions.

An alliance between specific family members against a third member is called a(n) :

This approach has a focus on:

Boundaries are physical and psychological factors that separate people from one another and help organize them. The healthiest boundaries are:

A parentified child is considered a dysfunctional role because, in the structural approach, it is best that parents are placed in charge of children.

Structural family therapy is said to be an approach that is sensitive to the effect of culture on families.

_____ are ways that family members join together or oppose one another in carrying out family activities.

"Unbalancing" involves

In structural approach to working with families, the focus is on _____, not _____.