Family Structure
An invisible sets of functional demands that organized the way in
which family member interact.
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1.
Family
Sub-System
There
are essentially 4 sub-system
(a)
Husband wife system- Spousal
(b)
Father mother system- Parental
(c) Sibling System- Brother Sister system
(d)
Extended System- Grandparents, cousin, aunt, etc.
It is possible to understand the structure that govern a family
community system/pattern by observation the family action. This include which
family members says what to whom in which/what way and also the result of the
interaction.
Therapy is the process of challenging how things are done and a
major target of challenging is the family sub system as there are the context
for the development of complexity and competences.
Sub system are the building blocks of the family then the key
aspect in understanding how these sub system to relate one another who holds
the power and how authority is demonstrated.
Golden Berg and Golden Berg clearly defines boundaries between sub
system within a family help maintain separateness ad the same time emphasizing
belongingness to this overall family system.
Family
Conflict [sub system]
According to Salvador Minuchen there are three family conflicts-
1.
Alignment
2.
Power
3.
Coalition
1. Alignment:
Whenever there is a difference of opinion, members will team up
with one another either from their own sub system or even outside the sub
system to exert influence on the decision making process. This is known as
alignment.
2.
Power:
Power on the other hand refers to the influence that they are exert
on any one or more members of the family.
3.
Coalition:
On the other is an alliance i.e. formed between two members against
the third one.
According to Structure therapy, a functional family is one where
clear boundaries exist within the structure of the family which gives
sufficient rooms for individual to grow and at the same time maintaining the
integrity pf the family.
A dysfunction family is one where the boundaries remain unclear and
where family interaction is either mark by extreme disengagement and extreme
enmeshment.
Therapeutic
steps:
1.Joining and
accommodating- Joining gets the therapist into the family accommodation into
their styles in his/her leverage to bring about changes.
2. Enactment-
rectifying what is wrong in the system brings a solution for the issues
3. Restructuring-
The power is move from one person to another person and restricting in the
family sub system begins.
Aspect
of Gender:
It is combination of three things-
1.
Body- Physical
attributes
2.
Identity-
Internal characteristic of an individual
3. Expression
(experience)- how we express our body & identity (combination of body &
identity)
All these 3 attributes are known as Bio-psychosocial –It deals with
the physical, social and the life of an individual.
Eight
variables to identify our self:
1.Chromosome: the
sex chromosome for male and female is different Male-XX, Female-XY
2.Gonads:
endocrine glands for the reproduction
3.Hormones:
Estrogen-female; Androgen-Male-----Secondary sexual characteristic are
developed.
4.Accessories
internal Sexual organs- Uterus & prostrate
5.External
genetics
6.Sex of
assignment and rearing
7.Core gender
identity- Psychological self image of oneself
8.Gender role identity- This refers to social
pattern of appearance, behavior and role performance associated with basic core
gender.
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