ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT: FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY
ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT: FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY
Write a 5-7 page paper responding to the following questions. Support your points with literature. Follow APA 7th edition guidelines.
Reflect on how external issues of race, gender, and socioeconomic wellbeing have impacted the Lopez family system regarding their current strengths and challenges.
[See Chapter 10 in Nichols & Davis (2020)] The name of the book for this chapter is “Essentials of Family Therapy. “I wish I have to make it easy for you but I dont have the book.
In regard to internal boundaries from a Structural Family Systems perspective (e.g., Salvador Minuchin), describe the triangles, coalitions, and alliances within this family system, and how these would inform your work with this family
Identify issues of complementarity in the family system, and how you would work to help the family create change in this regard.
According to an object relations family therapy perspective (e.g., Nathan Ackerman), the defense mechanism of projective identification is present in most relationships. (See the definition of projective identification below.) Where do you see projective identification in the marital relationship between Rita and Raul, and how would you help them become aware of this dynamic to improve their relationship?
Murray Bowen’s multigenerational theory describes how issues in a family system extend across generations. How do you understand the dynamics of the Lopez family system from a multigenerational perspective?…View Custom Paper