Structural Family Therapy Paper

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The counselor’s role with the family and client is to stay professional at all times and make sure the counselor does not agree or disagree with her client. The counselor is there to help the family as one and not her client. Murdock (2013) states “The role of the counselor in Structural Family Therapy is that of expert. The therapist joins the family, but maintains a stance as a leader in the counseling process.” (pg.,426) Therefore, the role of the counselor is to stay present and professional at all times. According to All Psychology Careers “The strategic therapist becomes actively involved and responsible in helping clients turn their lives around, in helping them strategically plan, execute, and measure game winning outcomes” So, the counselor role is to help the family be structure. The role of the client during therapy is to stay present at all times. Client should understand before starting treatment that it will not be individual therapy. The counselor will work with the …show more content…

The counselor will also use the genogram to see if there are any depression traits in Ana’s family. The counselor will be focusing on addiction and other unhealthy behaviors to help the family. A risk of using this approach is if Ana’s family does not want to participate in the family therapy. Family might be against receiving services because they have a stigma against counseling. Another risk of using this approach is if the family does not agree with the present problems and problems will escalate. In conclusion, the counselor was able to use the structural family theory with the family. Family were able to understand the current problem they were experiencing. Family choose health boundaries to have a closed relationship with each other. Family will use the strategies and techniques the counselor disclosed to them if need it in the

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