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  • Psychology
  • Family Therapy
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Structural Family Therapy (SFT) posits that repairing family structure improves individual and relational functioning.
  • Dysfunctional families often exhibit blurred boundaries and inappropriate role assignments.
  • Therapists aim to facilitate desired family structures through in-session interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explicate the interactive methods used by a master therapist in Structural Family Therapy.
  • To demonstrate how family structure transformations are accomplished in clinical practice.
  • To analyze the discursive resources employed in SFT for restructuring family dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Conversation analysis (CA) was utilized to examine therapist-client interactions.
  • Focus on a single master therapist conducting a Structural Family Therapy session.
  • Analysis of discursive strategies for readjusting role relationships within the family.

Main Results:

  • The therapist successfully readjusted role relationships between a mother and daughter.
  • The mother was enabled to adopt a more agentive position concerning her children.
  • Therapist actions demonstrated core SFT principles of family restructuring.

Conclusions:

  • Conversation analysis provides valuable insights into the practical application of SFT.
  • Therapist's discursive actions are key to achieving structural changes in families.
  • This study highlights the interactive accomplishment of therapeutic goals in family therapy.