Complete 8 page APA formatted essay: Structural Family Therapy.
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What happens to one member will impact all members and because of this unique dynamic, the therapy of the whole is an essential road to good mental health. Through the use of the theory of structural family theory, this type of reconstruction can be achieved in order to address the impact that an entire family has experienced due to issues that are creating an imbalance. The history of structural family therapy was designed during the 1960s and 1970s, framed by psychologies Salvador Minuchin who spent a great deal of time observing the family and the family in therapy in order to design his system of therapy. The role of the therapist in structural family therapy is to provide a re-organization of the family in order to move forward towards positive and nurturing outcomes. The therapy is not intended to dwell in the past, but to focus on the future and how the family operates.
