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Structural family therapy views the family unit as a system that lives and functions within a larger system such as the community, organizations, and culture. Transactions are simply patterns of how family members routinely interact with each other. Through its transactions, a family establishes a set of rules for its daily functioning and these rules form its structure. Therapists utilizing the structural family model focus on what three areas?
  1. Home, children, parents
  2. Family, presenting problem, process of change
  3. Home, presenting problem, behavior
  4. Family, home, behavior
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Answer - B - Structural family therapy focuses on the family, the presenting problem, and the process of change. A therapist must first assess the family’s interactions, figuring out the family’s hierarchy and alliances within. The therapist then composes a flow chart describing the process that a family unconsciously follows.
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