Filipino Family Case Study

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1-In my case conceptualization I preferred to use Minuchin’s Structural Theory approach for Rodriguez family. As a summary, family is an immigrant Latin family who lives in Chicago. They belong to working class. Ruby does not have a wide network in the US. She is not fully adapted to American life style. Eddie had drinking problems in their first five years of the marriage. Family’s oldest daughter had an unexpected pregnancy (which she ended) and she abandoned the family. Younger daughter is successful at school however withdrawn in family context. The youngest child is the only one in family gained flexibility. Family has domestic violence history, Ruby and Eddie had several fights. From this perspective I can see that in Rodriguez family …show more content…

I would like to learn what struggles she has, how she manages with limited social support and why she did not share her problems with her family or friends. 3- Structural therapy has several intervention techniques such as tracking, mimesis, confirmation, accommodation, reframing, punctuation, unbalancing, enactment, working with spontaneous interaction, boundary making, intensity, restructuring, shaping competence, diagnosing, adding cognitive constructions and pragmatic fictions. First phase of the treatment: I would first try to develop working counseling relationship. In order to do that I need to consider the diversity. I would like to learn the cultural backgrounds and values of Rodriguez family as being Puerto Rican. I would assess how acculturated the family is in American society. Then, I would assess the problem behavioral sequences and identify subsystems, boundaries and family structure (as I did in Summary section) Working phase of treatment: The first thing I would do with family is joining into their system. By using active listening skills I would try track the content rather than the process. This would not only help me build a therapeutic relationship, but also let the other family members know about the content they …show more content…

I don’t think this is the best idea for changing present situation. Furthermore, by intensity, I may reinforce the dominating behavior in the family. They may keep the same idea “authority has the power”. I think shaping competence is a better technique which highlights family’s positive behaviors. 4- In Rodriguez family, • if I see that family is restructured in a way that enables functional and productive relationship; • if I manage the break coalition towards Elena and help the parents to see their conflicts between them; • if I help the family rebuild the boundaries in a flexible way that people functionally maintains their life; • if I see that family is editing their dated rules and replacing them with family’s new realities; • if I see Juanita is also included in family structure and she is accepted by her family, • if I see the power is equally distributed and children are also a part of the decision making process; • if I see that Ruby’s dysfunctional repetitive allusions to Eddie’s history of drinking are lessened; • if I see that Ruby and Eddie is developing a better spousal system and they can discuss things out of children

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