Strengths And Weaknesses Of Structural Family Therapy

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Structural family therapy strengths is the system is able to identify the problems that are conceived as lying on the family interaction instead of the individual. It views the family as a whole. A second strength is that by viewing the family as whole it allows the family to work together and problem solve.
Two weaknesses in structural family therapy are how does it relate to other cultures. This therapy approaches views the family patterns problematic when it’s too disengaged. Disengagement alone could be viewed or considered acceptable to a family’s social and cultural background. Another weakness could be if the family is experience disengagement from each other and there appears to be little motivation for the family to come together