This paper examines the degree to which structural family therapy has adapted effectively to
client families and professional demands of the twenty-first century. A review of the current …

Structural family therapy (SFT) is a systems based model that places a special focus on the
internal organization of relationships within families vis-à-vis their functioning. It aims to …

This paper presents a model for the conceptualization of structural family therapy constructs
and their application in assessment. The authors believe that the more abstract a concept is …

Structural Family Therapy was developed by Salvador Minuchin and colleagues during the
1960s as part of the growing interest in systemic ways of conceptualising human distress …

Determining the efficacy of therapeutic interventions is becoming an increasing political and
ethical necessity. Comparative therapeutic outcome trials are most powerful when there is a …

In the relatively brief 25 to 30 year history of family therapy, eight theoretical approaches
have emerged (Kaslow, 1981). 1 Although each struggles to claim its uniqueness, a …

The popular view of structural faimly therapy sees the structural diagnosis of faimiles and
lying at the heart of this therapeutic approach. This article challenges that view. It argues that …

This review proposes a method for classifying theories of family therapy in terms of the ideal
categories from which they derive. Establishing the relationship between a family‐system …

This paper highlights and organizes ideas regarding family therapy and wider contexts. It
briefly reviews the historical underpinnings of a contextual family therapy view, critiques the …

This article presents a way to conceptualize families when operating from a structural family
therapy orientation (Minuchin, 2012; Minuchin & Fishman, 1981). This quick guide to case …