Define the 4 terms below.

1. Family legacy 2. Minuchin's Triangulation 3. Enactment 4. Attachment Injury

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Case of the Johnson's family. Please carefully read the case below and respond to the prompt.

(Mr. and Mrs. Johnson came to family therapy and their complaints were mirror images. He claimed that she was "bossy and demanding"; she said that he "had to have everything his own way." Mr. Johnson was the youngest in a close-knit family of five. He described his mother as a warm and loving stay-home mother but said she tried to smother him and that she discouraged all his efforts to be independent. Subjected to same pressures, his two older sisters knuckled under and still remain unmarried, living with the parents. Mr. Johnson's father was a marine and was rarely home. Mr. Johnson and his siblings grew up hearing the mother tell them that the wives always have to do all the work at home and take care of the family. She would often complain to her children how the father would come home from service on a leave to only have sex. Mr. Johnson, however, rebelled against the mother's stringent rules and left home to join the Marines at age seventeen. As he shared his experience in the Marine Corps and successful business ventures, it was clear that he was proud of his independence. Mr. Johnson is confronting his wife about wanting to get a second job now that the daughter is 15 years old. He is convinced and accuses her that the daughter is doing poorly in school and got two tattoos without permission. He tells his wife, "your bossiness didn't get our daughter anywhere except failure. You should've spent more time at home rather than work." Mrs. Johnson would often cry out in session that she feels all alone and not cared about. Mrs. Johnson would criticize her husband's lack of involvement and comments on her constant concern for the daughter. Meanwhile, the daughter usually remains quiet sitting with her feet up on the chair next to the father)

What 2 questions you might ask the family to further uncover the underlying issues?

What 2 goals you would focus on in family therapy?

What are all the subsystems, and how would you describe their strength and level of functioning?

Using Minuchin's Structural Therapy perspective, describe one family transactional pattern and how is the underlying structure being maintained.

Who would you describe to be the Identified Patient and why?

What is one family theme you can identify and describe its relation to the Johnson family?

What are 2 areas of resilience (strengths and positive things)?