Description
Section two: (2-3 pages) Write and discuss a brief illustration from a time in your childhood which exemplifies how your family system typically operated. Issues you may cover include (choose 3 of these):
- Boundaries (within the family as well as between the family and the world)
- Hierarchies
- Subsystems
- Alliances
- Rules (spoken and unspoken)
- Feedback loops
- Communication style and patterns
- Resources/ resiliency factors
- Intergenerational patterns
You must give specific behavioral examples to back up your analysis. For example, it is not sufficient to state that there were poor communication patterns, rather, you should discuss the specific behaviors that demonstrated how those communications played out and were maintained. (The Hepworth article is an important guide for this section).
In completing this section, you will need to cite at least three scholarly articles and/or books (from outside of this syllabus) that address the concepts you are discussing.