Structural Family Therapy With Incarcerated Families

“Research has shown that close and supportive family relationships are a key ingredient of successful offender rehabilitation and that intimate partners and minor children may play a critical role in the process” (Datchi & Sexton, 2013, p. 280). Those affected by incarceration are underserved, s...

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Published in:The Family journal (Alexandria, Va.) Va.), 2018-04, Vol.26 (2), p.253-261
Main Authors: Tadros Eman, Finney, Natasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Children
Coalitions
Evidence-based practice
Family counseling
Family relations
Family roles
Family therapy
Health problems
Imprisonment
Intimacy
Mental health
Parent-child relations
Prisoners
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of criminals
Social theories
Underserved populations
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Summary:“Research has shown that close and supportive family relationships are a key ingredient of successful offender rehabilitation and that intimate partners and minor children may play a critical role in the process” (Datchi & Sexton, 2013, p. 280). Those affected by incarceration are underserved, specifically in the realm of mental health. There is a need for a better understanding of how systemic theories, such as structural family therapy (SFT) can be utilized with the incarcerated population. SFT is an evidence-based systemic model and defines a problem in terms of family structures, boundaries, hierarchies, roles, rules, and patterns of interaction and coalitions. Thus, the current case study examines family therapy utilizing the SFT model with a family, in which a father was incarcerated. The implication of the current case study is to explore the effectiveness of using the SFT model as the primary approach to treating the incarcerated population.
ISSN:1066-4807
1552-3950
DOI:10.1177/1066480718777409