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“Enmeshment” and “Fusion”
Author(s) -
KLUGMAN JEFFRY
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1976.00321.x
Subject(s) - versa , focus (optics) , fusion , psychology , family therapy , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , physics , database , optics
The paper examines two related concepts utilized by two different schools of family therapy. Any family seen to be “enmeshed” is also seen as “fused,” and vice versa. The difference in the level of focus, on the “system containing the individuals” (structural) or the “individual in the system” (fusion), determines the difference in therapeutic approach of these two schools.