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A Structural Approach to a Family with an Encopretic Child *
Author(s) -
Andolfi Maurizio
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1978.tb00493.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , sign (mathematics) , modalities , psychology , treatment modality , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , relation (database) , medicine , sociology , computer science , social science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , database , surgery
This article describes brief therapy using a structural approach. During the course of therapy the encopretic behavior of a pre‐adolescent boy was observed in relation to the interactionand structure of the family system. The presenting problem was analyzed as a sign of family dysfunction and of the stress consequent to the parents separation. The success of the therapy didnot consist only of the disappearance of the encopretic behavior, but also in the discovery of different modalities of relating which produced a liberating effect on the identified patient and on other members of the family.