Problem: Apply these questions to the film Ordinary People (1980)
What are the main issues to address if you were working with this family from a family systems perspective? Need Assignment Help?
Who might be the identified client? What brought the family in for counseling?
Provide a basic assessment of this nuclear family including their dynamics, emotional structure, and any patterns you can identify.
What kind of boundaries exist in the family style of relating to each other?
Different members of the family retain elements of power. Identify who retains what power (and the kind of power) within the family system. What is the hierarchy in this family?
Identify any alliances, coalitions, and triangulation you detect and give examples from the film. How does the family maintain homeostasis?
Where is this family located in the Family Life Cycle?
Discuss the elements of resilience and strengths in this family.
If you were to use either structural or multigenerational family systems theory from this module, which one would you use? What about this family dynamic had you choose this theory?
Using the language of the theory, how does this theory help you understand what is going on in this family? What kind of interventions and skills are used with this theory? Provide specifics of how you would use these and to what end. What is the role of the worker?
What was most challenging to you about applying these concepts to the family in the film you chose?