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| elements of a system automatically adjust to coordinate their functioning, people may have to work at it. |
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| an alliance between two persons or social units against a third |
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| cross generational coalition |
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| an inappropriate alliance between a parent and child who side together against a third member in the family |
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| interaction stimulated in structural therapy to observe and then change transactions that make up a family structure |
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| minuchins term for loss of autonomy due to a blurring of psychological boundaries |
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| a term for accepting and accomodating to families to win their confidence and circumvent resistance. |
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| smaller units in a family determined by sex, generation, or function |
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