The Taylor family is a blended family. The family consists of a mother, father, a 12 year old son from the father's previous relationship, and a 10 year old son from the mother's previous marriage. A two year old daughter, a child of this union, is not included in this interview. The mother and her son have been seen for counseling related to a series of petty thefts within the home for which the boy was implicated. This is the first full family interview.
VT 131 TRES MADRES: (Order)
Structural Therapy with an Anglo/ Hispanic Family.
This is a four generational family with a female line from great- grandmother to great-granddaughter. Lori, the mother, is in her third marriage. She brings one eight year old daughter (by her first marriage) and a four year old daughter (by her second marriage), to this current union with David, a Mexican American of recent U.S. citizenship. Harry Aponte's skillful involvement with this family helps us see the relationship between the presenting symptom (the daughter's unexplained crying and sleepwalking) and the way this family system is organized.
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