Salvador Minuchin developed structural family therapy, which assesses a family along different dimensions. This theory considers a family to be a single system and identifies chronic boundary problems in that system. Which of the following is not one of the boundary problems identified by Minuchin?

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The three chronic boundary problems identified in Minuchin's theory are triangulation, in which a child is caught in the middle of parents' conflicts; detouring, in which parents express and redirect distress to a child; and stable coalition, in which one parent and the child unite against the other parent. Individuation is a necessary trait in healthy families, not a boundary problem.

Salvador Minuchin Developed Structural Family Therapy, Which Assesses a Family