ESFT Treatment Abbreviation

Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy

Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) is an approach to family therapy that focuses on understanding and addressing the interactions and dynamics within the entire family system. It was developed by Salvador Minuchin and his colleagues in the 1970s as an extension of Structural Family Therapy.

ESFT views the family as an interconnected system where each member's behavior and functioning affect and are influenced by the larger family context. It emphasizes the importance of examining the family's structure, boundaries, hierarchies, and patterns of interaction to understand and intervene in problematic dynamics.