Assessing The Level Of Cohesion In A Family
The level of cohesion refers to the degree of closeness while interacting shared by the family members. The levels of cohesion from the lowest to highest: disengaged, separated, connected and enmeshed. For instance, a family who has been mandated to go for counselling because of lack of communication and poor engagement between the family members resulting in the 15 year old son displaying behavioural concerns at school. As a social service practitioner, I will assess the emotional bonding, family involvement, parent-child coalitions, decision-making, internal and external boundaries of the family. If the family shows lack of family loyalty with extreme emotional separateness, very low involvement or interaction between family members with