Review the Campbell Family Case Study and identify the intergenerational issues and interactional patterns of communication and behavior. Review the family system and the differentiation of self. Use Bowen's family systems theory to conceptualize how this family functions and use this as a guide to understanding the family dynamics and to appropriately identify which interventions you will use and why.

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Meet the Campbell Family:

This family lives in Fort Lupton, a rural town in northern Colorado with a population of almost 7,500 residents. About 55% of residents are Hispanic and another 42% are white. The unemployment rate is 16%. The primary industry in Fort Lupton is construction, although there is also a growing gas and oil industry.

The family was referred to Weld County's Department of Health Services for assessment and evaluation after the 15-year-old son, Jacob, was charged with grand theft auto for stealing his neighbor's car. He is scheduled to attend court later this week. Kali, Jacob's 17-year-old sister, has previously been on probation for drug use and possession of marijuana. She usually isolates herself from the family.

Jacob and Kali's dad, Joe, has requested a meeting. He is barley home because he is the only one finically providing for the family. He says, "My family is falling apart, and no one is talking about it." He says that Jacob is a screw-up and doesn't seem to care, and that Kali, who never leaves her room, is always high. "Frankly, I don't blame her," he says. "My wife Karen her mother, is drinking herself to death." Karen, the mother usually stays home drinking all day and shows little interest in anything.

At the intake, each family member filled out a brief entrance form. Joe is frustrated and on edge, saying that no one wanted to come, including his wife, and he had to bribe his daughter and son to get in the car. Karen is sitting next to her son with her head down, avoiding any eye contact. Kali laughs at her father and is on her phone. Jacob has his baseball cap pulled over his eyes, slumps in his chair, and is pretending to be asleep.