Review the Vargas Family Case Study. Write a 750-1,000-word paper inwhich you demonstrate how counselors apply structural family counselingtheory to analyze the presenting problems and choose appropriateinterventions.

Be sure to answer the following questions in your paper:

• What are two current presenting problems for the Vargas family?
• How are the problems maintained according to the structural family counseling perspective?
• Whatstructural interventions would you plan to use in your next session?Make sure to identify and describe your plan for two interventions.
• What is the role of the counselor in the change process according to the structural family counseling perspective?
• Include at least three scholarly sources (peer-reviewed journal articles, books, etc.).Bob and Elizabeth arrive together for the third session. Asplanned, you remind the couple that the goal of today’s session is to gatherinformation about their families of origin. Bob begins by telling you about hisolder sister, Katie, who is 36 and lives nearby with her three children. Katie’shusband, Steve, died suddenly last year at the age of 40 when the car he wasdriving hit a block wall. Elizabeth speculates that Steve was intoxicated atthe time, but Bob vehemently denies this allegation. He warns Elizabeth to“never again” suggest alcohol was involved. You note Bob’s strong response andlearn that his own biological father, whom his mother divorced when Bob was 3 and Katie was 5, had been analcoholic. When asked about his father, Bob says, “His name is Tim, and Ihaven’t seen him since the divorce.” Bob shares that he only remembersfrequently hiding under the bed with Katie to stay safe from his violent rages.He adds that 5 years after the divorce, his mother, Linda, married Noel who hasbeen “the only dad I’ve ever known.” He insists that his sister married “adevout Christian who never touched alcohol” and attributed the 3:00 a.m.tragedy to fatigue. He adds that a few days before the accident, Katie hadcomplained to him that her husband had been working many late nights and “justwasn’t himself.” Bob speaks fondly of his sister and confirms that they havealways been “very close.”From Elizabeth, who is 31years old, you learn that she was adopted by her parents, Rita and Gary, whowere in their late 40s at the time. They were first generation immigrants whohad no family in the United States. Their biological daughter, Susan, had died 10years earlier after Rita accidentally ran over the 5-year-old while backing outof the driveway. Elizabeth surmises that her mother never fully recovered fromthis traumatic incident and remained distant and withdrawn throughoutElizabeth’s life. Elizabeth describes her father, Gary, as “a hard worker,smart, and always serious.” She shares that most of her family memories were oftimes spent with her dad in his study, surrounded by books. She states, “Hecould find the answer to all of my questions in one his many books.” Elizabethdescribes herself as the “quiet, bookish type” and attributes her love forbooks to her father. Like her father in his study, Elizabeth remembers spendingmost of her adolescence alone in her room, reading, so she would not upset hermother. Looking back, Elizabeth tells you she recognizes her mother’s strugglewith depression, “but as a kid, I thought it was me.”You comment on the vastlydifferent childhood experiences and normalize the potential for relationshipchallenges under these circumstances. Acknowledging the differences, Elizabethremarks that Bob’s relationship with his family was one of the things that shewas attracted to early in their relationship. Bob agrees with her and commentsthat Katie and Elizabeth are very close, “each being the sister neither one ofthem ever had.”