Relationship-Specific View
The tool captures differences across dyads or subsystems rather than reducing the family to a single global impression.
Resonance / Closeness-Distance Map is a practitioner-only BSFT formulation tool for family therapy practitioners. It helps practitioners clarify closeness, distance, overinvolvement, or disengagement among family members in relation to the presenting problem.
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
The tool captures differences across dyads or subsystems rather than reducing the family to a single global impression.
Relationships without enough evidence can remain unresolved so missing information is not interpreted as a clinical judgment.
The product does not create relationship satisfaction scores, attachment classifications, automated healthy/unhealthy judgments, or fixed rating scales not supplied by the specification.
No. The tool is a practitioner-entered closeness-distance profile tied to the presenting concern.
Yes. The supported granularity setting allows dyad or subsystem relationship entries.
No. Boundary or connection shift notes are entered by the practitioner.
They are not preserved as real client data; only the tool and selected configuration carry into the account.