Subsistem kang ana ingneng jero kulawarga ana werna telu, yaiku subsistem kakung-estri, subsistem wong tua-anak, lan subsistem sibling (raka-yayi).<ref name="Minuchin">{{cite book | last =Minuchin | first =S | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Families and Family Therapy | publisher =Harvard University Press | date =1974 | location = Cambridge, MA | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = }}</ref> Subsistem kakung-estri kawujud saking kakung lan estri kang padha urip bebarengan kanthi kekarepan kanggo mbangun kulawarga. <ref name="Minuchin"/> Pacangan iki padha nyengkuyung bebarengan lan mbangun talenan kang ngayomi subsistem kasebut saking gangguan kang ana saking kawigatene wong akeh utawa kabutuhan saking subsistem-subsistem liyane.<ref name="Minuchin"/> Subsistem wong tua-anak dumadi wiwit laire anak ning kulawarga, subsistem iki isine ngenani bab ''transfer'' nilei lan kawruh lan ngenalke tanggeljawab ngenani sedulur wongtua lan anak. <ref name="Minuchin"/>
