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Family Foundations
Tool for the Comps
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an emotional or physical barrier that protects and enhances the integrity of an individual, subsytem, or family | boundary |
| suggests that problems are continued and sustained by an ongoing set of actions as well as reactions | circular causality |
| the study of relationships in terms of the exhchange of verbal and nonverbal information | communication theory |
| the study of self-controlling processes in systems, especially the ananlysis of positive and negative feedback loops | cybernetics |
| a descriptive term for redundant behavioral patterns | family rules |
| theoretical foundations of Bowen Systems Therapy | differentiation of self, emotional triangles,nuclear family emotional process, multigenerational transmission process, emotional cutoff, societal emotional process |
| Bowen therapy techniques, 6 of them | genograms, process questions, relationship experiements, I-positions, coaching, neutralizing triangles |
| Therapy that assumes that people are always communicating and that the identification of feedback loops is pivotal to change | strategic family therapy |
| 3 distinct models of strategic family therapy | MRI, Haley and Madanes Strategic therapy, Milan systemic Model |
| positive feedback loop | when the response to a family members probelmatic behavior exacerbates the problem |
| negative feedback loop | diminishes the problem |
| used to interrupt problem-maintaining sequences; technique that requires family members to do something that runs counter to common sense, embelishment of behavior that is complained about | paradoxical interventions |
| Halye's thoughtful suggestions targeted to the specific requirements of each case | directives |
| circular questioning | method of interviewing developed to ask Milan's questions that highlighted differences among family members |
| This type of family therapy offers a blueprint that brings order and meaning to the process of all family interactions and provides a basis for organizing strategies and treatment | structural family therapy |
| structure | organized pattern in which family members interact. |
| subsystems | smaller units in families, determined by generation, sex, or function |
| rigid boundaries | restrictive and permit little contact with outside subsystems resulting in disengagement |
| diffused boundaries | provide minimal privacy and maximum interaction. lines of authority and responsibility are not clearly drawn and subsystems are enmeshed. |
| accommodation | elements of a system automatically adjust to coordinate their functioning; people may have to work at it |
| goals of structural family therapy | structural change; problem solving is a byproduct. creation of an effective hierarchy. clear boundaries. |
| structural family technique used to sit back and let the family tell their story from how they see it | enactment |
| intensity | structural family therapy technique used to change maladaptive transactions by using strong affect, repeated intervention, or prolonged pressure. |
| unbalancing | change hierachies in the system at a given time to help change relationships |
| leading figures of Experiential family therapy | carl whitaker and virginia satir |
| Experiential family therapy | focuses on the immediate here and now expereince and more on emotional experience than on the dynamics of interactions. Root cause of family problems is emotional suppression. |
| family therapist that was anti-theoretical | carl whitaker |
| 3 theoretical formulations of psychoanalytic family therapy | freudian drive psychology, self psychology, and object relations theory |
| Family therapy that brought the focus back on the individual members private fears and longings | psychanalytic family therapy |
| 4 basic techniques of psychoanalytic family therapy | listening, analytic neutrality, empathy, interpretations |
| schemas | core beliefs about the world and how it functions |
| Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy Premise | the behavior of one family member triggers behavior, cognitions, and emotions in other members, which in turn elicits reactive cognitions, behavior, and emotions in the original member. |
| leading figures of psychodynamic family therapy | nathan ackerman, james framo, robin skynner |
| goals of psychodynamic family therapy | produce insight, establish highly empathic relationship to allow dormant conflicts to emerge |
| name of the group of people who started the schizoprhenic project to study the nature of communication | Palo Alto |
| conducted open forum therapy with families | alfred adler |
| circular or mutual causality | the idea that actions are related though a series of recursive loops or repeating cycles |
| family homeostasis | tendency of families to resist change in order to maintain a steady state |
| undifferentiated family ego mass | Bowen's term for emotional "stuck-togetherness" or fusion in the family |
| psychoanalytically trained therapist who used confrontation to transform dormant conflicts into open discussion | nathan ackerman |
| stood out as the most unorthodox of early family therapists, used personality as a technique to get families to open up and be creative | carl whitaker |
| closed system | a system that does not exchange information or material with its environment |
| according to Bowen, relationships are driven by what 2 counteracting forces? | individuality and togetherness |
| Bowen alternative technique to the more emotionally involved role common to other forms of therapy. Therapist doesnt take over for clients or become fused in family triangles | coaching |
| 2 insights from strategic family therapy | 1. families often perpetuate problems of their own actions2.directives tailored to the needs of a particular family can sometimes bring about sudden and decisive change |
| changing interpretation of problem behavior | reframing |
| 3 basic explanations for problem development in strategic family therapy | cybernetic, structural, and functional |
| positive connotation | Milan's approach to ascribing positive motives to family beahvior to promote family cohesion and avoid resistance to therapy. reframes the behavior in a way that family members are not considered "bad" |
| founder of structural family therapy | salvador minuchin |
| Therapy that uses joining, accoommodating, enactment, mapping, boundary making, and unbalancing techniques | structural family therapy |
| According to Experiential family therapy, destructive communication in relationships is brough on by | blaming, placating, irrelevant and super reasonable behaviors |
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