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Family Therapies
Covers family therapy terms as it relates to the LMSW Exam.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Undifferentiated Family Ego Mass | Murray Bowen created this term (4 words long) to explain how when troubled families were brought together, they had difficulty maintaining their identities. |
| Schism | In Family Therapies, this word is used to describe the division of family into 2 antagonistic and competing groups. |
| Skew | In family therapies, this term is used to show how one partner in a marriage dominates the family as a result of a serious personality disorder in the other member. |
| Multiculturalism | In family therapy, this is of great importance and is the practice of valuing and respecting differences in culture. |
| Ask | When utilizing multiculturalism, if a therapist is unsure of the client's culture or level of assimilation, they should....... |
| Strengths | In family therapy, therapists draw on....... |
| Family Life Cycle Stages | What are the following stages called? Stage 1-Married Couples without children Stage 2-Child bearing families Stage 3-Families with pre-school children Stage 4-Families with school children Stage 5-Families with teenagers Stage 6-Families launching |
| Vertical Stressors | According to family therapies, these stressors are handed down from previous generations and are called........ |
| Horizontal Stressors | According to family therapies, these stressors refer to the demands placed upon the family system as it moves through time and are called......... |
| Emotional unit | In family therapies, the family is seen as an...... |
| Family Atmosphere | This term was coined by Adlerian Family Therapy and is used to describe the climate of relationships that exist between family members. |
| Attention Getting | In Adlerian Family Therapy, this dysfunctional behavior is characterized by stop and go interaction plus annoyance and irritation. |
| Power Struggle | In Adlerian Family Therapy, this dysfunctional behavior is characterized by persistent and intensified interactions plus anger, defeat or challenge. |
| Revenge | In Adlerian Family Therapy, this dysfunctional behavior is characterized by manifested and intensified interactions plus hurt. |
| Demonstration of Inadequacy | In Adlerian Family Therapy, this dysfunctional behavior is characterized by lack of interaction plus despair. |
| Reorientation | In Adlerian Family Therapy, the main goal is......... |
| Adlerian Family Therapy | This family therapy utilizes parent interviewing. |
| Adlerian Family Therapy | This family therapy is based on Humanistic and Gestalt Therapies as well as Psychodrama technique. |
| Family Myths and Mystification | In Experiential Family Therapy, these are two controls that families use that generate problems in the family structure. |
| Psychotherapy | Experiential Family Therapy viewed this therapy as absurd. |
| Family Secrets | In Experiential Family Therapy, the main goal is to unmask and tap into...... |
| Engagement | In Experiential Family Therapy, this is the most powerful phase. |
| Involvement | In Experiential Family Therapy, this is the phase characterized by a more dominant parent figure. |
| Disentanglement | In Experiential Family Therapy, this is characterized by being more personal and less involved. |
| One Size Fits All | The main problem with Experiential Family Therapy is that it has this view. |
| Placater | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is a dysfunctional role that results from fearing rejection, wanting to please, and becoming dependent. |
| Blamer | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is a dysfunctional role that results from trying to cover personal inadequacies and mistakes. |
| Super Reasonable | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is a dysfunctional role that results from keeping others at a distance and depending on detachment to protect oneself. |
| Distractor | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is a dysfunctional role that results from pretending a problem doesn't exist in the hopes that it will go away. |
| Physical | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the first core of a healthy self. |
| Intellectual | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the second core of a healthy self. |
| Emotional | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the third core of a healthy self. |
| Sensual | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the fourth core of a healthy self. |
| Interactional | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the fifth core of a healthy self. |
| Contextual | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the sixth core of a healthy self. |
| Nutritional | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the seventh core of a healthy self. |
| Spiritual | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the final core of a healthy self. |
| Family Mapping | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is the process for drawing the structural/emotional relationships in a family. It is similar to a genogram. |
| Family Sculpting | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is an experiential/expressive technique in which a family member places other family members and themselves in positions that symbolize their relationships with other members of the family. |
| Rescue Game | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is when one family member agrees, one blames, and one is irrelevant. |
| Coalition Game | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is when 2 people always agree and a third disagrees or 2 disagree and one agrees. |
| Lethal Game | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is when all agree with everyone at the expense of their own needs. |
| Growth Game | In Conjoint Family Therapy, this is when people agree or disagree based on their own experiential reality while remaining part of the system. |
| Improving Communication | In Conjoint Family Therapy, the main goal is to reduce conflict by.......... |
| Biopsychosocial | Family Systems Theory utilizes what kind of framework? |
| Anxiety | According to Family Systems Theory, this is the cause of behavior disorders. |
| Differentiation | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the first of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Triangulation | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the second of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Emotional System | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the third of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Projection | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the fourth of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Emotional Cutoff | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the fifth of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Transmission | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the sixth of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Sibling Position | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the seventh of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Society | According to Family Systems Therapy, this is the last of Eight Interlocking Concepts. |
| Emotional Fusion | According to Family Systems Therapy, disorders are the result of this. |
| Genogram | In family therapies, this is a schematic diagram of the family system, using squares to represent males, circles to indicate females, horizontal lines for marriages, and vertical lines to indicate children. |
| Engagement and Motivation | In Functional Family Therapy, this is phase 1 of therapy. Answer: ___________ and ____________ |
| Behavior Change | In Functional Family Therapy, this is phase 2 of therapy. |
| Generalization | In Functional Family Therapy, this is phase 3 of therapy. |
| Functional Family Therapy | This family therapy focuses on behavior and the impact that family members have on it. |
| Self Defeating Mechanisms | Narrative Family Therapy focuses on..... |
| Narrative Family Therapy | This therapy encourages clients to consider alternative ways of looking at themselves. |
| Narrative Family Therapy | Michael White created this therapy because he was interested in the way people constructed meaning in their lives and not just the ways they behaved. |
| Tell Their Story | Narrative Family Therapy begins by asking clients to do what? |
| Reauthor Their Story | Narrative Family Therapy seeks to do what with a client? |
| Problem narrative | In Narrative Family Therapy, strategies fall into three stages, this is the first. |
| Find Exceptions | In Narrative Family Therapy, strategies fall into three stages, this is the second. |
| Recruit Support | In Narrative Family Therapy, strategies fall into three stages, this is the last. |
| Process | Strategic Family Therapy focuses on...... |
| Strategic Family Therapy | This family therapy is considered to be manipulative. |
| Circular causality | This Strategic Family Therapy principle does not seek to find underlying motives for behavior. |
| Feedback loops | This Strategic Family Therapy principle is based on chains of stimulus and response. |
| Meta Communication | According to Strategic Family Therapy this term is used to describe communicating about the communication (He said she said) that results in family dysfunction. |
| Paradoxical injunctions | According to Strategic Family Therapy this term is used to describe a dysfunctional message that demands behavior that can only be given spontaneously and is also a technique in which a therapist tells a client to continue their symptomatic behaviors (ex: |
| Double Binds | According to Strategic Family Therapy this term is used to describe a result of 2 contradictory messages being given at the same level of importance. |
| Pre Session | The first step in the Milan Model when the therapist team would create an initial hypothesis. |
| Session | The second step in the Milan Model when the therapist team would validate or modify the initial hypothesis. |
| Intersession | The third step in the Milan Model when the therapist team would meet alone to further discuss the hypothesis and determine interventions. |
| Intervention | The fourth step in the Milan Model when the therapist team would reunite with the family and present the intervention. |
| Post Session | The final step in the Milan Model when the therapist team would meet alone to process the family's reaction to the intervention and prepare for the next session. |
| Positive Connotation | In the Milan Model this means to frame problematic behavior in positive light to promote cohesion and avoid resistance. |
| Family Ritual | In the Milan Model, this technique prescribes specific acts for family members to perform that is designed to change the family system's rules. |
| Circular Questioning | A method of interviewing developed by the Milan Model in which questions are asked that highlight differences among family members. |
| Hypothesizing | In the Milan Model, this is when a theory is generated about the problem behavior. |
| Identified Patient | In the Milan Model, this is the family member whose symptoms or behaviors are stated by the family as the reason for coming to therapy. |
| Invariant Prescription | A technique developed for the Milan Model in which parents are directed to mysteriously sneak away together. |
| Neutrality | In the Milan Model, this is the ability to define oneself without taking sides. |
| Paradoxical Prescription | In the Milan Model, this is when the therapist prescribes to the family to "do more of the same" - this is intended to produce a paradoxical effect. |
| Patterned Dysfunction | In the MRI Model, the first goal is to change...... |
| Remove Distress | In the MRI Model, the second goal is to........ |
| Family Rules | In the MRI Model, the third goal is to change...... |
| Actively Engage | In Structural Family Therapy, in order to begin structural change in the family unit the therapist must do this. |
| Enactment | Structural Family Therapy intervention: family members are asked to act out the problem situation to bring insight into the family dynamic. This is called........ |
| Family Structure | In Structural Family Therapy, this is the functional organization of families that determines how family members interact. This is called......... |
| Subsystems | In Structural family Therapy, these are smaller units of families, determined by generations, sex or functions. These are called......... |
| Boundaries | In Structural Family Therapy, these are emotional barriers that protect individuals, subsystems and families; the overall structure can become unstable if one intrudes on another subsystem. These barriers are called........ |
| Joining and Accommodation | In Structural Family Therapy, this is the process in which the therapist enters the family system in a hierarchal stance as the leader. Answer ________ and _______ |
| Mood and Stability | When working with clients who are going through a divorce, the therapist's long term goal is to improve each member's___________ and _____________. |
| Divorce | Writing, Play/Art Therapy, and Verbal Therapy are all useful techniques for families experiencing__________. |
| Alliance building | When working with clients going through child custody disputes, the most important thing a therapist should remember is to avoid............... |
| Therapy Contract | When clients are going through a child custody battle, it may be helpful for the therapist to consider one of these. |
| Child Custody | When dealing with ____________ disputes, it may be helpful to hold separate meetings with each parent and children. |
| Reduce Damage | What is the main goal in child custody family therapies? |
| Behavioral Issues | When working with families that are impacted by disorders, it is important to work with the family on....... |
| Coping Skills | When working with families that are impacted by disorders, it is important to teach the parents _______ to help them better deal with the child's out of ordinary behaviors. |
| Disorders | Educating and teaching people to deal with separation moments are key aspects to helping families who are struggling with what? |
| Insight and Reality Therapy | When working with families that are impacted by disorders, what therapy is useful in helping clients see how their behavior impacts the family unit? |
| Consistent | When working with families that are impacted by disorders, the family must be ___________ in dealing with inappropriate behaviors. |
| Modeling | When working with families that are impacted by disorders, one helpful key with parents whose child has the disorder is to teach the parents ______________. |
| Engagement and Retention Therapy | This therapy has an increased focus on strategies for engaging difficult youth and their families in treatment. |
| Functional Family Therapy | This therapy is useful for families with childhood and adolescent disorders and is based on the assumption that the child's behavior problem serves a function in the family system. |
| Multisystemic Therapy | This therapy is useful for families with childhood and adolescent disorders and promote positive outcomes such as pro-social peer relationships and family functioning, as well as reducing conduct problems. |
| Parental Control | When conducting therapy with families who have an eating disorder, it is important to emphasize............ |
| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | This therapy is considered the best treatment for families who are suffering with anxiety and depression. |
| 2 Months | When working with clients who have lost a loved one, it is important to remember that Major Depressive Disorder cannot be diagnosed unless the client has had the symptoms for longer than ___________ after the loss. |
| Stages of Grief | Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance These are called.................... |
| Child's Stages of Grief | Disbelief Complaints Anger Guilt Anxiety/Fear Regression Sadness These are called................ |
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