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Family Systems Therapy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to family systems therapy, what causes distress/behavioral problems? | - Conflict - Excessive closeness - Distance |
| What does it mean to say families are a “system”? What are the features of a “system”? | - The systematic perspective offers a new way of viewing families in that all members are contributing to the problem - All members of the system assume responsibility and no one person is seen as the "bad" or "problem person. |
| What are healthy family processes? | Boundaries, connectedness, communication, developmentally appropriate parenting |
| What are unhealthy family processes? | Enmeshment, triangulation, projection, disengagement, lack of communication, passive/aggressive communication, coalitions, and parentification |
| Joining: | Therapist becomes a part of the family to understand and improve aspects of the system. Therapist adopts family norms and gains an understanding of structure and boundaries |
| Reframing: | Places the event/situation in a different context |
| Enactment: | Clients act out a previous experience or a characteristic in session Brings family conflict into the here and now |
| Family maps/genograms: | Visually represent family subsystems, boundaries, hierarchies, and alliances |
| What is the evidence for use of family systems therapy? | - Moderate, but solid - Can be useful in treating eating disorders, bipolar, depression, and anxiety - Can be used specifically as a secondary treatment for depression |
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