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an emotional or physical barrier that protects and enhances the integrity of an individual, subsytem, or family   boundary  
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suggests that problems are continued and sustained by an ongoing set of actions as well as reactions   circular causality  
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the study of relationships in terms of the exhchange of verbal and nonverbal information   communication theory  
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the study of self-controlling processes in systems, especially the ananlysis of positive and negative feedback loops   cybernetics  
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a descriptive term for redundant behavioral patterns   family rules  
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theoretical foundations of Bowen Systems Therapy   differentiation of self, emotional triangles,nuclear family emotional process, multigenerational transmission process, emotional cutoff, societal emotional process  
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Bowen therapy techniques, 6 of them   genograms, process questions, relationship experiements, I-positions, coaching, neutralizing triangles  
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Therapy that assumes that people are always communicating and that the identification of feedback loops is pivotal to change   strategic family therapy  
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3 distinct models of strategic family therapy   MRI, Haley and Madanes Strategic therapy, Milan systemic Model  
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positive feedback loop   when the response to a family members probelmatic behavior exacerbates the problem  
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negative feedback loop   diminishes the problem  
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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  
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Halye's thoughtful suggestions targeted to the specific requirements of each case   directives  
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circular questioning   method of interviewing developed to ask Milan's questions that highlighted differences among family members  
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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  
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structure   organized pattern in which family members interact.  
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subsystems   smaller units in families, determined by generation, sex, or function  
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rigid boundaries   restrictive and permit little contact with outside subsystems resulting in disengagement  
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diffused boundaries   provide minimal privacy and maximum interaction. lines of authority and responsibility are not clearly drawn and subsystems are enmeshed.  
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accommodation   elements of a system automatically adjust to coordinate their functioning; people may have to work at it  
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goals of structural family therapy   structural change; problem solving is a byproduct. creation of an effective hierarchy. clear boundaries.  
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structural family technique used to sit back and let the family tell their story from how they see it   enactment  
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intensity   structural family therapy technique used to change maladaptive transactions by using strong affect, repeated intervention, or prolonged pressure.  
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unbalancing   change hierachies in the system at a given time to help change relationships  
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leading figures of Experiential family therapy   carl whitaker and virginia satir  
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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.  
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family therapist that was anti-theoretical   carl whitaker  
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3 theoretical formulations of psychoanalytic family therapy   freudian drive psychology, self psychology, and object relations theory  
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Family therapy that brought the focus back on the individual members private fears and longings   psychanalytic family therapy  
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4 basic techniques of psychoanalytic family therapy   listening, analytic neutrality, empathy, interpretations  
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schemas   core beliefs about the world and how it functions  
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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.  
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leading figures of psychodynamic family therapy   nathan ackerman, james framo, robin skynner  
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goals of psychodynamic family therapy   produce insight, establish highly empathic relationship to allow dormant conflicts to emerge  
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name of the group of people who started the schizoprhenic project to study the nature of communication   Palo Alto  
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conducted open forum therapy with families   alfred adler  
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circular or mutual causality   the idea that actions are related though a series of recursive loops or repeating cycles  
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family homeostasis   tendency of families to resist change in order to maintain a steady state  
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undifferentiated family ego mass   Bowen's term for emotional "stuck-togetherness" or fusion in the family  
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psychoanalytically trained therapist who used confrontation to transform dormant conflicts into open discussion   nathan ackerman  
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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  
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closed system   a system that does not exchange information or material with its environment  
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according to Bowen, relationships are driven by what 2 counteracting forces?   individuality and togetherness  
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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  
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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  
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changing interpretation of problem behavior   reframing  
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3 basic explanations for problem development in strategic family therapy   cybernetic, structural, and functional  
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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"  
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founder of structural family therapy   salvador minuchin  
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Therapy that uses joining, accoommodating, enactment, mapping, boundary making, and unbalancing techniques   structural family therapy  
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According to Experiential family therapy, destructive communication in relationships is brough on by   blaming, placating, irrelevant and super reasonable behaviors  
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