Allison's Family Conceptualization Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 6 sections of the a Family Systems conceptualization?
A
- Identifying Information
- Presenting Problems
- Family Life Cycle
- Larger Context
- Family History and Patterns
- Systems Formulation
2
Q
What are the 6 possible Family Life Cycle Stages?
A
- Families with young children
- Families with adolescents
- Launching children to move on
- Leaving Home: Single young adults
- Joining families through marriage: the new couple
- Families in later life
3
Q
Under the section of ‘Family History and Patterns’ what are some things to discuss/outline?
A
- Briefly present family again
- Significant events/stressors
- How is the family organized
- Hierarchy
- Alliances/Subsystems
- Boundaries
- Triangles
- Rules
- Roles
- Homeostasis
4
Q
Under the section of ‘Systems Fomulation’ what are the two large things to discuss?
A
- How the presenting problems was caused by/related to the families functioning as outlined in the previous section (Family History and Patterns)
- The maintenance of the problem
- circular causality
- positive/negative feeedback loops)
5
Q
What should be included under ‘Identifying Information?’
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6
Q
What should be included under ‘Presenting Problem?’
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- Who is the identified patient
- Hsitory of the problem
- Why therapy now
- Have they tried other solutions
- Individual problems (psychological, medical, etc.)
7
Q
What should be included under ‘Family Life Cycle?’
A
- What family life cycle stage are they in
- How are they not functioning at the relevant stage
- Vertical and Horizontal stressors
- What needs to happen to allow for permanent change (second order change)
8
Q
What should be included under ‘Larger Context?’
A
- Cultural and Larger System; are they able to integrate into the community
