Ch 14: family systems therapy Flashcards
Family systems assumptions
- serve a function or purpose for the family
- be unintentionally maintained by family processes
- be a function of the family inability to operate productively, especially during developmental transitions
- be symptom of dysfunctional patterns handed down across generations
Central principle of family systems
the client is connected to living systems
conceptual shift from evaluating individuals to focusing on system dynamics, or how individuals within a system react to one another
family rules
cultural injunctions
Murray Bowen
analyzed from a 3 generation perspective
Two objectives: help families develop rational nonreactive approach to living and to detangle family interactions that pulled a third person into 2 people problems
multigenerational family therapy (Murray brown)
his family systems theory, which is a theoretical and clinical model that evolved from psychoanalytic principles and practices
virginia satir
developed conjoint family therapy
conjoint family therapy
a human validation process model the emphasizes communication and emotional experiencing
structural family therapy (munichin)
1960s
individuals symptoms are best understood from the vantage point of interactional patterns within a family
goals of family therapy
- reduce symptoms of family dysfunction
- bringing about structural change within the system by modifying the family’s transactional rules and establishing more appropriate boundaries
structural-strategic approaches
the most used models in family systems therapy
include joining, boundary setting, unbalancing, reframing, ordeals, paradoxical interventions, and enactments
managers
parts that are designed to keep us safe and help keep us calm and functional
exile
when we are hurt, embarrassed, shamed, etc, this is where the feelings are sent tp
disociative identity disorder
extreme version of exile
firefighters
abusing drugs, overeating, inappropriate sexual activity
self
imbued with certain leadership parts and practices that oversee our multilayered brains and our complex parts system
four general movements of family therapy/
forming a relationship
conducting an assessment
hypothesizing and sharing meaning
facilitating change
joining
efforts at making contact with each person in the family present
meet each with openness and warmness
conducting an assessment
genograms enable the family structure and stories to be presented in a clear and orderly manner
venogram
start with map of family coming to therapy
names, ages and DOB added (for the adults/parents)
male=square, female=circle
X = died, broken line/dash = informal relationship (no marriage)
hypothesizing and sharing meaning
is to form a set of ideas about people, systems, and situations that focus meaning in a useful way
two questions:
1. how much faith do the therapist and the family have in the ideas they generate
2. how much of an influence is the therapist willing to be in the lives of people and families
sharing it invites feedback from the family, which enables the therapist and the family to develop a positive relationship
facilitating change
happens when family therapy is viewed as a joint or collaborative process
two of the most common forms of facilitating change
enactments
assignment of tasks
strengths from a diversity perspective
many ethnic and cultural groups place great value on extended family
many cultural values can be focused on and explored
the family system is main focus, which gives understanding of their cultural norms
shortcomings from a diversity perspective
finding a balance between the individual vs the collective
assuming western models of families are universal
