Ch 14: family systems therapy

Question 1

Family systems assumptions

Answer 1

1. serve a function or purpose for the family
2. be unintentionally maintained by family processes
3. be a function of the family inability to operate productively, especially during developmental transitions
4. be symptom of dysfunctional patterns handed down across generations

Question 2

Central principle of family systems

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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

Question 3

family rules

Answer 3

cultural injunctions

Question 4

Murray Bowen

Answer 4

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

Question 5

multigenerational family therapy (Murray brown)

Answer 5

his family systems theory, which is a theoretical and clinical model that evolved from psychoanalytic principles and practices

Question 6

virginia satir

Answer 6

developed conjoint family therapy

Question 7

conjoint family therapy

Answer 7

a human validation process model the emphasizes communication and emotional experiencing

Question 8

structural family therapy (munichin)

Answer 8

1960s
individuals symptoms are best understood from the vantage point of interactional patterns within a family

Question 9

goals of family therapy

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1. reduce symptoms of family dysfunction
2. bringing about structural change within the system by modifying the family’s transactional rules and establishing more appropriate boundaries

Question 10

structural-strategic approaches

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the most used models in family systems therapy
include joining, boundary setting, unbalancing, reframing, ordeals, paradoxical interventions, and enactments

Question 11

managers

Answer 11

parts that are designed to keep us safe and help keep us calm and functional

Question 12

exile

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when we are hurt, embarrassed, shamed, etc, this is where the feelings are sent tp

Question 13

disociative identity disorder

Answer 13

extreme version of exile

Question 14

firefighters

Answer 14

abusing drugs, overeating, inappropriate sexual activity

Question 15

self

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imbued with certain leadership parts and practices that oversee our multilayered brains and our complex parts system

Question 16

four general movements of family therapy/

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forming a relationship
conducting an assessment
hypothesizing and sharing meaning
facilitating change

Question 17

joining

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efforts at making contact with each person in the family present
meet each with openness and warmness

Question 18

conducting an assessment

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genograms enable the family structure and stories to be presented in a clear and orderly manner

Question 19

venogram

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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)

Question 20

hypothesizing and sharing meaning

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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

Question 21

facilitating change

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happens when family therapy is viewed as a joint or collaborative process

Question 22

two of the most common forms of facilitating change

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enactments
assignment of tasks

Question 23

strengths from a diversity perspective

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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

Question 24

shortcomings from a diversity perspective

Answer 24

finding a balance between the individual vs the collective
assuming western models of families are universal