Chapter 13 Flashcards
Believe reality exists independent of any attempt to observe it.
Modernists
Do not believe realities exist independent of observational processes; our knowledge about realities is socially constructed.
Postmodernists
Values client’s reality without disputing whether it is accurate or rational.
Social constructionism
2 most significant postmodern therapies.
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) and Narrative Therapy
Key figures of SFBT
Insoo Kim Berg & Steve de Shazer
Grounded on a positive orientation (people are healthy and competent)
SFBT
Concentrates on what is right and what is working.
SFBT
Involves offering client summary feedback, encouragement and suggestions
SFBT
3 types of therapeutic relationships in SFBT:
Customer-type relationship: Client and counselor jointly identify a problem and a solution to work toward.
Complainant relationship: A client describes a problem but is not able or willing to take an active role in constructing a solution.
Visitors: Clients come to counseling because someone else thinks they have a problem.
A humanistic, client-centered, psychosocial, and modestly directive counseling approach involving Person-centered therapy and Solution-focused brief therapy.
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Designed to evoke and explore both discrepancies and ambivalence.
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Form of homework an SFBT therapist might give that involves the client observing a certain area of his/her life and noting what they want to continue to have happen.
Formula first session task (FFST)
Founder of motivational interviewing
William R. Miller
Stages of change
- Precontemplation
- Contemplation
- Preparation
- Action
- Maintenance
