Chapter 2

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find out what the presenting problem is and arrange for a consultation with everyone living in the family household should be done when

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During an initial phone call to a therapist

Question 2

In the first session a therapist should

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develop a therapeutic alliance and explore the presenting problem.

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a therapist must gently challenge the family’s tendency to attribute problems to only one family member In order to

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move a family from a linear point of view (way of thinking)

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A ________ ________ starts with presenting problem, but then explores the family’s interactions, culture, and social context.

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thorough assessment

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______ _________ require confidentiality, practicing only within a one’s areas of competence, and avoiding dual relationships.

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Ethical obligations

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The idea that one event is the cause and another is the effect; in behavior, the idea that one behavior is a stimulus, the other a response.

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Linear causality

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Martial problems and sexual abuse of children require

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a specialized approach

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A schematic diagram of the family system, using squares to represent males, circles to indicate females, horizontal lines for marriages, and vertical lines to indicate children.

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genogram

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Two kinds of information that are particularly important are

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solutions that don’t work and transitions in the life cycle.

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most important focus topic for clients to maintain successful therapy

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Families strengths not their weaknesses

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most families seek treatment because

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they failed to adjust to changing circumstances

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how memebers of a group or family relate

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process

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The first strategy asking process or circular questions, is favored by

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Bowenian

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an explicit agreement about terms of treatment

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treatment contract

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“Pushing for change” may suggest a confrontational style. But what’s required?

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a relentless commitment to helping make things better.

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Dwelling on problems

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Problem-saturated stories

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the relation between the therapist and the clients.

to consist of tasks, bonds, and goals

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therapeutic alliance

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common factor that enjoys the most empirical support

empathic understanding that makes family members feel respected—and makes them open to accepting challenges.

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therapeutic alliance

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pursuit of change

what it takes to see families through to successful resolution of their problems.

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use gentle questions or persistent encouragment

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simple cause and effect thinking that ignores patterns of circular interactions

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linearity

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challenge unhelpful interactions by

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point out patterns that seem to be keeping people stuck

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people aren’t likely to reconsider their assumptions

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until they have been heard and understood

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to make family members more aware of their roles in problems

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suggest new ways of relating.

telling people just to notice something, without trying to change it, is often instructive

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the therapist should take a less active role and encourage family members to interact more with each other in

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the middle phase

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either point out what went wrong or simply encourage family members to keep talking—but with less interruption and criticism when

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Dialogue bogs down

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alternating between having family members talk with each other or with the therapist will

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Regulate level of anxiety

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four attitudes are important in maintaining a therapeutic alliance

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C.R.E.C
Calmness
Respect
Empathy
Curiosity

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for most therapsit termination comes between

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family feeling they have achieved what they came for and the therapist’s sense that treatment has reached a point of diminishing returns.

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Focus on reviewing what the relationship has accomplished and saying goodbye

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Termination

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first challenge for a family therapist is to move families from

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linear and medical model thinking to interactional perspective

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the idea that actions are interrelated through a series of recursive loops or repeating circles

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circular causality

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periods in life involving change to your lifestyle

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life-cycle transitions

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stages of family life from separation from one’s parents to marriage, having children, growing older, retirement and finally death

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family life cycle

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an emotional barrier that protects the integrity of a relationship and betweeen the relationship abd the outside world

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boundary

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smaller units in families, determinded by generation, sex or function

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subsystems

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recurrent patterns of interactions that define and stabilize the shape of relationship

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stucture

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enmeshed

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emotional overinvolvement

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personality trait that relates to how dutiful a person is- their desire to do a thorough job.

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conscientiousness

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it’s important to include the entire family for a consultation and to challenge the idea that the problem exists only inside the identified patient, but rather includes not only that person but also the network of relationships around him or her to establish ,

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a framework for a family systems approach

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helping a family reorganize to resolve their problems, rather than having the therapist take over that job is

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Successful family therapy

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A thorough assessment explores not only the presenting problem but also the

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family’s dynamics and social context.

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Ethical practice requires not only using common sense but also being aware of

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the ethical guidelines of one’s profession

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Treating cases of sexual abuse requires

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insuring that the abuse does not recur and reducing the effects of trauma.