Class Terms/Notes Flashcards
Revolving Door
employee systems programs invented in state of Michigan by car companies to deal with intoxication at the factories. The revolving door started as a treatment system. “In 28 days she’s sober, and then in two days, she’s drunk again.”
Co-Dependence
a double-sided relationship in which one person enables and the other controls
Triangulation
think bowenian family therapy. Bitching to someone else instead of the person you’re mad at.
Eclectic
use of a variety of therapeutic principles and philosophies to treat someone
Al-Anon
A support group for people related to alcoholics
Psychosomatic Principle
mind affects the body, body affects the mind;
Neurolinguistics
the branch of linguistics dealing with the relationship between language and the structure and functioning of the brain.
Powerlessness
When we accept that we are “powerless” over gravity, that we lack the ability to fly without the benefit of some mechanical device, we live safer lives. Jumping off a skyscraper because we wish to fly like birds is recognized as a self-defeating (and fatal!) exercise.
Homeostasis
balance–both physically and in our personal lives; Alfred Adler, tells us that we all have five major areas of focus in our life: friendship, love, occupation, spirituality, and self-understanding. A functional life involves maintaining a balance among those five variables.
Transference
the redirection to a substitute, usually a therapist, of emotions that were originally felt in childhood
Countertransference
therapist’s reaction to the client, often a misplacement of feelings for another person. Example: client’s behavior reminds therapist of their child, and thus acts controlling with client
Volition
willingness; likely plays a big role in recovery; to volunteer or have the choice, no one is making you
Denial
defense mechanism by which something is not accepted to be true
The “onion”
Counseling is a matter of peeling back someone’s layers. First thing the client talks about is never the core issue.
The “dance” metaphor
relationships all follow a pattern; every relationship is like a dance. It is a partnership, sometimes healthy and other times not, in which each participant follows certain patterns or steps. The two partners engage in complementary, but not identical, action
