Clinical Psychology: Extended Family Systems Therapy Flashcards
_________ is credited for Extended Family Systems Therapy.
Bowen.
Extended Family Systems Therapy Interlocking Concept 1: ______________ of self refers to a person’s ability to separates his or her intellectual and emotional functioning.
Differentiation.
The _______ a person’s level of differentiation, the more the person is at the mercy of his emotions and the more likely that he will become __________ with the emotions that dominate the family.
- Lower
- Fused
The term “___________________” is used to describe a family whose members are highly emotionally fused.
Undifferentiated family ego mass.
According to Bowen, people tend to choose mates whose level of differentiation is ________ to their own.
Similar.
Extended Family Systems Therapy Interlocking Concept 2: An _____________ may be created when a two-person system (husband/wife, parent/child) experiences instability or stress. This involves recruiting a third person into the system to increase __________ and reduce _________.
- Emotional triangle
- Stability
- Tension
Extended Family Systems Therapy Interlocking Concept 3: The ______________ process is the process by which parental conflicts & emotional immaturity are transmitted to children, causing a lower level of ___________ than their parents.
- Family projection
- Differentiation
Behavioral disorders are the result of a ____________________ in which progressively lower levels of differentiation are transmitted from one generation to the next.
Multigenerational transmission process.
The primary goal of Extended Family Systems Therapy is to:
Increase the differentiation of all family members.
Bowenian therapy typically involves _______ family members, so the therapist can become the ______ person in the ______.
- 2
- Third
- Triangle
A Bowenian may also work only with the family member who displays the ___________ differentiation, since ___________ differentiation by this person is likely to motivate other family members to self-differentiate.
- Greatest
- Increased
Extended Family Systems Therapy begins with an ___________ to identify the history of the family’s presenting problems and includes construction of a ___________, depicting relationships between family members, the dates of significant life events, and other important information.
- Assessment
- Genogram
Extended Family Systems Therapy sessions are ____________, cognitive, and _________.
- Educative
- Controlled
Partners are encouraged to talk to _____________ instead of ___________ to avoid conflict and reduce tension, and to speak in a calm, __________ manner.
- The therapist
- Eachother
- Factual
