Clinical Psychology: Milan Systemic Family Therapy Flashcards

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Mara ____________ developed Milan Systemic Family Therapy; she was trained as a ____________ but altered her techniques when she found a family systems technique more effective for treating children with ________.

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  • Selvini-Palazzoli
  • Child Psychoanalyst
  • Anorexia
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Maladaptive behavior results when families’ circular patterns of _________ and _________ become so _________ that members are no longer able to act creatively or to make new choices about their lives.

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  • Action
  • Reaction
  • Fixed
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The goal of Milan Systemic Family Therapy is to help family members see their ___________ and exercise their prerogative of _________.

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  • Choices
  • Choosing
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Milan Systemic Family Therapy is unique in its use of the therapeutic _________, in which one or two members of the ___________ will meet with the family, while the remaining member observes behind a one-way mirror.

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Team.

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Milan Systemic Family Therapy Technique 1: Initial contact with the family is used as an opportunity to collect info. that the team uses to derive ___________, which are subsequently tested by the team and revised as necessary.

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Hypotheses.

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Milan Systemic Family Therapy Technique 2: _________ - The therapist remains an ally of the entire family.

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Neutrality.

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Milan Systemic Family Therapy Technique 3: ___________ strategies are used to provide family members with information that will help them derive solutions to their own problems.

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Paradoxical.

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Milan Systemic Family Therapy Technique 4: ______________ are asked of each family member to help them recognize differences and similarities in their perceptions (e.g., “Who was more upset, Mom or Dad?”).

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Circular questions.

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