Clinical Psychology: Milan Systemic Family Therapy Flashcards
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 ________.
- Selvini-Palazzoli
- Child Psychoanalyst
- Anorexia
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.
- Action
- Reaction
- Fixed
The goal of Milan Systemic Family Therapy is to help family members see their ___________ and exercise their prerogative of _________.
- Choices
- Choosing
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.
Team.
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.
Hypotheses.
Milan Systemic Family Therapy Technique 2: _________ - The therapist remains an ally of the entire family.
Neutrality.
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.
Paradoxical.
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?”).
Circular questions.