Consulatation

Question 1

What approach is taken to formulation in systemic work?

Answer 1

It is an ongoing process instead of a fixed object - therapy is a process of discovering

Question 2

What does systemic therapist think about intervention and formulation?

Answer 2

You don’t have to know what’s wrong to intervene - meeting people is the intervention

Question 3

What is a critical thing to establish in consultation?

Answer 3

What does the client want from the consultation?

What are their expectations?

Question 4

What does collaborative/dialogical therapy prioritise?

Answer 4

The conversation - so everybody can feel heard and have a voice

Question 5

Who can you cite for Collaborative Therapy?

Answer 5

Andrews (2007)

Question 6

What is relational reflexivity?

Answer 6

Focus on the process of the conversation - exploring what would be more and less helpful

Question 7

What are the 3 contextual influences to consider when working systemically with OA?

Answer 7

Ontological
Cohort/Sociocultural
Therapeutic Relationship

Question 8

List some considerations within OA Ontological context.

Answer 8

More complexity in problems (e.g. health, family, social realtionships)
Potential for sudden/unexpected change

Question 9

Whose operating principles need to be considered when doing process consultation?

Answer 9

Schein (1999)

Question 10

What does Schein (1999) suggest are important principles to consider when doing process consultation?

Answer 10

Always try to be helpful
Remain in the here and now, go with the flow and don’t rush things
Know what you don’t know and share the problem
Who is the client?

Question 11

What are the two types of inquiry set out by Schein (1999)?

Answer 11

Active

Appreciative

Question 12

List the three levels of active inquiry and who chatted about them.

Answer 12

Pure
Exploratory
Confrontational
Schein (1999)

Question 13

What are the three elements of appreciative inquiry?

Answer 13

Positively frame the intervention
Move from problem based language to more positive and appreciative
Move from structural metaphors to biological/spiritual

Question 14

What are the three basic assumptions of teams in response to anxiety by Bion (1961)?

Answer 14

Dependency
Fight/Flight
Pairing

Question 15

Who talks about basic assumptions in teams?

Answer 15

Bion (1961)

Question 16

Explain basic assumption: Dependency (Bion, 1961).

Give a parallel example

Answer 16

Team are dependent on leader, if their needs are not met the leader is shunned.
Client dependent on therapist/team, if needs are not met sack them before they sack you.

Question 17

Explain basic assumption: fight/flight (Bion, 1961).

Give a parallel example

Answer 17

Within the team a scapegoat is made, either of a client or a staff member. However, the team will come together to fight outsiders. Creating a competitive and unsafe environment.
Splitting.

Question 18

Explain basic assumption: Pairing (Bion, 1961).

Give a parallel example

Answer 18

A leader is paired with another authority figure to create parental figures who will take care of the team. All faith is put into their omnipotence, regardless of reality.
Client is adamant she can be ‘fixed’ by the team with little regard for her own responsibility.