Coun 230 (Family systems)

Question 1

What contributes to the success of the clients?

Answer 1

40% is what the client brings
30% client/therapist relationship (#1 predictor of outcome)
o 15% expectancy/hope (do they think therapy will help)
o 15% theory or model
o The last 15% critical (Most critical-theory is a part you can control)

Question 2

What is Epistemology?

Answer 2

How do we know what we know?

Question 3

What are the stages of the art of awareness?

Answer 3

Stage one- sensing stage
Stage two- Classifying stage (Dichotomous thinking- all or nothing thinking)
Stage three- Relating stage
 Stage four- Postulating Stage
o The potential of the world
o Look at multiple truths and sides- process of abstracting: take in information and
processing info

Question 4

Structural theory

Answer 4

Minunchin- problems with family structure (boundaries)
Enmesh-disengaged
Hierarchy
Subsystems

Question 5

Structural theory goals

Answer 5

Change patterns to realign the coundaires to make more closed or open.
Therapist is Directive
Join and accommodate through mimesis
mapping