counseling families, diagnosis and advanced Flashcards

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AAMFT-

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American association of marriage and family therapists

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IAMFT-

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International association of marriage and family therapists

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Most family counselors believe that the entire family system is ….

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the patient

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fastest growing clientele for counselors…

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marriage and family

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circular /reciprocal causality believes what?

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that everyone in the family has an impact on the other- it is a whole dynamic between family members.

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linear causality is what?

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assume a causes b- I was abused therefore I now abuse.. this is fine for individual counseling but not a family

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which causality is best for a family?

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circular

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cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists- who and what?

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Norbert Wiener- suggests that the family has feedback loops to self correct a family system MD: Wienernetics

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a balanced state within the family may be called…..

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homeostasis

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nonsummativity means-

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a concept suggesting any system including the family is greater than the sum of its parts- (the individuals in it) therefore necessary to examine patterns rather than merely each individual’s behavior

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enmeshment means …

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family members are way over-involved with each other and thus lose their autonomy

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morphostasis is …..

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the ability of the family to balance stability

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morphogenesis is…

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refers to family’s ability to change

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refers to family’s ability to change

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morphogenesis

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the ability of the family to balance stability

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morphostasis

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mandatory ethics- are standard practices they are guidelines that are strictly _________

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enforced with consequences

they are clear and have no gray area

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aspirational ethics

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describe ideal or optimal practice-

impossible to have a consequence for an ethics violation if someone was doing counseling for free.

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pro bono means?

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without charge to the client

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a conjoint session would mean…

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2 or more family members are in session at a time…

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experiential conjoint family therapy is related to whose work?

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Virginia Satir- Memory D: Virginia experienced CONfederates- JOINT

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Virginia Satir clashed with whom in Venezuela 1974?

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Salvador Minuchin- father of structural family therapy

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father of structural family therapy

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Salvador minuchin- Memory: Father salvador structures his life

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placating means

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trying to please everybody out of fear of rejection

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Satir: 4 basic patterns prevented good communication under stress - these are:

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placating, blaming, being overly reasonable, being irrelevant

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overly reasonable member of the family is likely to engage in what defense mechanism? and could also be called?

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intellectualization,

responsible analyzer

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Satir’s irrelevant style is :

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a distraction for the family with irrelevant topics

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Carl Whitaker is called :

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the dean of experiential family therapy

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the LEADING figure in experiential family therapy?

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Virginia experienced the CONfederates joint

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Bertalanffy - biologist that popularized:

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all beings are connected- The systems theory model

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The systems theory model

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Ludwig Bertalanffy- MD: ludwig- beethoven had a systerm for orchestra- this ludwig has a system too.

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Murray Bowen- based his therapy on ?

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systems theory

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“experience not education changes families”

Experiential symbolic therapy

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Carl Whitaker MD: (whittling is a symbolic experience!)

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Psychotherapy of the absurd- who?

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Whitaker

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self counseling similar to Ellis’s REBT

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Maultsby Jr.

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LPB and

HPB means?

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LPB- low probability behavior

HPB- high probability behavior

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behaviorist family therapists suggests that a family member complete a LPB before engaging in a HPB- whose work?

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Premacks work principle or law

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negative reinforcement is subtracting- while positive reinforcement is

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adding

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quid pro quo means:

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give for give- one person in the family does something while another commits to doing something too.

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reciprocity means:

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give for give

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Joseph Wolpe: what?

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Systematic desensitization- MD: wolpe sounds like wolf- and one would need to be desensitized systematically when fearing wolfs

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non-experimental designs of research:

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causal comparative and correlational research and surveys are non experimental designs

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Virginia Satir’s family sculpting-

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is experiential technique which a family member places other family members in positions that symbolize their relationships with other members of the family and then places himself

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functional analysis of behavior followed by operant conditioning, modeling, chaining and extinction are examples of techniques used by what type of therapists :

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behavioristic family therapists

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chaining means:

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behavioral therapists technique: It involves reinforcing individual responses occurring in a sequence to form a complex behavior.

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Nathan Ackerman as early as 1938 recommended what?

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studying the family and not just the child
He was analytically trained unlike many - concerned with each individual’s thoughts and feelings and the dynamics between them.

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the beginning of family therapy movement -

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Nathan Ackerman- psychodynamic-

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psychodynamic’s introjects means:

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unconsciously internalizes positive and negative characteristics of object within themselves- usually the partner or other

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1st order change and

2nd order change mean:

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1- is superficial and often temporary

2- is actual change which helps the family

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strategic therapy’s Peggy Pap’s greek chorus means:

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a consultant team behind the one way mirror which sends mesages to the counselor or family- this is strategic therapy

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splitting is believed by

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analytically trained therapist who believes in object relations

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Splitting

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believes someone is all bad or all good-

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Ackerman is what kind of a therapist?

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psychoanalytic therapist- MD: Ackermanalytic-

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Ellis is what kind of a therapist?

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CBT REBT- the pioneering form of CBT

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Lazarus is what kind of a therapist?

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CBT- multimodal therapy based on BASICID- MD: CBT lazarus has a basic idea
Behavior: Take more walks after dinner instead of watching TV

Affect: Reduce stress and anxiety

Sensation: Experience less muscle tension

Imagery: Visualize more success

Cognition: Reduce self-criticism and increase self-affirmations

Interpersonal: Spend more time with friends

Drugs/Health: Eat more vegetables and less processed food

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who coined the term “Strategic therapy”

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Jay Haley - he has a friend Cloe Madanes

MD: Haley’s comet does not need a strategy

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Haley

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communications and arts degree who was open to new ideas along with Salvador

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A directive is the counselor TELLING THE CLIENT WHAT TO DO! therapeutic command or task-

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Haley- is directive

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a no win situation characterized by contradictory messages is called:

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a double bind

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roughly the direct antithesis of common sense

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paradox

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prescribing the symptom is when the counselor prescribes for them to fight every evening- this is a form of

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paradox- prescribing the symptom

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solution /symptom focused and very action oriented- Which therapy?

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Strategic therapy:

paradox
double binds- 
positioning
restraining
reframing/relabeling
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incongruous hierarchy-

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when a parent controls a child is normal hierarch- but when a child controls the parent is incongruous hierarchy- evident in most dysfunctional families

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Jay’s friend Cloe Madanes- pretend technique is…

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paradoxical- the pretending is done in the counseling session so the family can pretend how to help or fix the problem-

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restraining is used when?

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helps overcome family resistance- “it’s best maybe that the family doesn’t change…” is an example

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positioning-

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when a helper accepts the client’s predicament and then exaggerates the condition

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Minuchin’s what kind of therapy?

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Structural- Munchkins need structure to build their yellow brick roads

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Which therapy best used for Asian american families?

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solution focused

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which therapy best for African Americans?

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munchkin’s, Haleys or Bowens

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Which therapy works best for Latinos?

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short term or behavioral therapy