Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Neurocounseling and Advanced Concepts

Question 1

Neuroscience

Answer 1

focuses on the science of brain function and the nervous system rather than just overt behavior

Question 2

Neuroplasticity

Answer 2

the concept that the human brain can change and new neural connections can be made even in later life regardless of our genetics or life experiences

Question 3

Neurogenesis

Answer 3

suggests that new neurons can be formed

Question 4

Linear Casualty

Answer 4

where you assume a causes b

Question 5

Cybernertics

Answer 5

pioneered by Norbert Wiener; in family therapy it suggests that the family has feedback loops to self-correct a family system

Question 6

A family that is stables and reaches an equilibrium is in a state of???

Answer 6

Homeostatsis; it can be good or bad as long as it maintains balance

Question 7

Adaptability

Answer 7

is the ability for the family to balance stability and change

Question 8

Morphostasis

Answer 8

the ability of the family to balance stability

Question 9

Morphogenesis

Answer 9

the family’s ability to change

Question 10

Virgina Satir

Answer 10

closely related to experimental conjoint family; felt that family could be healed via love. Major goal was to improve intrafamily communication

Question 11

According to Satir four basic patterns prevented good communication

Answer 11

Placating, blaming, being overly reasonable and being irrelevant

Question 12

Carl Whitaker

Answer 12

approach is referred to as experiential symbolic family therapy and psychotherapy of the absurd; felt co-therapy was helpful. His interaction with the family can be best described as joining the family and experiencing it as if he were a family member

Question 13

Nathan Ackerman

Answer 13

associated with the theory of psychodynamic family counseling; concerned with the internal feelings and thoughts of each individual as well as the dynamics between them

Question 14

In psychoanalytic family therapy the word object means

Answer 14

a significant other with whom a child wishes to bond with

Question 15

In psychoanalytic family therapy the word introjects really means the client

Answer 15

unconsciously internalizes the positive and negative characteristics of the objects within themselves; will eventually determine how they relate to others

Question 16

Splitting

Answer 16

occurs when a client sees an object (another person) as all good or all bad

Question 17

First-order change

Answer 17

can be defined as changes that are superficial

Question 18

Second-order change

Answer 18

is the most desirable; involves an actual change in the family structure that alters an undesirable behavioral pattern

Question 19

Jay Haley’s double bind concept used in strategic therapy

Answer 19

no-win situation characterized by contradictory messages such as never smoke again and then smoke as much as you want

Question 20

Paradox

Answer 20

the direct antithesis of common sense

Question 21

What does strategic therapy do?

Answer 21

it is pragmatic and focuses on abating symptoms; Jay Haley

Question 22

What did Clow Madanes insist?

Answer 22

Symptoms serves as a function in a hierarchy; one of the key functions is to help children find more direct ways to help their parents so that their sx no longer serve a purpose

Question 23

Positioning

Answer 23

a helper accepts the client’s predicament and the exaggerates the condition; example of a paradoxical intervention

Question 24

Murray Brown is known for?

Answer 24

family therapy; work in intergenerational family therapy

Question 25

Bowen’s triangulations means?

Answer 25

when a dyad is under stress a 3rd person is recruited to help stabilize the difficulty between the original dyad

Question 26

Genogram

Answer 26

a 3 generational pictorial diagram used as a therapy tool; popularized by Bowen

Question 27

Differentiation (Bowen)

Answer 27

the extent that one can separate their intellect from their emotional self

Question 28

Salvador Minuchin

Answer 28

action-oriented structural family therapy; an individual’s behavior can only be interpreted by analyzing family interaction. A change in the family’s patterns of communication & interaction must occur to create a healthy family

Question 29

When a structural therapist uses the term boundaries they really mean?

Answer 29

the physical and psychological entities that separate individuals and subsystems from others in the family

Question 30

Perverse triangle (Haley)

Answer 30

a situation where two members who are at different levels of the family hierarchy (parent and child) team up against another family member

Question 31

What does the letters “XO” stand for in a pre-experimental design?

Answer 31

X: IV; treatment and observation
O: DV; Measurement or score

Question 32

What is a time-series design?

Answer 32

A quasi experiment design w/o randomly chose control and experimental groups, that relies on multiple observations of the DV before and after treatment occurs

Question 33

John Gottman is known for?

Answer 33

creating a paradigm to predict which marriages would like end in divorce

Question 34

6 predictors of divorce according to Gottman

Answer 34

1) Harsh start up
2) Relationship is characterized via negativity
3) There is flooding-the negativity comes on suddenly and is overwhelming
4) Body language changes
5) Attempts to repair the marriage fail
6) A lack of fond memories from early days

Question 35

How to compute the coefficient determination?

Answer 35

Square the correlation coefficient

Question 36

How to compute the coefficient nondetermination?

Answer 36

subtract the coefficient of determination from 100

Question 37

Negative v positive feedback loops

Answer 37

Negative feedback loops keeps the family in homeostasis

Positive feedback loops induce change in the family system

Question 38

Fusion

Answer 38

a blurring of the psychological boundaries between the self and others; a person drive by fusion can’t separate thinking and feeling well