Family Systems Therapy Flashcards
The trend today is toward using an integrative approach with family therapy. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
The emergence of feminist and postmodern models in therapy has moved the field of family therapy toward more egalitarian, collaborative, cooperative, co-constructing relationships T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
Experiential family therapy does not rely on the expert use of directives aimed at changing dysfunctional patterns. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
A multilayered approach to family therapy is best supported by a collaborative therapist–client relationship in which mutual respect, caring, empathy, and a genuine interest in others is primary. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
Conducting an assessment is one of the phases of the mutilayered perspective in family therapy. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
Understanding family process is almost always facilitated by “how” questions T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
In terms of assessment, it is useful to inquire about family perspectives on issues inherent in each of the layers. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
The family therapist’s skill in communicating understanding and empathy through active listening lays the foundation for an effective working relationship. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
All change in human systems starts with understanding and accepting things just as they are. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
A family systems perspective holds that individuals are best understood through assessing the interactions between and among family members. T or F (Family Systems Therapy)
True
By the late 1970s, the most used models in family systems therapy (Family Systems Therapy)
structural-strategic approaches
One of the strengths of the systemic perspective in working from a multicultural framework is (Family Systems Therapy)
that many ethnic and cultural groups place great value on the extended family
Which are key general movements of the multilayered approach to family systems therapy? (Family Systems Therapy)
a) conducting an assessment b) hypothesizing and sharing meaning c) forming a relationship
To __________ is to form a set of ideas about people, systems, and situations that focus meaning in a useful way. (Family Systems Therapy)
hypothesize
The systemic therapist may do all of the following (Family Systems Therapy)
a) focus on the family relationships within which the continuation of the client’s problem “makes sense.” b) explore the system for family process and rules, perhaps using a genogram. c) invite family members into therapy with the client.
In assessing families, what question(s) might a structural-strategic therapist ask? (Family Systems Therapy)
“What were the routines that made up your neighborhood’s lifestyle, and what rules were created?”
A basic assumption within the family system is (Family Systems Therapy)
an individual’s problematic behavior grows out of the interactional unit of the family as well as the larger community and societal systems
The focus of family therapy includes all of the following (Family Systems Therapy)
a) Most of the family therapies tend to be brief. b) Family therapy tends to be solution-focused. c) The focus is on here-and-now interactions in the family system.
Within the field of family therapy, ________________has been the most influential leader in the development of both gender and cultural perspectives and frameworks in family practice. (Family Systems Therapy)
Monica McGoldrick
Which of the following roles and functions would be typical for a structural family therapist? (Family Systems Therapy)
a) joining the family in a position of leadership b) intervening in ways designed to transform an ineffective structure of a family c) mapping the underlying structure of a family
A family therapist poses the following question: “Who seems to be most upset when mom comes home late from work?” She is asking _________________ question. (Family Systems Therapy)
a circular or relational (get at the systemic issues presented in the family story that will provide meaning for the therapist and the family)
__________ is/are determined by the practitioner’s orientation or by a collaborative process between family and therapist. (Family Systems Therapy)
Specific goals
The central principle agreed upon by family therapy practitioners, regardless of their approach, is (Family Systems Therapy)
that the client is connected to living systems.
__________ is based on the subjective descriptions that family members use to define themselves and the interactions that occur in everyday life. (Family Systems Therapy)
Assessment
Pioneer of Family Systems Approach (Family Systems Therapy)
Murray Bowen (multigenerational family therapy) and Virginia Satir (human validation process model).
The first known PRACTITIONERS of family therapy (Family Systems Therapy)
Alfred Adler (1927) and Rudolf Dreikurs (1950, 1973) and their associates were the first known practitioners of family therapy, often using a model now called open-forum family counseling
The goal of this approach is to differentiate self within a sys- tem and to understand one’s family of origin. (Family Systems Therapy)
multigenerational family therapy
conjoint family therapy that emphasizes communication and emotional experiencing. The core relied on the power of congruence to help family members communicate with emotional honesty. (Family Systems Therapy)
human validation process model
Says an individual’s symptoms are best understood from the vantage point of interactional patterns, or sequences, within a family. Changes must occur in a family before an individual’s symptoms can be reduced or eliminated. Early 1960s (Family Systems Therapy)
structural family therapy
Two of the most common forms for facilitation of change (Family Systems Therapy)
enactments and assignment of tasks. Facilitating change is what happens when family therapy is viewed as a joint or col- laborative process. Techniques are more important to models that see the therapist- as-expert and in charge of making change happen.
