Family therapy

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Key figure who developed family therapy

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Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Question 2

Type of family therapy which looks at dyads and triads between family members

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Dynamic family therapy

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Type of family therapy which uses family sculpting, where members arranged themselves physically into a scene depicting their view of the family relationships

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Dynamic family therapy

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Key figure behind structural family therapy

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Minuchin

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Type of family therapy that suggests a well functioning family should have clear hierarchies and boundaries between generations

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Structural family therapy

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Key figure behind family systems approach family therapy

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Bowen

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Type of family therapy which suggests emotional triangles exist - two members of a family are very close and exclude a third member

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Family systems approach family therapy

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Tool used within the family systems approach which analyses the family down generations

Answer 8

Genogram

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Key figure behind strategic family therapy

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Haley

Question 10

Type of family therapy which uses the domino effect

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Strategic

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Domino effect within strategic family therapy

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The idea that if one problem is solved often other problems also improve

Question 12

Type of family therapy which works on the idea that problems within families are often maintained by focusing on them

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Strategic

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Type of family therapy which closely looks at member’s behaviours and makes specific, time limited interventions

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Behavioural

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Key figure behind the Milan systemic approach within family therapy

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Palazzoli

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Type of family therapy which uses circular and reflexive questioning

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Milan systemic approach

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Key figure behind paradoxical family therapy

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Bateson

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Type of family therapy where the patient is asked to purposefully do an unwanted behaviour e.g. perform a compulsion

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Paradoxical

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Target families for multisystemic therapy

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Families with underage individuals who have had serious involvement with the legal system +/- substance misuse issues

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Length of time for a course of multisystemic therapy

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3 months

Question 20

Target families for functional family therapy

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Families with children aged 11-18 who have serious antisocial behaviour

Question 21

Length of time for a course of functional family therapy

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12-14 one hour sessions

Question 22

Three phases of functional family therapy

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Engagement/motivation
Behaviour change
Generalisation

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Main technique used within strategic family therapy

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Task setting

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Type of family therapy associated with the use of a one way mirror

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Milan’s systemic approach

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Type of family therapy that encourages clear and open boundaries between the parents and the children

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Structural family therapy

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Within family therapy, a relationship pattern where a third person is recruited to bypass the conflict between two other people and stabilise their relationsip

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Triangulation

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Within family therapy, the loss of autonomy that occurs due to blurred boundaries and emotional over involvement

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Enmneshment

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Within family therapy, the idea that and action and reaction lead to each other over and over again, rather than one action just leading to anothe

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Circularity

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Within family therapy, the idea that an innocent person is blamed for problems in the family

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Scapegoating

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Type of family therapy that focuses on present functioning of the family rather than past experiences, and uses paradoxical injunctions

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Systemic family therapy

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Type of family therapy that focuses on a set of unspoken rules in the way family members relate to each other

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Structural family therapy

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Type of couple’s therapy which includes reciprocity negotiating, training in communication, reversed role play and the use of paradox

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Behavioural systems couple therapy

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Type of couple’s therapy which aims to help each partner understand their emotional needs and how they relate to each other

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Psychodynamic couple’s therapy

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Type of couple’s therapy which is brief, highly structured and uses operant conditioning where one partner states their intentions and the other partner rewards them if they carry out those intentions

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Behavioural couple’s therapy

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Type of couple’s therapy which focuses on hidden rules, and disagreement about who makes those rules

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Systems approach to couple’s therapy

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Type of family therapy that focuses on the present situation and on improving how family members communicate by looking at the communication skills shown during sessions, rather than the topics discussed

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Eclectic family therapy

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Type of family therapy that uses active interventions and specific solutions for clearly defined problems

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Strategic family therapy

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Type of family therapy which involves setting the family tasks prior to the sessions

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Strategic family therapy

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Type of family therapy which uses reframing and unbalancing as techniques

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Structural family therapy

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Features of structural therapy

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Assumption is that the family’s structure is wrong
Aims for clear boundaries and no coalitions
Work is in the here and now

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Key terms in structural therapy

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Subsystems
Hierarchy
Boundaries
Alliances
Coalitions
Transactions
Reframing
Evaluation of roles

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Features of strategic therapy

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Idea that difficulties are from distorted hierarchies
Dysfunctional families communicate in problematic repetitive patterns
Intended solutions by the family become the problem
Tasks are set for families prior to sessions

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Key terms in strategic therapy

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Task setting
Goal setting
Domino effect

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Features of systemic therapy (Milan systemic therapy or the Milan model)

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The family is a self regulating system
Rules have been made by the family which maintains issues
Uses extensive questioning to the family

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Key terms in systemic therapy (Milan systemic therapy or the Milan model)

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Hypothesising
Neutrality
Positive connection
Paradox and counter paradox
Circular and interventive questioning
Reflecting teams
Paradoxical injunction

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Features of transgenerational therapy

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Aims to understand how families develop patterns of behaviour across generations

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Key terms in transgenerational therapy - the seven interlocking concepts that make up the therapy

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Scale of differentiation
Nuclear family emotional system
Family projection processes
Multi-generational transmission processes
Sibling position profiles
Emotional cut-off
Triangles

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Features of solution focused therapy

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Emphasises solutions over problems
Does not see how a problem has arisen as important
Focus on the present and future
Therapist is non-interventionist
Families encouraged to find their own solutions

Question 49

Type of family therapy that relies on transactions

Answer 49

Structural therapy