Family therapy Flashcards
Key figure who developed family therapy
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Type of family therapy which looks at dyads and triads between family members
Dynamic family therapy
Type of family therapy which uses family sculpting, where members arranged themselves physically into a scene depicting their view of the family relationships
Dynamic family therapy
Key figure behind structural family therapy
Minuchin
Type of family therapy that suggests a well functioning family should have clear hierarchies and boundaries between generations
Structural family therapy
Key figure behind family systems approach family therapy
Bowen
Type of family therapy which suggests emotional triangles exist - two members of a family are very close and exclude a third member
Family systems approach family therapy
Tool used within the family systems approach which analyses the family down generations
Genogram
Key figure behind strategic family therapy
Haley
Type of family therapy which uses the domino effect
Strategic
Domino effect within strategic family therapy
The idea that if one problem is solved often other problems also improve
Type of family therapy which works on the idea that problems within families are often maintained by focusing on them
Strategic
Type of family therapy which closely looks at member’s behaviours and makes specific, time limited interventions
Behavioural
Key figure behind the Milan systemic approach within family therapy
Palazzoli
Type of family therapy which uses circular and reflexive questioning
Milan systemic approach
Key figure behind paradoxical family therapy
Bateson
Type of family therapy where the patient is asked to purposefully do an unwanted behaviour e.g. perform a compulsion
Paradoxical
Target families for multisystemic therapy
Families with underage individuals who have had serious involvement with the legal system +/- substance misuse issues
Length of time for a course of multisystemic therapy
3 months
Target families for functional family therapy
Families with children aged 11-18 who have serious antisocial behaviour
Length of time for a course of functional family therapy
12-14 one hour sessions
Three phases of functional family therapy
Engagement/motivation
Behaviour change
Generalisation
Main technique used within strategic family therapy
Task setting
Type of family therapy associated with the use of a one way mirror
Milan’s systemic approach
Type of family therapy that encourages clear and open boundaries between the parents and the children
Structural family therapy
Within family therapy, a relationship pattern where a third person is recruited to bypass the conflict between two other people and stabilise their relationsip
Triangulation
Within family therapy, the loss of autonomy that occurs due to blurred boundaries and emotional over involvement
Enmneshment
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
Circularity
Within family therapy, the idea that an innocent person is blamed for problems in the family
Scapegoating
Type of family therapy that focuses on present functioning of the family rather than past experiences, and uses paradoxical injunctions
Systemic family therapy
Type of family therapy that focuses on a set of unspoken rules in the way family members relate to each other
Structural family therapy
Type of couple’s therapy which includes reciprocity negotiating, training in communication, reversed role play and the use of paradox
Behavioural systems couple therapy
Type of couple’s therapy which aims to help each partner understand their emotional needs and how they relate to each other
Psychodynamic couple’s therapy
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
Behavioural couple’s therapy
Type of couple’s therapy which focuses on hidden rules, and disagreement about who makes those rules
Systems approach to couple’s therapy
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
Eclectic family therapy
Type of family therapy that uses active interventions and specific solutions for clearly defined problems
Strategic family therapy
Type of family therapy which involves setting the family tasks prior to the sessions
Strategic family therapy
Type of family therapy which uses reframing and unbalancing as techniques
Structural family therapy
Features of structural therapy
Assumption is that the family’s structure is wrong
Aims for clear boundaries and no coalitions
Work is in the here and now
Key terms in structural therapy
Subsystems
Hierarchy
Boundaries
Alliances
Coalitions
Transactions
Reframing
Evaluation of roles
Features of strategic therapy
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
Key terms in strategic therapy
Task setting
Goal setting
Domino effect
Features of systemic therapy (Milan systemic therapy or the Milan model)
The family is a self regulating system
Rules have been made by the family which maintains issues
Uses extensive questioning to the family
Key terms in systemic therapy (Milan systemic therapy or the Milan model)
Hypothesising
Neutrality
Positive connection
Paradox and counter paradox
Circular and interventive questioning
Reflecting teams
Paradoxical injunction
Features of transgenerational therapy
Aims to understand how families develop patterns of behaviour across generations
Key terms in transgenerational therapy - the seven interlocking concepts that make up the therapy
Scale of differentiation
Nuclear family emotional system
Family projection processes
Multi-generational transmission processes
Sibling position profiles
Emotional cut-off
Triangles
Features of solution focused therapy
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
Type of family therapy that relies on transactions
Structural therapy
