family therapy

Question 1

bowen’s family systems theory

Answer 1

Bowen family systems theory is a theory of human behavior that views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems thinking to describe the unit’s complex interactions.

Triangles, Differentiation of Self, Nuclear Family Emotional Process, Family Projection Process, Multigenerational Transmission Process, Emotional Cut-Off, and Sibling Positions.

Tries to work with the most differentiated family member
invented genograms

Question 2

milan systemic family therapy

Answer 2

Presession.
Session.
Intersession.
Intervention.
Post session.

Team family therapy

games and dirty games, circularity and circular questioning, hypothesizing, neutrality, counter paradox

focus on most motivated member

Question 3

strategic family therapy

Answer 3

strategic therapists focus on the presenting symptom.

paradoxial interventions, circular causality, first order and second error problems

Question 4

structural family therapy

Answer 4

Structural family therapy is a type of therapy that focuses on the interactions between family members. Looking at the family as a system, structural family therapists work to improve communication between members of the family and encourage adjustments in the rules that govern how the family functions (its structure).

boundaries (emmeshed/disengaged), joining, tracking, mimesis, mappn, reframming, role-play