Family Therapy

Question 1

In First Order Cybernatics the therapist is:

Answer 1

• An observer
• makes changes through directive influence
• Passive client with authoritarian therapist

Question 2

In First Order Cybernetics the focus of changes are on

Answer 2

Behavioural and structural changes

Question 3

Minuchin, Salvador was from

Answer 3

Argentina

Question 4

Structural Family Therapy sees problems rooted in ________ within family _______. Treatment is based on reestablishing ________ ____________ ___________.

Answer 4

imbalance
structures
normative family structure

Question 5

Minuchin was the first to emphasise _________-focused approach over __________

Answer 5

Solution

psychoanalysis

Question 6

Enmeshment is…

Answer 6

When parents are friends with their kids, are overly involved in kids lives and live vicariously through them. No privacy. Parents confide secrets to the child.

Question 7

Triangulation is….

Answer 7

when certain siblings are closer to one parent over another - leads to formation of allegiances

Question 8

Disengagement is…

Answer 8

due to violence or conduct problems

Question 9

In Second Order Cybernatics the therapist is…

Answer 9

observing and promoting change through conversation and reconstructing meaning

Question 10

In Second Order Cybernatics the focus is on…

Answer 10

the family’s underlying belief systems or premises that govern family members behaviour or instigate certain reactions

Question 11

Strategic Family Therapy is from ______. It focuses on poor ________ patterns and incorrect ________. Treatment involves _________ new _________ strategies.

Answer 11

Philadelphia
behaviour
problem-solving, 
developing, 
problem-solving

Question 12

Milan Systemic Therapy describes ________ causality. It is against diagnostic ________.

Answer 12

circular

labeling

Question 13

Positive Connotation ascribes a family member as…

Answer 13

a part of the process. A symptom of a larger problem.

Question 14

Positive Connotation ________ the problem and sees it as having a _________ function.

Answer 14

reframes

positive

Question 15

Milan Systemic Therapy describes how families follow certain patterns. This is called _________. And that families get stuck in following ___________ patterns of interaction.

Answer 15

homeostasis

homeostatic

Question 16

In Milan System Therapy, it is the therapists job to

Answer 16

break the homeostatic pattern and facilitate reconciliation

Question 17

Describe two criticisms of Milan System Therapy

Answer 17

1. Feminism - abusive relationships? traditional family views?
2. Post-structuralism - can you really agree with neutrality where everyone is equal? Sometimes there is one person that is the problem and you need to take a firm position
3. Social-constructionusm - where 2D equals 3D. This is the truth, etc. This is not the case.

Question 18

Tomm K from Canada said…

This is called….

Answer 18

Therapist should only ask questions so people can figure it out for themselves.

Interventive Interviewing

Question 19

Brief Solution Focused Therapy was introduced by _______. It focuses on _________ and _________, not problems. He was not interested in the past. Only the ________ and ________.

Answer 19

Stephen de Shazer
strengths and solutions
present and future.

Question 20

In Brief Solution Focused Therapy, what belief does the therapist maintain?

Answer 20

That the family has the hidden capacity to change and work towards solutions.

Question 21

What researcher introduced Narrative Therapy? Where were they from?

Answer 21

White, from Adelaide, ‘straya!

Question 22

Narrative Therapy encourages families to view themselves as the _____ ___________ in a story, where other community members ______.

Answer 22

main character

assist

Question 23

An example of narrative therapy is…

Answer 23

a woman who saw herself as a victim, and part of a gender story. Then the therapist encouraged her to think of a time she stood up to this…like taking her and her siblings away from her abusive father. This is the “female empowerment” story.

Question 24

Both narrative therapy and brief solution focused therapy reject the idea that

Answer 24

the presenting problems are a symptom of family dysfunction.

Question 25

Collaborative Therapy is from ________. It’s focus is on _____ ________.

Answer 25

lapland, Finland

open dialogue

Question 26

What is open dialogue used for?

Answer 26

Early psychosis

Question 27

How does open dialogue work?

Answer 27

Community meets in the home setting and develops a presence in the life of the patient - a community of concern. No one’s voice in dominant - doctor, parents, neighbour, friend, etc