Family Therapy Flashcards
(27 cards)
In First Order Cybernatics the therapist is:
- An observer
- makes changes through directive influence
- Passive client with authoritarian therapist
In First Order Cybernetics the focus of changes are on
Behavioural and structural changes
Minuchin, Salvador was from
Argentina
Structural Family Therapy sees problems rooted in ________ within family _______. Treatment is based on reestablishing ________ ____________ ___________.
imbalance
structures
normative family structure
Minuchin was the first to emphasise _________-focused approach over __________
Solution
psychoanalysis
Enmeshment is…
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.
Triangulation is….
when certain siblings are closer to one parent over another - leads to formation of allegiances
Disengagement is…
due to violence or conduct problems
In Second Order Cybernatics the therapist is…
observing and promoting change through conversation and reconstructing meaning
In Second Order Cybernatics the focus is on…
the family’s underlying belief systems or premises that govern family members behaviour or instigate certain reactions
Strategic Family Therapy is from ______. It focuses on poor ________ patterns and incorrect ________. Treatment involves _________ new _________ strategies.
Philadelphia behaviour problem-solving, developing, problem-solving
Milan Systemic Therapy describes ________ causality. It is against diagnostic ________.
circular
labeling
Positive Connotation ascribes a family member as…
a part of the process. A symptom of a larger problem.
Positive Connotation ________ the problem and sees it as having a _________ function.
reframes
positive
Milan Systemic Therapy describes how families follow certain patterns. This is called _________. And that families get stuck in following ___________ patterns of interaction.
homeostasis
homeostatic
In Milan System Therapy, it is the therapists job to
break the homeostatic pattern and facilitate reconciliation
Describe two criticisms of Milan System Therapy
- Feminism - abusive relationships? traditional family views?
- 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
- Social-constructionusm - where 2D equals 3D. This is the truth, etc. This is not the case.
Tomm K from Canada said…
This is called….
Therapist should only ask questions so people can figure it out for themselves.
Interventive Interviewing
Brief Solution Focused Therapy was introduced by _______. It focuses on _________ and _________, not problems. He was not interested in the past. Only the ________ and ________.
Stephen de Shazer
strengths and solutions
present and future.
In Brief Solution Focused Therapy, what belief does the therapist maintain?
That the family has the hidden capacity to change and work towards solutions.
What researcher introduced Narrative Therapy? Where were they from?
White, from Adelaide, ‘straya!
Narrative Therapy encourages families to view themselves as the _____ ___________ in a story, where other community members ______.
main character
assist
An example of narrative therapy is…
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.
Both narrative therapy and brief solution focused therapy reject the idea that
the presenting problems are a symptom of family dysfunction.
