Group and Family Therapy Flashcards
He is a leading figure in the interpersonal
approach to group therapy
Irvin Yalom
It is practiced in a wide variety of forms, including adaptations of many well-known individual therapy approaches such as psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic-existential, and many others
Group therapy
The group therapy experience itself is based on interacting with other
Interpersonal interaction
11 Therapeutic Factos in Group Therapy
- Instillation of hope
- Universality
- Imparting information
- Altruism
- Corrective recapitulation of the
primary family group - Development of socializing
techniques - Imitative behavior
- Interpersonal learning
- Group cohesiveness
- Catharsis
- Existential factors
To find oneself in a room full of other people who have similar problems can be uplifting in and of itself.
Universality
Their symptoms may differ superficially, the fundamental issues that underlie them may in fact be quite similar.
Heterogeneous group
The feelings of interconnectedness among group members.
Group cohesiveness
Learning from the in-group interpersonal experience
Interpersonal Learning
Relationship tendencies that characterize clients’ relationships with important people in their personal lives will predictably characterize the relationships they form with their fellow group members.
Social Microcosm
allow individual members to enter or leave the group at any time.
Open-enrollment groups
all members start and finish therapy together, with no new members added during the process
Closed-enrollment groups
The mere presence of a second set of eyes and ears to notice the rich array of verbal and nonverbal communication inevitably produced by a room full of clients
Cotherapist
This is most concerning ethical issue in group therapy
Confidentiality
This therapy initially arose in the mid-1900s, and it was considered revolutionary.
Family Therapy
An approach in which the whole is more than the sum of the parts, from philosophy and the sciences.
Systems approach
These are events from the past cause or determine events in the present in a unidirectional or “one-way street” manner
Linear causality
These are events that influence one
another in a reciprocal way, such that a parent’s and a child’s behavior each affects the other continuously
Circular causality
Family therapists have pointed to ____________________________________ among family members as the type of interaction that most significantly contributes to psychological problems.
unhealthy communication patterns
Psychological symptoms may appear maladaptive, they are in fact functional within the individual’s family environment.
Functionalism
Systems have the ability to regulate themselves by returning themselves to a comfort zone or “set point.”
Homeostasis
It is a pencil-and-paper method of creating a family tree that incorporates detailed information about the relationships among family members for at least three generations.
Genogram
Part of the family life cycle wherein young adults become self-sufficient
Leaving home
Part of the family life cycle wherein a new couple forms a new family system
Joining of families through marriage or
union
Part of the family life cycle wherein it is about taking care of children
Families with young children
Part of the family life cycle wherein parents provide children with increasing amounts of independence
Families with adolescents
Part of the family life cycle wherein parents are adjusting to the “empty nest,”
Launching children and moving on in midlife
Part of the family life cycle wherein the focus shifts to managing declining health
Families in late middle age
Part of the family life cycle wherein they are accepting the realities and inevitability of death
Families nearing the end of life
It is a more structured and formal way of assessing abuse and violence within families
Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS)
Griffin (2002) divides this wide range of styles into three broad categories:
- Ahistorical styles
- Historical styles
- Experiential styles
The styles emphasizing current functioning and deemphasizing family history
Ahistorical styles
The styles emphasizing family history and typically longer duration than ahistorical styles
Historical styles
The styles emphasizing personal growth and emotional experiencing in and out of sessions
Experiential styles
Every family has rules by which it operates
Family structure
These should be permeable enough to allow emotional closeness between family members but rigid enough to allow for independence as well.
Boundaries
If boundaries are too permeable
Enmeshed
If boundaries are too rigid
Disengaged
According to Murray Bowen and his followers, a primary task for each family member is an appropriate degree of self-determination.
Differentiation of Self
When two people are in conflict, either one might decide to bring in a third party in an attempt to garner support.
Triangles
It evolved from the strategic family therapy approach of Don Jackson, Jay Haley, and Cloé Madanes and shares its pragmatic emphasis
Solution-focused therapy
The leaders of the solution-focused therapy approach, including Steve deShazer and Insoo Kim Berg, emphasize that family therapists should use “__________________” rather than “problem-talk”
solution-talk
The clients are instructed to take note of aspects of their lives in the upcoming week that they want to continue to happen.
Formula first-session task
This therapy highlights clients’ tendencies to create meanings about themselves and the events in their lives in particular ways, some of which may cause psychological problems.
Narrative therapy
It is designed for adolescents with long-term behavioral and emotional problems that involve legal offenses.
Multisystemic family therapy
Ethical issue in family therapy wherein they find themselves in the difficult position of having learned information from one family member in a private conversation
Confidentiality
Ethical issue in family therapy since the DSM contains no diagnostic labels that apply to families
Diagnostic Accuracy
