Milan Flashcards
Primary Contributors
Palazzoli and Prata (Early Milan)
Boscolo and Cecchin (Later Milan)
positive connotation
thp will reframe negative statements to find the positive in the bxs
rituals
assignments used to shift meaning
paradoxical perscription
bxs identified, but family instructed not to change. describe in detail what act is to be done, by whom, when, and in what sequence. challenges a rigid or covert family rule
neutrality & irreverence
non partiality toward family members/problems, doesn’t acknowledge a person as a flaw which allows them to be creative, they view the systems as self-correcting; multipartiality: willingness to honor all perspectives, even if they conflict
counterparadox
like the therapeuitc double bind, tell the family not to change, used to warn against premature change, to help families feel less blamed
A learning proces
Hypothesizing
team will hypothesize about the problem and what intervention will work, it will be assigned as a directive to use over the month
Team Approach
each session conducted by 2 thps, and then seen by a treatment team to discuss the session
The Invariant Prescription
severes coalition between parent and child, you create a secret between the parents and the child doesn’t get to know
Hypothesizing
teams will present an intervention from a hypothesis to the family Reframing: restating the problem in a positive way
- The Dirty Game:
(Later Milan)
Circular Questioning
asking each member questions that help address a difference or define a relationship between two other members of family
epistemology
what we know what we know
epistemological error
people make the error of thinking they know what’s going on but do not address the relational component between each other, limited by their descriptions
games
analogical message
digital message
metacommunication
punctuation (different than structural)
new meanings!, how people tend to define and describe events or problems
Time
the dirty game
how family members struggle with and against one another in order to control each other’s bxs, when members of family engage in foul bxs such as: seductions, manipulations, treachery, ambiguous promises, and betrayels
circular questioning (Later Milan)
(Later Milan) asking each member questions that help address a difference or define a relationship between two other members of family
5 parts of every session
- pre session: team would meet w/out family to build hypothesis;
- session: team meets with family to check hypothesis; 3. intersession: team meets privately to discuss intervention;
- intervention: thp returns to deliver intervention to family in either positive connotation or ritual (presented paradoxically);
- Post-session discussion: team debriefs and makes plans and hypothesis for next session