MLC 3 Flashcards
Fusion
Bowen term: lack of boundaries
Differ is too
“I begin where you end”
Boundaries
Disengagement
Emotional detachment
Enmeshment
Minuchin term (m&m- Minuchin enMeshment) Poor boundaries in a relationship
Boundary
Healthy separation of feelings from another person’s feelings are good boundaries
FOO
Family of origin
Family myths
“the pattern of mutually agreed, but distorted, roles which family members adopt AS a defensive posture and which are not challenge from within the family.”
Ferreira
First order change vs second order change
First order is just going through the motions
Second order is internal change defection actions
Homeostatis
A balanced steady state of equilibrium (resistance to change)
The way a family keeps order, either healthy or unhealthy ways
We get stuck in patterns
Cross generational coalition
When a parent aligns themselves with a child to put pressure on the other spouse to change or do something
Family structure
The way families are organized and power dynamics, family size
Family life cycle
A series of stages through which a family may pass over time:
Examples:
- Independence
- Coupling or marriage
- Parenting
- Launching adult children
- Retirement or senior years
Stressors in a marriage
Death of a loved one Why is child’s death different than the death of an adult? Child is the future of the marriage What are the differences? Loss of child indicates loss of hope
Marital schism
A situation where one parent tries to undermine the worth of another parent by competing for sympathy and support from the children
Marital skew
An unreal situation for family members is created so that the family can deal with one member’s (usually a parent’s) psychological disturbance that is dominating the family’s interactions
