PPBC, Milan Systemic Flashcards
Milan Systemic
Palazzoli, Prata, Boscolo, Cecchin
Seen by male-female dyad and observed by other therapy team members.
Sessions always a month apart.
WHO? Whoever is related to the problem. Usually fewer.
HOW LONG? Long-term, brief therapy. 10 sessions over months.
GOALS: Integrate new beliefs, info. Helps with functioning.
EARLY Milan
Influenced heavily by MRI Group, Strategic.
Used paradoxical interventions.
Therapist dyad - one male, one female - observed live.
5 delineated parts in sessions
sessions 1 month apart, 1 year
POSITIVE CONNOTATION
RITUAL
Benefits merely from considering the issue vs doing it.
Epistemology
Milan Systemic
PPBC
How families make sense of the world, incl. relationships
Epistemological Error
Milan Systemic
PPBC
Beliefs that don’t fit/are incongruent with reality.
I’m not responsible for my behavior.
Games
Milan Systemic
PPBC
Unspoken behaviors that are destructive in families. Used to control others.
Analogical Message
Milan Systemic
PPBC
Metaphor/symbolic message - the process
Digital Message
Milan Systemic
PPBC
Objective content of message.
Metacommunication
MRi & Milan
COMMAND communication - what isn’t being said, what is being communicated about the communication.
Punctuation
MILAN - diff than structural
The way I attribute my behavior to someone else’s behavior. I nag because you don’t help
STRUCTURAL - diff than milan
therapist intentionally emphasizes someone’s body language/statement so they become conscious/can reflect
Time
Milan Systemic
PPBC
The way I view a problem - it influences how I felt about it then and how I feel about it now. If right now I feel my mom is cold, I only recall cold memories.
Milan Systemic: Assessment & Diagnosis
Assessment is ongoing.
Hypotheses based on treatment team.
Initial: phone call - expectations, presenting problem.
Team then makes hypotheses during pre-session meeting. These are adjusted as treatment continues.
Positive Connotation
Milan
PPBC
EARLY MILAN INTERVENTION - Hallmark
circularity: positiver attribute assigned to each behavior, whether desirable or undesirable.
Rituals
Milan
PPBC
EARLY MILAN INTERVENTION
Prescribed behaviors to happen at specific times of day for specific periods of time to build consistency/clarity.
Paradoxical Prescription
Milan
PPBC
EARLY MILAN INTERVENTION
Prescribing the symptom or ask family to not change.
Neutrality & Irreverence
Milan
PPBC
EARLY MILAN
Therapist’s stance - open to multiple hypotheses about behavior.