Strategic Flashcards
1
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Jay Haley, Cloe Madanes
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2
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Directives - (straightforward or indirect)
directions for family to complete a specific task, used to perturb system’s interaction patterns to create new one
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3
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Five stages of strategic family therapy:
- social stage - chit chat,
- problem stage,
- interactional stage,
- goal setting stage and
- task setting stage (homework)
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4
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Strategic Positioning
what response from therapist is most likely to promote change
Common positions: social courtesy, one down position
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5
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5 ways to think about a problem
- involuntary vs voluntary
- helplessness vs power
- metaphorical vs literal
- hierarchy vs equality
- hostility vs love
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6
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Stages of Family Life (renegotiate balance of independence and interdependence)
- birth and infancy
- early childhood
- school age
- adolescence
- leaving home
- becoming parent
- becoming grandparent
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7
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Hierarchy and Power
effective , ineffective, excessive hierarchy
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7
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Indirect Directives (Paradoxical Interventions)
- also called symptom prescription
- instruct clients to engage in problem behavior
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