The Family Flashcards

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What are characteristics of healthy families?

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  1. Healthy communication
  2. Personal autonomy.
  3. Flexibility
  4. Appreciation
  5. Support networks
  6. Family time and involvement
  7. Spouse/partner bonding
  8. Growth
  9. Spiritual and religious values
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How to evaluate the family dynamics
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  1. Carefully observe family members interacting.
  2. Invite the whole family to a counselling session (if
    possible) .
  3. Visit the home:
  4. Prepare a genogram
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_______ are a useful strategy for involving family members who may have been reluctant to be involved in discussions on family matters

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Genograms

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Helpful in understanding the dynamics of the family
is the concept of the _________5 which identifi es
several clearly defined stages of development

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family life cycle,

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Stages of a family life cycle

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1 Leaving home
2. Getting married
3. Learning to live together
4. Parenting the first child
5. Living with the adolescent
6. Launching children: the emptynest phase
7 Retirement
8 Old age
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6
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This really represents a diagnostic technique to identify
sources of disharmony, which can act as a springboard
for counselling

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The BATHE technique

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The acronym BATHE stands for _____________and can be summarised
as follows.

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background, affect,

trouble, handling and empathy,

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___________
Enquire about possible areas of psychosocial problems
to help elicit the context of the patient’s visit.

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Background

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_____ is the ‘feeling state’ and includes anxiety, so it is

wise to probe potentially sensitive areas.

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Affect

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Enquire about how the patient’s problems are troubling

the patient

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Trouble

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Indicate an understanding of the patient’s distress and

legitimise his or her feelings

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Empathy

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Steps to bring about behaviour change

Fabb and Fleming have introduced the model of change,
which is fundamental to initiating therapy. The fi ve
steps are:

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  1. Dissatisfaction.
  2. Alternative.
  3. Emotional commitment.
  4. Practice with feedback.
  5. Habituation with support
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13
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The two big secrets of marital success are_____

and ______

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caring

responsibility.

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Although interrelated, these skills, which can
be collectively termed __________’, include
clinical skills, diagnostic skills, management skills,
communication skills, educative skills, therapeutic
skills, manual skills and counselling skills.

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‘consulting skills

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15
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What often precipitates crises in individual

members of the family?

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Serious illness

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