Theories quiz Flashcards
Awareness of here and now
Gestalt
Reparative experiences with therapist
Object relations/psychodynamic
Identify unique outcomes
Narrative
Emphasis on finding solutions not on discovering causes or origins of the problem
Solution Focused
Therapist is non-directive
Client centered / psychodynamic
Family therapy - Changes occur through action-oriented directives
Strategic
Restructure the family’s organization
Structural
Philosophical meaning in the face of anxiety
Existential
Change occurs by learning to modify dysfunctional thought patterns
CBT
Increase client’s awareness in the present moment
Gestalt
Insight-oriented
Object relations/psychodynamic
Choosing to think and act authentically and responsibly
Existential
Enlist a witness
Narrative
Accessing a client’s strengths and resources
Solution Focused
Paradoxical interventions
Strategic
Systematic desensitization
CBT
Exploring experience by description
Gestalt
Emphasis on transference and countertransference
Object relations/psychodynamic
Finding alternatives
CBT
Empty chair technique
Gestalt
Thought record
CBT
Projection identification
Object relations only
Restraining
Strategic
Client confronts anxiety inherent in living
Existential
Mimesis
Structural
Increase congruent communication
Satir
Understanding multigenerational dynamics
Bowen
Relaxation techniques
CBT
Exception questions
Solution Focused
Unbalancing
Structural
Maladaptive automatic thoughts
CBT
Congruence/genuineness
Client centered/humanistic
Anxiety is a part of the human condition
Existential
Promote insight and growth through interpretation
Object relations/psychodynamic
Miracle question
Solution Focused
Telling, talking about, and naming emotional pain
Existential
Genogram
Bowen
Prescribing the symptom
Strategic
Deconstruct problem-saturated stories
Narrative
Honoring the pain
Existential
Enactment
Structural
Differentiation
Bowen
Monitor thoughts and moods
CBT
Scaling questions
Solution focused
Ordeals
Strategic
Reduce anxiety and emotional turmoil in the family system
Bowen
Uses experiements
Gestalt
Rearrange how people sit together in the room
Structural
Establish a holding environment
Psychodynamic
Family sculpting
Satir
Coping questions
Solution Focused
Affirmations/compliments
Solution Focused
Everyone must accept the responsibility that comes with freedom
Existential
Family therapist where therapist is directive
Strategic
Unconditional positive regard
Client centered
Body awareness
Gestalt
Empathy
Client centered
Self actualization
Client centered
Facilitate detriangulation
Bowen
Exposure
CBT
Understand problem’s effects
Narrative
Labeling distortions
CBT
Teach “I” statements
Satir and Bowen
Emotional cutoff
Bowen
Three column technique
CBT
Reframing family dynamic, not individual, as “problem”
Structural
Separate patient from problem
Narative
Schema
CBT
Self acceptance
Client centered
Write a letter to self and others
Narrative
Boundary making in family therapy
Structural
Mindfulness
DBT
Homeostasis
General Systems Theories
Restructure family organization
Structural
Action oriented / solution focused family therapy
Strategic
Paradoxical interventions
Strategic
Family therapy negative and positive feedback loops
General systems theory
Negative feedback loop meaning
Maintain homeostasis
Family therapy that encourages reconnection with estranged family
Bowen
Therapist acts as a secure base for emotional exploration
Attachment
Balanced view of positives and negatives in caregivers
Secure attachment
Preoccupied with anger towards parent, dependent, dreads abandonment
Preoccupied / anxious attachment
Dismisses love and connection, avoids self reflection, intolerant of others’ heightened emotions
Dismissive / avoidant attachment
Dismisses love out of fear of unworthiness, difficulty trusting others, history of trauma
Fearful / avoidant attachment
Self-object (early childhood caretakers)
Self psychology
Optimal responsiveness
Self psychology
Mirroring - approving responses from caretakers
Self psychology
Defense mechanisms
Psychodynamic
Playful and creative
Experiential / symbolic
Battle for structure
Experimental / symbolic
Battle for initiative
Experiential / symbolic
Activating constructive anxiety - anxiety is effort towards competence
Experiential / symbolic
Dialological relationship - therapist allows cx to be present
Gestalt
Locus of control
Client centered
Focus on increasing distress tolerance
DBT
Changing irrational thoughts to rational ones
REBT
Develop new thoughts through direct confrontation
REBT
