Vocabulary Flashcards
emotional divorce
when marriage is a threat to well being
Isomorphism
two systems copy modeled behavior
Epistemological error
beliefs incongruent w reality
Marital Schism
overly focused on indiv problems
Paradoxical intervention
opposite of intention
Delusion
false beleif
Hallucination
irrelevent sensory perceptions (Hear, see…)
multidirectional partiality
considering everyone’s best interest
ontology
assumptions of world view
Negative entrophy
balanced between openness and closeness
cognitive triad
negative views of world, self, future
holding capacity
self sooth
self manage
Centrifugal
outside system
Equipotentiality
one cause can have multiple outcomes
therapeutic double bind
a relational diagnosis that is unlikely to ever change
assimilation
adapting to major culture
Displacement story
creates distance between ct and their problems by looking at others conflicts
circumstantiality
wandering speech with awareness of original point
Morphostasis
staying the same. stable
Ego-syntonic
thoughts and feelings congruent with self immage
unbalancing
intentionally siding to disrupt homeostasis at behavioral and structural levels
equifinality
multiple ways to achieve same outcome
Complaintant
acknowledge a problem, unwilling to see their role
Negative feedback
Negates changes
maintains homeostasis
Customer
acknowledge problem and their role in it
Entrophy
break down
counterparadox
dysfunction is legitimate and necessary - dont change
catharsis
releasing strong repressed emotions
Differentiation of self
balance thinking and feeling
Positive feedback
promotes change
Flight of ideas
continuous rapid speech and changing topics
Bride maneuver
manual stimulation of femail