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Counseling Families, Diagnosis, and advanced Conccepts
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08/08/2012

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Term
If one of a couple you are counseling tells you in an individual session they are filing for divorce and the other spouses doesn't know, can you tell the other spouse without the one's consent?
Definition
No--
Term
What is the fastest growing clientele for conuselors today?
Definition
Those experiencing marriage and family problems
Term
While in individual counseling, ________causality is adopted while in family counseling, a ___________ causality approach is used.
Definition
linear; circular
Term
Who launched the concept of circular causality after WWII?
Definition
Gregory Bateson
Term

True or false?

Group modalities work well with families.

Definition
False: families are a special type of group and typical group approaches do not work well with them.
Term
What is linear causality?
Definition
you assume "a" causes "b"
Term
What is circular causality?
Definition
"A"'s behavior will affect "B"'s behavior. In return, the response of B will influence "A''s next response or behavior.
Term
How does cybernetics relate to families?
Definition
In family therapy, a family has feedback loops to self correct a family system.
Term
When a family is in a state of balance, they are said to be in ______________.
Definition
homeostasis
Term

True or false?

A balanced state within a family is always healthy.

Definition
False: being balanced is just that. A fammily may need to be thrown off balance to make positive change.
Term
What is the term to describe when a family is over involved with each other and lose their autonomy?
Definition
enmeshment
Term
What is the ability for a family to balance stability?
Definition
morphostasis
Term
What is the term for a family's ability to change?
Definition
morphogenesis
Term
Who was adamant about her view of Experential Conjoint Family Therapy?
Definition
Virginia Satir
Term
What are the 4 basic patterns of interaction between family members that prevent good communication?
Definition

1. placating

2.blaming

3.being overly reasonable

4. being irrelevant

Term
According to Satir, if a mother of a family you are seeing tries to please everyone out of a fear of rejection, she is demonstrating what pattern of interaction?
Definition
placating
Term
What is another term for the overly reasonable person in family therapy from an Experential Conjoint Family Therapy perspective?
Definition
responsible analyzer
Term
How does the person using the communcation pattern of irrelevancy tend to manifest in a family?
Definition
They may constantly speak of irrelevant topics to distract from the relevant problem.
Term
Who popularized the notion of the connectedness of living things also referred to as systems theory model of family therapy?
Definition
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Term
Who's approach to family therapy is called experiential symbolic family therapy and proposes that experience, not education, changes families?
Definition
Carl Whitaker
Term

True or false?

Whitaker felt a cotherapist was beneficial in family therapy.

Definition
True
Term
Who is associated with psychotherapy of the absurd?
Definition
Carl Whitaker
Term
Applied to family counseling, Premack's Principle or Law states that a family member must complete a __________probability behavior before they are allowed to engage in a pleasant task or ___________probability behavior.
Definition
low probability behavior (LPB); high probability behavior (HPB
Term
What technique makes use of a behavioral contingency contract between family members?
Definition
quid pro quo
Term
What is the experiential/ expressive technique use din family counseling that has a family member place other family members in position that symbolize relationships?
Definition
family sculpting
Term
With whom is the theory of psychodynamic family counseling primarily associated?
Definition
Nathan Ackerman
Term
In psychoanalytic family therapy, to what does the term object refer?
Definition
A significant other with whom a child wishes to bond
Term
In relation to family therapy, define introjects.
Definition
This is when a child internalizes the positive and negative characteristics of the object within themselves.
Term
Why is second order change more desirable than first order change in a family?
Definition
First order changes are superficial and changes at the core do not change. Second order changes are actual changes that alters undesirable behavior.
Term
What is the name for a consultant of supervisory team that observes a session from behind a one way mirror and sends messages to the therapist or the family?
Definition
a Greek chorus
Term
What is the term used to describe a low level of depression that occurs more days than not for at least one year in children and teens and for at least two years in adults?
Definition
dysthymia
Term
Who are 3 famous psychoanalytic family therapists?
Definition

1. Nathan Ackerman

2. James Framo

3. Robin Skynner

Term
What psychoanalytic family therpaist believed parents fuel love-hate feelings in kids?
Definition
James Framo
Term
What psychoanalytic family therapist believed that kids who had poor role models as children possess protective systems or harbor unrealistic expectations of people in their current relationships?
Definition
Robin Skynner
Term
What two theorist are associated with strategic family counseling?
Definition
Jay Haley and Cloe Mandanes
Term

True or false?

Strategic family therapists are directive.

Definition
True: They may give explicit directions to families about expected behaviors in response to other behaviors.
Term

In strategic family therapy, what is a no-win situation characterized by contradictory messages?

 

For example, don't eat fried foods again  and then eat all the fried foods you want this week.

Definition
double bind
Term
A double bind technique is very similar to a _____________.
Definition
paradox
Term
When a therapist helps a client see a situation from a positive light or perspective, what is it called?
Definition
reframing
Term
What did Jay Haley feel was present in most dysfunctional families?
Definition
malfunctioning hierarchy
Term
What is incongruous hierarchy?
Definition
The normal hierarchy is reversed (child has power by acting out symptoms to change parent's current state)
Term
What happens with the pretending technique in strategic family therapy?
Definition
The family enacts a make-believe scenario of the problem.
Term
What is the technique that helps overcome resistance by suggesting that it might be best if the family does not change?
Definition
Restraining
Term
What is the technique when the therapist accepts the clients problem and then exaggerates the condition?
Definition
positioning
Term
What happens when a counselor is culturally encapsulated?
Definition
The counselor imposes his or her own beliefs from his or her culture on people from another culture.
Term
Who is known for his work in intergenerational family therapy?
Definition
Murray Bowen
Term
What is the extent that one can separate one's intellect from one's emotional self--also one of the primary goals in Bowen's intergenerational Family therapy?
Definition
differentiation
Term
What is it called when structural therapists try to help a family create healthy boundaries?
Definition
boundary marking or changing boundaries
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