GSG Chapter 7

Question 1

Six established models of family therapy

Answer 1

Psychodynamic 
Transgenerational
Experiential-Humanistic
Structural
Strategic
Behavioral &a Cognitive

Question 2

Psychoanalytic

Answer 2

Family provides context in which neurotic fears and anxieties develop
Intrapsychic restructuring not interpersonal
One member of a family is seen at a time (Freud)

Question 3

Adlerian Family Therapy

Answer 3

• Emphasized importance of social factors including family (not unconscious drives)
• promote changes in indiv and fam
• wanted to increase goals and skills and help problem solve and conflict resolution
• encouragement used to help family challenge misdirected goals

Question 4

Sullivan

Answer 4

• Psychoanalytically trained (but more aligned with psychodynamic)
• Focus on interpersonal relationships within family and with outsiders in personality development
• emphasized mother child dyad (like object relations talked about good me bad me not me)
• unlike Freud he viewed himself as participant observer

Question 5

FIVE psychoanalytic perspectives

Answer 5

Classic psychoanalytic drive
Object relations theory
Self psychology theory
Theory of intersubjectivity
Relational psychoanalytic theory

Question 6

Adlerian Family Therapy

Answer 6

Emphasized social factors (not drive theory)
Holistic view of people
Used encouragement
Birth order/siblings rivalry helped fam theory develop

Question 7

Harry Stack Sullivan

Answer 7

Stressed role of interpersonal relationships and redundant family patterns
Viewed himself as participant observer

Question 8

Focal family therapy

Answer 8

Bentovim

Looking for family disturbances i.e. Trauma

Question 9

Ackerman’ Foundational Approach

Answer 9

• GRANDFATHER of family therapy!!!
• Psychoanalytically trained
• Thought of family as dynamic SOCIAL UNIT
• First therapist to experiment with whole fam treatment
• family therapist moves into LIVING SPACE of family

Question 10

Failure of complimentarity

Answer 10

When family interactions and roles are too narrowly/rigidly defined change and growth becomes constricted

Question 11

Melanie Klein

Answer 11

Foundation for object relations theory
Infants need for attachment to mother is foundation of self
Drives are directed at objects

Question 12

Splitting

Answer 12

Fairbairn
Child internalizes good mom and bad mom can’t see her as whole objected
Resolution of splitting determines functioning

Question 13

Projective Identification

Answer 13

Ex: my cruel impulses don’t fit with my good self image so I see stranger as inherently cruel. I can thus continue seeing myself as kind.

Other is unconsciously manipulated to believe in accordance with these projections

Question 14

Holding environment

Answer 14

Object relations theory

Safe and nurturing environment provided by mom to help her child develop

Question 15

James Framo

Answer 15

• People usually do not select partner they want they get the one they need
• couples bring unresolved issues from fam of origin
• conjoint therapy then couples therapy than family of origin conferences

Question 16

Kohut

Answer 16

SELF PSYCHOLOGY - emphasizes relationship between self and outside object as defining organizational principle of human life

SELFOBJECT - child originally experiences mom as selfobject. This is sense of oneself in relation to another. Needed throughout life