Intro to MCFC

Question 1

Placater

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avoids conflict, eager to please but apologetic

Question 2

Distractor

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directs families attention from the issue being discussed

Question 3

computer/rational analyser

Answer 3

interacts only on an intellectual level

Question 4

family reconstruction

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family maps, wheel of influence, genogram

Question 5

Carl Whitaker

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blunt, quirky guy, teased people, unstructured

Question 6

blamer

Answer 6

one who attempts to place the focus on others and not take responsibility for what is happening

Question 7

Experiential Family Therapy

Answer 7

emphasis on here and now, history is less important, increase sensitivity to emotions

Question 8

Virginia Satir

Answer 8

Expereintial therapy, master of communication, structured

Question 9

Confirmation

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using an affective word to reflect an expressed or unexpressed feeling of a family member, or using nonjudgmental description of the persons behavior

Question 10

Accommodation

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therapist makes personal adjustments in order to achieve a therapeutic alliance

Question 11

Enactment

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having family interact directly with each other, demonstrating problematic sequences in session

Question 12

Restructuring

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this is the heart of structural approach. Restructuring changes the structure of the family to make the family more functional by altering the existing hierarchy and interaction patterns so problems are not maintained

Question 13

Pragmatic fictions

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the therapist makes and authoritative statement that helps the family change. For example telling a child that they are acting younger than they are, this helps the family or child grasp reality

Question 14

Major theorists for Strategic

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Milton Erickson, Jay Haley, Cloe Madanes

Question 15

Milton Erickson’s focus

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changing behavior by manipulating it

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redundancy principle

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the fact that a family interacts within a limited range of repetitive behavioral sequences

Question 17

symmetrical relationships and complementary relationships

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the fact that relationships within a family are both among equals (symmetrical) and among unequals (complementary)

Question 18

prescribing the symptom

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gives clients and families permission to do something they are already doing and is intended to lower or eliminate resistance Controversial technique

Question 19

virtuous cycles

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repeatted alternativ ways of interacting, wuch as agreeing to disagree and then doing a mutually agreeable activity together

Question 20

vicious cycles

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repeated ways of interacting, such as arguing all the time

Question 21

scaling

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questions asked using a scale of 1 to 10

Question 22

Skeleton keys

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in deShazer’s breif therapy apprpach those interventions that worked before and have a universal application

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splitting

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viewing object representations as either all good or all bad. The result is a projection of good or bad qualities onto persons wih one’s enviroment

Question 24

systems theory

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A theory, AKA general systems theory, that focuses on the interconnetedness of element within all living organisms in including family. Based on work of Ludwig Bertakabffy

Question 25

transference

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the projection onto a therapist of feelings, attitudes, or desires

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triadic questioning

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asking a third party how the other 2 members relate

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unbalancing

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allying with a subsystem, usually the underdog, to up set the current hierarchy

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Coalition

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alliance between specific family members against a 3rd

Question 29

stable coalition

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fixed and inflexible union (ex: mom/son) that becomes a dominant part of the family’s everyday functioning

Question 30

detouring coalition

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a pair holds a a 3rd party responsible for their difficulties or conflicts with one another to decrease stress on the pair

Question 31

Confirmation

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using an affective word to reflect an expressed or unexpressed feeling of a family member, or using nonjudgmental description of the persons behavior

Question 32

Detriangulate

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process of being in contact and emotionally separate

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social constructionism

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knowledge is time and culture bound. Laugnuage influences how people view the world

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strategic

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short term, non-hsiroty, problems clearly defined, goal oriented, breaking vicious cycles, negative and positive feedback

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Solution focus

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non-hisorty, resources, small goals, social constructionism, clear problem and goals, scaling, miracle question

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Narrative

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non-systemic, externalizing, social contructionism, use of language, process rahter than techniques. Families transformed through their stories

Question 37

Bowen Family Therapy

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focus both on history and present, multigenerational transmission (of ways of coping) not brief

Question 38

Experiential

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focus on here and now, increase sensitivity to affect, attachment theory