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Question 1

what was Ackerman’s process

Answer 1

-Move into the “living space”
-Stir interaction
-Family achieves “meaningful emotional exchange”
-Self awareness grows
-Understand the connection between intrapsychic
-Self Awareness—systemic role in functioning—new patterns of family relatedness

Question 2

how to replace theory according to the experientialists

Answer 2

Rely instead on:
-Accumulated residue of experience
-Freedom to let real relationships occur
-Authenticity was key.
-Felt that obsessive interest in one’s fantasy life was unhelpful, but the fantasy between people was important
-Metaphor was highlighted to tap into a different, more shiftable, part of the brain.

Question 3

what were some of Whitaker’s beliefs

Answer 3

-People are alienated from their emotions and frozen into devitalized routines.
-Did not work on symptoms.
-“Process not progress.”
-Risks are important, the greater anxiety in the room, the better the chance for growth.

Question 4

explain clinical municipality according to Goldner

Answer 4

The therapist must be able to tolerate contradictory truths.

The paradox of:
-Men take control by losing control (man controls situation when he is feeling shamed or angry)
-Women love and protect men who hurt them

Question 5

explain the necessary stance according to Goldner

Answer 5

-One must develop the most comprehensive understanding of abuse and victimization without compromising the moral vision of accountability.
-How does it happen? What fears or insecurities were at play? History of violence? All with the clear, constant acceptance that the abuser (man) is accountable for his violence.