week 3 ch 9 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Experiential Model: Factors that influence human development: unchangeable
genetic endowment, determining our physical, emotional, and temperamental potential
Experiential Model: Factors that influence human development:
longitudinal influences, the result of learning acquired in the process of growth
Experiential Model: Factors that influence human development: the constant
mind-body interaction
Assumptions of Satir’s Experiential Model: People tend toward
People tend toward positive growth
Assumptions of Satir’s Experiential Model: All people possess
All people possess the resources for positive growth
Assumptions of Satir’s Experiential Model: impacts
Everything impacts and is impacted by everything else.
Assumptions of Satir’s Experiential Model: Therapy is a process involving
Therapy is a process involving interaction between therapist and client
Assumptions of Satir’s Experiential Model: responsible
Each person is responsible for him/herself
Satir’s Eight Aspects of the Self:
Physical Intellectual Emotional Sensual Interactional Contextual Nutritional Spiritual
THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP:
Therapeutic “presence” Making emotional contact Being empathetic Conveying hope Establishing trust
SATIR’S COMMUNICATION STYLES:
CONGRUENT PLACATOR BLAMER SUPER-REASONABLE IRRELEVANT
The Task of the Therapist is to
reengage with topic without using previous communication styles in order to increase the family’s ability to use congruent communication
Satir wants to clarify each member’s expectation about therapy & tries to help the family members: recognize individual
differences among them by having each member speak for himself or herself
Satir wants to clarify each member’s expectation about therapy & tries to help the family members: accept
disagreements and differing perceptions of the same situation; and most important
Satir wants to clarify each member’s expectation about therapy & tries to help the family members: say
what they see, think, and feel in order to bring disagreements out into the open
Satir compiled a Family Life Fact Chronology to understand the
history of the family’s development by depicting key elements in its evolution, beginning with the birth of the oldest grandparents
Satir’s GOAL was to force family members to think about
characteristic family patterns and especially about the relevant concepts that had formed the basis for their developing relationships.
Satir’s Model of Change: phases
PHASE I: Contact
PHASE II: Chaos
PHASE III: Integration
Satir’s INTERVENTIONS
Therapist’s “use of self” & “active presence” Ingredients of an Interaction Facilitating Emotional Expression Softening Family Rules Communication Enhancement Touch… Family Reconstruction
Satir’s INTERVENTIONS: Family Reconstruction
Guides clients to break dysfunctional patterns that stem from their families of origin
Goals of Family Reconstruction: to reveal to family members the
source of their old learning
Goals of Family Reconstruction: to enable them to develop a more realistic picture of
the personhood of their parents
Goals of Family Reconstruction: to pave the way for members to find their own
person-hood. The technique is said to be especially useful for dealing with family issues when there is little or no access to the real family of origin
Satir looked at the communication styles of the individual and the family using
warmth & empathy to assist in reconstructing the family.
