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Bertrand Russell - Wrote Theory of Logical Types which eventually influenced Gregory Bateson
Norbert Weiner - Developed the framework for Cybernetics
Ludwig von Bertalanffy - Developed General Systems Theory
John Bowlby - Founder of Attachment Theory
Paul Popenoe - Founded the American Institute of Family Relations
Emily Mudd - Founded the Marriage Council of Philadelphia which became the AAMFT
John Bell - May have been the first to treat families using family group therapy which had three phases
1. Child-centered
2. Parent-centered
3. Family-centered
Robert MacGregor - developed Multiple Impact Therapy
Don Jackson - Introduced the term Conjoint Therapy
Pseudomutuality - describes a systemic pretense of harmony and closeness that hides conflict and
interferes with intimacy
Pseudohostility - A volatile and intense way of disguising and distorting both affection and splits
,Rubber-Fence Boundary - The families are seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly impermeable to
information from outside the system
Marital Schism - The parents are overly focused on their own problems which harms the marriage, the
individuals, and the children
Marital Skew - "One parent dominates the family and the other is dependent;
children often torn between parents; deficits in addressing kids' needs that dysfunction or schizophrenia
result"
Gregory Bateson - Started the Mental Research Institute
Six characteristics of double bind - 1. The communication involves two or more people who are involved
in an important emotional relationship
2. The pattern of communication and the relationship is a repeated experience
3. The communication involves a primary negative injection or command, which comes under the threat
of punishment
4. A second abstract injection is given that contradicts the primary injunction but is usually nonverbal
and occurs under the threat of punishment
5. a third negative injunction both demands a response and prevents escape, effectively binding the
recipient
6. when the above double bind messages have been communicated enough, the individual has become
conditioned
Double Descriptions - Bateson: "It takes two to know one". We can't understand one phenomenon
based upon a singular description or quantity.
Early Phase Strategies - a. First, attended to the client's processing by keeping the focus on their pain, as
opposed to perspective:
SAY: "It sounds like you're having a hard time in your marriage."
DONT SAY: "It is just awful how your husband treats you."
b. Join with the clients by aligning with their goals, not aligning with the person against another party.
, c. Keep focus on ways in which they can better manage themselves during difficult relationship
interactions
d. reflect and attend to client's perspective.
SAY: "So you're experiencing your husband's actions as controlling.:
DONT SAY: "Yes, your husband's actions are in fact controlling."
Later Phase Strategies - a. Begin to explore the client's role in their marriage's interactional cycle.
b. As clients explore their party of the interactional dynamic, gradually tie that to their partner's role.
Focus on ROLE nor PERSONALITY
c. Engage the client's curiosity into what his or her partner may be experiencing
d. don't justify maladaptive behavior from the partner
Boundaries - These are the theoretical lines of demarcation in a family that define a system as an entity
and separate the subsystems from one another and the system from its enviroment
Boundary interface - Regions between each subsystem of the family and between the family and the
suprasystem
Open Systems - Interact regularly with the environment with relatively no inhibition. This runs the risk of
diffuse boundaries, leading to chaos
Closed systems - Are more isolated and resistant to interactions with the environment. Run the risk of
rigidity.
Family Maps/Models - Individuals and the system at large will consciously or unconsciously use model or
maps meant to manage their boundaries and make sense of their individual and shared realities.
Circular Causality - In determining the origins of problems, general systems theory departs radically from
traditional, linear causality. This is different than linear causality and acknowledges that what things do,
say, or feel mutually influence on another in a recursive, circular relationship
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