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"Classic" Symptoms of Depression - ANSWER-Sleep, Eating, Energy/Motivation
A Stroke and a Kick (Structural) - ANSWER-Acknowledge one member of a system for
positive intent, while pointing out to another member of a system how the action has a
negative impact on them.
Accurate Empathy (Rogers) - ANSWER-Sensitivity to current feelings, and the verbal
facility to communicate this understanding in a language attuned to the client's current
being.
Assimilation (Cultural) - ANSWER-Giving up one's own culture and identifying with the
larger, dominant culture.
Best predictor of future violent behavior - ANSWER-Past Violent Behavior
Biculturalism - ANSWER-Partial identification with two cultures.
Boundary Marking (Structural) - ANSWER-Seating/spacing is altered and family
members are placed at a different distance from each other in order to break up or
reinforce sub-systems.
brief therapy - ANSWER-Extremely time-limited (3-5 sessions), pragmatic, non-
historical strategic approach with major focus on First-Order Change.
Cause of Under-Ultization of Mental Health Services by Asian-Americans - ANSWER-
Shame related to the cultural expectation of Maintaining "face".
Circular Causality (Strategic) - ANSWER-Symptoms are not caused by any specific
event, but are maintained as a part of a vicious circle of interaction.
Closed System (GST) - ANSWER-A system which does not receive information from
the environment, stuck in a loop, repeating the same negative patterns.
Cognitive Triad (Beck) - ANSWER-Cognitive profile underlying depression: negative
views about oneself, the world, and the future
Communication Skills - ANSWER-Early-to-Middle-stage Bowenian intervention where
family members are taught new, healthier ways of interacting.
, Communications Theory - ANSWER-Theoretical Model used in treatment. Therapist
should be active, manipulative, focused on the problem.
Complementary Communication - ANSWER-Interchange based on accepted
differences in power.
Confirmation (Structural) - ANSWER-Identifying strengths in an individual or within the
family system as a whole.
Constructivism - ANSWER-Clients encounter problems not because of life or mental
illness but because of the way they frame their problems. Expectation becomes reality
(self-fulfilling prophecy).
Deconstruction Questions (Narrative Therapy) - ANSWER-Used to debunk assumptions
and challenge existing hierarchies or power structures.
Delusion - ANSWER-Belief that is held despite evidence to the contrary.
Demystification (Feminist) - ANSWER-Getting rid of the mystery surrounding
professional services to make the process more open and egalitarian.
Detriangulation - ANSWER-Middle-Stage Boweninan intervention where family
members pulled into the conflicts of others are disentangled, shifting attention towards
the conflict.
Differentiation of Self (Bowen) - ANSWER-Being able to see the self as separate from
the family but still part of it
Displacement - ANSWER-Psychoanalytic defense mechanism that shifts sexual or
aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person.
Double-Bind (Bateson/Jackson/Haley/Weakland) - ANSWER-Two or more people
involved in an ongoing relationship; one person in the relationship has more power than
the other; the person without power cannot escape from the relationship; two or more
contradicting/conflicting injunctions are given to the person with less power (Often on
different communication levels).
Ecogram - ANSWER-The combination of the genogram and eco-map to produce a
graphic description of the entire system of influence on a given individual, group, or
organization.
Ego - ANSWER-The part of the psyche that serves as the bridge between conscious
and unconscious thought.
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