MFT Exam: Chapter 1 History of MFT
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Who developed the techniques: spacialization and family sculpting? Correct Ans-Fred and
Bunny Duhl and David Kantor
Which European pioneers worked with couples and/or families in London? Correct Ans--
Henry Dicks: at the Tavistock Institute
- Robin Skynner: wrote about brief approach to family therapy
Which European pioneer worked with families in Germany? Correct Ans-Helm Stierlin:
Wrote on the ways in which adolescents were launched from their families
Who started the family therapy movement in Italy by forming the Institute for Family Studies in
Milan? Correct Ans-Mara Selvini Palazzoli
In what year was the Milan systemic therapy founded? Correct Ans-1967
What was the GAP report? Correct Ans-In 1970, the Group for the Advancement of
Psychiatry (GAP) published a report that showed the majority of therapists who worked with
families identified improved communication as their primary foal in treatment
Who distinguished family therapists based upon their style: conductors vs. reactors? Correct
Ans-Beels
Conductors vs. reactors Correct Ans-- Created by Beels
Conductors tended to initiate interactions in therapy, reactors would be more likely to respond
to others
,THE GOLDEN YEARS Correct Ans-1970s and 1980s
- Family therapy flourished
- Practitioners began treating a wide spectrum of disorders and problems
- The pioneers became masters and started a new wave of therapists trained in their respective
models
- Centers for family therapy and training were widely developed
Which Family Institute were Lynn Hoffman and Peggy Papp apart of? Correct Ans-The
Ackerman Institute after Ackerman's death in 1971.
Which institute were Minuchin and Haley apart of? Correct Ans-The Philadelphia Child
Guidance Clinic. Then Haley married Cloe Madanes and moved to Washington
Who founded the Family Institute of Washington? Correct Ans-Haley and Madanes
Which family center was Murray Bowen at? Correct Ans-The Georgetown Family Center
Which of Bowen's students founded the Center for Family Learning in New Rochelle New York in
1973? Correct Ans-Philip Guerin
Which institute did Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick call home? Correct Ans-The Family
Institute of Westchester
Who founded Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in the 1970s? Correct Ans-Richard
Bandler and John Grinder
What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming? Correct Ans-NLP practitioners strive to understand
the hidden effects of language, the meaning of nonverbal behavior, and the utilization of
communication and trance to create change.
, How do problems evolve according to the MRI model? Correct Ans-Problems are maintained
by feedback loops that attempt to correct for deviations from normal family behavior
What are the primary interventions used in the MRI model? Correct Ans-- Paradoxical
injunctions; such as prescribing the symptom
- Reframing
Who made up the Milan Group? Correct Ans-Mara Selvini Palazzoli, Luigi Boscolo,
Gianfranco Cecchin, and Guiliana Prata
Which two therapeutic techniques were primary to the Milan Group? Correct Ans-Rituals
and Positive Connotations
What year did the Milan Group split and what subgroups were created? Correct Ans-The
1980s
- Selvini and Prata formed one group and adhered to the strategic model and created the
technique: invariant prescription
- Boscolo and Cecchin moved away from strategic and developed a collaborative style of
therapy. Created techniques: circular questioning. Goal was to maintain an irreverence about
the family's belief systems and remain indifferent.
TRANSFORMATION Correct Ans-MFTs shift from modernism to post-modernism.
- Transformations included the death and retirements of the leaders and theorists.
- Therapists began to realize that the theories did not adequately address the problems that
modern families presented. Such as: single-parent families, step-families, cultural
considerations, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation.
According to Nichols and Shwartz, what was the single most important factor in the
transformation of the field? Correct Ans-Family therapy was one of many social sciences
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