Traditional Family Therapy Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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Family Therapy
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Family Therapy
Traditional Family Therapy Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
DIFFERENTIATION - Answers main definition: the ability to experience difference
the self in relation to, but separate from, others
The ability to distinguish one's own thoughts and feelings as separate from others
within the marita...
Traditional Family Therapy Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
DIFFERENTIATION - Answers main definition: the ability to experience difference
the self in relation to, but separate from, others
The ability to distinguish one's own thoughts and feelings as separate from others
within the marital relationship, differentiation includes outside relationship with others but also a solid
relationship with the spouse
"In order to have resilience, partners have to possess a strong sense of personal identity that is not
threatened by change." (p124)
Differentiation is the cornerstone for healthy long-term commitments
Individual differentiation influences the choice of the spouse
A healthy marriage includes two individuals who are able to have a caring connection with FOO
Bowen asserts that each individual brings his/her family of origin into the marriage
CYBERNETICS - Answers The tendency of families to maintain stability
Feedback loop
How a family gets information to maintain stability - steers the family towards homeostasis
-Example: husband takes out the trash, wife nags, etc.; it is an interaction that repeats itself every week
Negative feedback
Return to stability or normal - no new information
Status quo within the family- maybe the husband doesn't get angry and instead ignores the wife, but still
takes out the trash.
Positive feedback
Attempt to change - only means new information, not necessarily good/positive
2 outcomes: former homeostasis OR new homeostasis
, Common response: getting back to normal
Death, fighting, graduation, re-marriage
TRIANGULATION - Answers Triangulation occurs when a dyadic relationship becomes too stressful or
conflicted. A third person is involved as a way of diffusing the tension. This typically occurs in families,
often with a husband and wife (or two partners) and one of the children. The more family members are
differentiated, the less likely they are to triangulate
SARTIR'S VIEW OF SYMPTOMS - Answers viewed any symptom or problem as blocked growth for that
person and for the family at large, and she was interested in what a family had to give up to maintain
this kind of negative balance.
SARTIR "RULES" - Answers was also interested in family structure and in family "rules." Rules can be
overt or covert, and part of the therapy process is to clarify these rules and how they affect individuals
and the family.
SARTIR TECHNIQUES - Answers was famous for her use of affect and touch as a way of promoting family
growth. One of her favorite techniques was family sculpting, which involved her placing the family in
different positions to help them become more aware of their feelings and communication patterns.
MINUCHIN STRUCTURAL FAM THERAPIST ROLE AND TECHNIQUES - Answers In Minuchin's structural
family therapy, the therapist takes a leadership role, using a variety of techniques such as intensity,
enactment, unbalancing, complementarity, and reframing.
STRUCTURAL FT GOALS - Answers The overall goals in structural family therapy are the restructure of
the family and the creation of an effective family hierarchy with parents in charge, functioning more
cohesively. Also, enmeshed families are encouraged to strengthen boundaries to allow for
differentiation of individual members, and disengaged families to decrease the rigidity of boundaries to
allow for closer interactions.
HALEY SYMPTOMS - Answers seen as attempts at adaptation and are thought to be primarily a result of
family relationship patterns and power struggles, the therapist must take on the role of director or
authority figure and develop strategies to intervene.
HALEY SYMPTOMS (STRATEGIC) - Answers In Haley's approach symptoms are viewed as attempts at
communication and are redefined to allow for creative solutions. The therapy is brief, focused on the
present, and the therapist thinks in terms of "units" rather than individuals. The idea of linear causality,
one event directly causing another, is replaced in strategic family therapy with the notion of circularity.
STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY (THERAPIST ROLE) - Answers The therapist in strategic family therapy uses
a number of techniques such as directives and paradoxical interventions. These are designed primarily
to help family members experience new ways of interacting so that they will have different experiences
and feelings and therefore behave differently.
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