Name that theory/Person
What theory has an approach of working with families that takes into account the impact of cognitions and behaviors on modifying family interactions?
Cognitive-behavioral family therapy
What does WASPs stand for?
White Anglo-saxon Protestants
What is the technique of joining?
Establishing a sense of comfort and trust with the family in the beginning of the relationship.
What is a Genogram? What should be included in it?
A visual representation of a person's family tree. Tracks relationship changes, repetitive patterns, trends, and impact of change and life cycle transitions. Minimum of three generations.
The Milan approach is anther name for what theory?
Systemic Family Therapy, which stresses the interconnectedness of family members and second-order change.
What system theorist was best known for being intuitive, spontaneous, and unstructured?
Carl Whitaker
What is quid pro quo?
What is enactment in Structural Family Therapy?
The actions of the families that show problematic behavior sequences to therapists, for example, having an argument instead of talking about one.
Describe the difference between first-order change and second-order change.
Second order change is characterized by life cycle transitions and first order change is characterized as superficial change.
What is schema?
Core beliefs of an individual or couple.
What theory focuses on dual perspectives of intrapsychic processes (processing of emotional experiences) and interpersonal processes (patterns and cycles of partner interactions)?
Emotionally Focused Therapy
What's the difference between confidentiality and privileged communication?
Confidentiality is the ethical and legal duty to fulfill a promise to keep clients information protected from unauthorized disclosure, but it has limits. Privileged communication is a client's legal right that confidences originating in a therapeutic relationship will be safeguarded.
In Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, what are the three roles of clients in a family during the change process?
Visitor, Complainant, and Customers.
What is triangulation?
Projecting interpersonal dyadic difficulties onto a third person or object (i.e. a scapegoat).
What is enmeshment?
The loss of autonomy due to overinvolvement of family members with each other, either physically or psychologically.
What theory speaks to multigenerational transmission and what is it?
Psychodynamic or Bowen Family Systems. The passing on from generation to generation in families of coping strategies and patterns of coping with stress.
Name the 5 ethical principles.
Autonomy, Nonmaleficence, beneficence, fidelity, and justice
What is circular questioning in family therapy?
Asking questions that highlight differences among family members.
Describe cybernetics.
A philosophy that states experiences are a function of how one thinks about them and the languages one uses within a specific culture. From perspective all knowledge is time- and culture-bound. It challenges the idea that there is objective knowledge and absolute truth.
Name Virginia Satir's four communication roles that do not contribute to congruency?
Blamer, Placater, Distracter, and Computer (Rational Analyzer).
What is the difference between culture-specific models and universal perspective models?
Culture-specific models emphasis on values, beliefs, and orientation of different ethnic cultural groups. Universal perspective models are a generalist approach, assumption that developed counseling models can be successfully adapted to different cultural groups.
What is the intervention of choreography in experiential family therapy?
Family members are asked to symbolically enact a pattern or relational sequence similar to a "silent movie." Reenact 2-3 times to increase the depth of experience. Then discuss what occurred and what family members would like to change.
What is a centrifugal family system?
Literally, directed away from a center. It describes how people move away from their family (i.e. family disengagement).
The Reflecting Team Approach