Family Systems Theory
Symptomatic Cycle
Family System Theory Terms
Common Patterns in Symptomatic Families
Miscellaneous
100
The term known as the two people in session is known as
What is a Dyad?
100
This term describes how symptoms arise, evolve, persist and eventually come to dominate the interactional patterns in the family
What is Symptomatic Cycle
100
This term is used to described the varied resources or characteristics of a person
What is a Facet
100
This term refers to verbal arguments that lead to an increase in anxiety or frustration in family interactions
What is Escalation
100
When Symptomatic Cycle is disrupted, development resumes which creates anxiety and triggers re-emergence of the cycle which temporarily halts this
What is developmental process
200
This Systems Theory is composed of multiple members commonly referred to as this term
What is a Family?
200
When a parent/teen are engaged in the Symptomatic Cycle, a parent criticizes the teen, the teen defends their behavior, which results in this
What is an increase in parental criticism and teen defensiveness
200
What term is used to described when family members repeatedly engage the same facets of each other in Complementary and Symmetry Relationships
What is Rigidity or Rigid Patterns of Interaction
200
A parent checking their teen's homework is an example of this term: a parent's effort to help the adolescent which can reinforce the adolescent's dependency and immaturity by depriving the teen of opportunity to learn how to solve problems on his/her own.
What is Overprotection
200
Over time, we draw links and make inferences about ourselves, others, and the world & organize these inferences in the form of these
What are Narratives
300
In Family Therapy, this person is often seen as "The Problem"
What is an Adolescent?
300
A crucial element in problematic development is the way in which the family members do THIS to the adolescent's behavior
What is Respond
300
When a therapist engages untapped resources (facets) of each family member and uses these newly engaged facets to help stimulate new interactional patterns, this is known as
What is Disrupting the Symptomatic Cycle
300
This term describes how family members avoid airing conflicts openly for fear that they will have destructive consequences
What is Conflict Avoidance
300
Family Members seek out information that proves their preferred view is this
What is Right or the Right One to support their view of the other family members' behavior
400
Family Systems Theory believes that each member of the family's behaviors do THIS to other members of the family
What is influence
400
As family relationships deteriorate, all family members, particularly the symptomatic adolescent, experience an increase in these two emotions
What is Isolation and Alienation
400
This term describes the different aspects of the Self that emerge in different concepts
What is Multi-Faceted
400
Cutting off a teen and arguing with him/her when they express a dissenting opinion is an example of these two words/terms caused by parents minimizing problems or failing to recognize the potential severity of the problems
What is Disengagement and Abandonment
400
Reframing the problem as something that is outside of the client which results in seeing the problem not as a personal deficit but as something to be viewed and solved by all is known as this
What is Externalization of the Problem
500
The way in which the behavior of the members of the Dyad fit with one another is known as this term
What is Complementarity?
500
These fade from view reinforcing the tendency to see the Symptomatic Adolescent as the Problem
What is Positive Qualities
500
Constriction imposed by the Symptomatic cycle impedes this process for all participants who participate in the Symptomatic Cycle
What is the process of Development
500
Viewing the father as overbearing and harsh while overlooking other positive aspects is an example of this pattern of repeatedly engaging the same facets of each other
What is Constriction & Rigidity
500
Family Members are inclined to interpret each other's behavior in accordance with their original assumptions, which reinforces THESE of other family members and keeps the cycle going
What is the system of Complementary Biased Perceptions
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