Strategic Models
Strategic therapists take a __________ approach to finding solutions (time-based).
Brief/Direct or Straightforward
This therapy combines various approaches to help clients shift thinking negatively about their partners and learn to be more flexible in thinking (practicing acceptance of flaws).
Integrated Couples Therapy
Who founded the 4 Horsemen?
The Gottmans
SFBT stands for...
solution-focused brief therapy
The leading figure of this movement was...
Salvator Minuchin
What does MRI stand for, in the context of strategic therapy?
Mental Research Institute
The "A" in Albert Ellis' ABC theory stands for...
Activating Event
What are the four Horsemen: identify each by name.
1. Criticism
2. Defensiveness
3. Contempt
4. Stonewalling
In SFBT, therapists help families resolve issues by rewriting their...
Narratives / schemas
This movement was founded on the belief that families need this to function...
Organization / Structure / Set Patterns
Therapists using this model do not teach these specific skills.
Problem Solving
Behavioral Assessments are utilized to analyze these two aspects of behavior...
Problems and Functions with/of behaviors
Although flawed with potential bias, prior to the modifications of these behavioral theories, most behavioral insight was gained through...
Direct observation
Postmodernist approaches are based in the subjective philosophical concept that there is no...
Truth/ Reality / Normal
Identify this form of family dysfunction - founded by Wyltwick.
Maria feels guilty whenever she spends time with friends because her mother says family should meet all emotional needs. The family constantly monitors each other and interprets independence as rejection.
Enmeshed Family
Strategic models are straightforward. These theorists do not focus on this aspect of human interactions - instead they focus on the "process".
Focus on the "Why", underlying reasons for interactions.
Aaron Beck attributed negative narratives to...
Errors in thinking/Distorted thinking
Initially used by researcher Stuart with couples, these documents were intended to create mutuality (give and get) in a relationship.
Contingency Contracts
We previously discussed this method developed by Tom Anderson, which involves a two way mirror for a therapist team to observe a family interaction and family views back, then a discussion is had.
The Reflecting Team
Identify this form of family dysfunction - founded by Wyltwick.
The father works long hours and leaves most parenting and emotional labor to the mother, rarely engaging with family conflicts. His absence causes the children to see him as irrelevant, and they rely primarily on their mother for approval and direction.
Peripheral Male
In strategic therapies, various principles were created that "define" human communication. These principles are referred to as the ______ of interpersonal communication.
Axioms
Who are the 3 main founders of behavioral therapy and family systems.
Gerald Patterson
Robert Liberman
Richard Stuart
This type of therapeutic assessment may utilize self report, questionnaires, individual enjoy interviews, and direct observation.
Cognitive behavioral assessment
How does Jerome Bruner define "thick" descriptors?
Enriched and meaningful. Shaped by “personal/developed”, history or culture
Restructuring Transitional Patterns occurs through these two methods...
Reframing
Increasing family stress