Theory
In this form of family therapy, therapists aim to restructure the family, realigning boundaries and hierarchies to promote growth and resolve problems
Structural Family Therapy
Systems are self correcting towards this
Homeostasis
This common CBFT intervention teaches clients psychological and relational principles about their problems and to handle them
Psychoeducation
This map is simultaneously an assessment instrument and an intervention
Genogram
One of the first prominent women in the field who brought a warmth and enthusiasm for human potential
Virginia Satir
In these family therapies, therapists target emotional transactions and use warm, empathy, and themself as the therapist
Experiential Family Therapies
(Satir Growth Model & Whitiker's Symbolic-Experiential Therapy)
This is required in order to self-correct
In order to move towards congruent communication, a Satir Growth therapist would first identify this
Communication Stances
As a MRI or strategic therapist, your primary focus would be to ____ the interactional sequence
Interrupt
This pioneer realized a multigenerational process was at play in the symptoms of an individual in the present
Murray Bowen
This theory birthed the most influential training center in family therapy and is based on general systems and cybernetic systems theories and their key principles of homeostasis and self-correction
MRI Systemic Therapy
Any action that returns a system which has moved out of homeostasis, back to its original homeostasis.
Negative Feedback
Solution-based therapies rely heavily on these forms of questions
Miracle and solution-generating
The process of accepting difficult thoughts and emotions in order to transform them
Mindfulness
The co-creators of Strategic Family Therapy
Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes
This therapy shares many similarities with the MRI approach but relies heavily on directives
Strategic Therapy
A situation in which a person is confronted with two irreconcilable demands or a choice between two undesirable courses of action
Double-bind
This post-modern approach separates the person from the problem
Externalizing
CBFT Parent Training focuses on the use of this classic behavioral concept
Positive Reinforcement
The founder of Structural Family Therapy
Salvador Minuchin
This therapy uses a two-way dialogical process in which therapists and clients co-explore and co-create new and more useful understandings related to client and problems and agency
Collaborative Therapy
In these relationships, each party has a distinct role that balances the other
Complementary Relationships
When a dyad draws in a third person to stabilize the primary dyad when there is tension in it, it is important to use this technique
Detriangulation
This special form of enactment targets over- or underinvolvment to help families soften rigid boundaries or strengthen diffuse boundaries
Boundary Making
These two Texans created an important post-modern family therapy, known as Collaborative Therapy
Harlene Anderson & Harold Goolishian