Way of Being
The amount of time specifically devoted to reaching for objectives just beyond one’s level of proficiency
What is deliberate practice?
An situation in which family members differ considerably in their alliance with the therapist
What is a split alliance?
40% of change in therapy is attributed to this factor
What are extratherapeutic factors?
(1) determining your baseline of effectiveness, (2) engaging in deliberate practice, and (3) getting feedback
What is the formula for success/becoming a supershrink?
True or False: Therapists can build alliances with all clients the same way
False, therapists need to adapt methods of engagement to the specific client
Stance that supports either-or view, and sees the therapeutic relationship as all there is
What is the extreme position of common factors?
This paradigm emphasizes the unique elements and mechanisms of change within each model.
What is model-driven change?
Factors like a therapist's age, gender, culture, a way of speaking and being
What is the person of the therapist/self of the therapist?
All treatments on average have the same level of effect; "everybody has won and all must have prizes"
What is the Dodo bird verdict?
This position values "both-and" in the debate on common factors versus specific factors.
What is the moderate position on common factors?
True or False: Clients who have experienced "tear and repair" had worse treatment gains than other clients
False, clients who have experienced "tear and repair" have greater treatment gains that other clients
Conceptualizing problems systemically as dysfunctional cycles, interrupting cycles, expanding the direct treatment system, capitalizing on the expanded therapeutic alliance
What are relational common factors?
A meta-model with way of being on the bottom, therapeutic alliance, and then skills and techniques at the top
What is the therapeutic pyramid?
Utilizing language and behavior that respect and are perceived as comforting within the client system and culture (i.e., expletives, speaking from a position of authority)
What are joining behaviors?
Factors with smallest percentage in Lambert's analysis of factors affecting treatment
What are placebo factors and therapeutic interventions?