Family Forms
A married man and women and their biological children
Nuclear Family
Three of these exist, they apply limits and rules, name and define all three.
What are boundaries:
Clear-
Diffuse-
Rigid-
To prevent a small child from pulling towels off a shelf in the store while shopping the parent brought a handheld game for the child to play with. Which family therapy approach was used?
What is Cognitive-behavioral family therapy.
Attempting to prevent a situation by providing a distraction is way to change the behaviors of a child while shopping in a store.
This family contains one biological/adoptive parent and one partner.
What is a cohabitating family
Negative interactions and communications are divisive and disruptive and lead to:
1. Dysfunction and alienation
2. Growth and cohesion
3. Communication and interaction
4. Rivalry and mistrust
What is dysfunction and alienation
One adult who is raising one or more children
Single Parent Family
Family Functions (can be one of two, name both and provide examples)
Functional
Dysfunctional
Even though the parent works two jobs to provide for food and shelter, they felt betrayed after the child indicated there was not enough money for new clothes.
What is contextual therapy
A parent who is working multiple jobs to provide for a child may feel question the loyalty of the child when questioned regarding affording new clothes.
Factors that shape family members:
What are roles, position, communications patterns, relationships
What are the two basic aspects of family functions?
1. Alliances and coalitions
2. Instrumental and expressive
3. Predictable and unpredictable events
4. Physical and psychological
What are instrumental and expressive
Instrumental include aspects of daily living, while expressive include communication and emotional aspects
Blended Family aka Step Family
Genograms include:
What are:
Three generations
Occupation
Geographic location
Level of education
Providing children the opportunity to role-play in a family scenario, would be an example of which type of therapy?
What is Experiential-existential.
Through role-playing children have the opportunity to express dysfunctional situations.
The ability of meeting the needs of family members most of the time can be qualified as_
What is functional family
Family actions to manage stressors that tax family resources are called.
1. Cohesion
2. Functioning
3. Disorganization
4. Coping
What is coping
Family management of stressors that tax the family resources are coping mechanisms using discussion, coordination and involvement of family members.
married couples who are non-parents
What is perform a self-assessment
The teen age child often came home from school and made dinner for their siblings while the stay at home parent slept off a hangover is an example of which therapy?
What is structural.
In Structural therapy the focus is on restoring hierarchy. A teen should not be coming home to take on the responsibilities of a parent that is incapacitated.
Both of these are considered forms of communication.
What are verbal and nonverbal
In a functioning family these are provided daily:
What are communication, socialization and emotional support.
Extended Family
This form of conflict is created when a person's facial expressions contradicts their words.
What is a double bind
A teenager continuously misses school to hang out with friends at the beach. After a behavioral intervention did not work, which form of family therapy would be best in this situation?
What is strategic family therapy.
The teenager has proven they are resistant to change, there is a possibility that the family hierarchy needs to be reestablished.
When at the point of planning, which concept is key?
What is safety
Influences from the past continue to the current family environment. This is an example of which model of family therapy:
What is family of origin