Bowenian Multigenerational Therapy
Functional families operate with appropriate _________in order to maintain healthy relationships
What is boundaries
A family therapy developed by Salvador Minuchin which addresses problems in functioning within a family. The therapist "joins" the family system to map the relationships between family members and ultimately disrupt dysfunctional relationships within the family, causing it to stabilize into healthier patterns.
What is structural family therapy
The separation of intellect & emotional functioning, which results in being less reactive to family system dynamics & other member's emotional states.
What is Differentiation of Self
A practice devloped by Karl Tomm which entails interviewing clients, from the personal experiences of another family member/person. That client is addressed as another person in their life in order to develop enpathy of the others peson.
What is internalized other interviewing.
This model of family therapy ask family members to do the opposite of their goals for treatment, often referred to as a paradoxical intervention or prescribing the symptom.
What is strategic family therapy
The tendency within a system to seek and maintain balance by maintaining the current situation and resisting change.
What is homeostasis
This model of family therapy uses scaling questions as a key intervention.
What is solution focused therapy
A concept that describes a process by which two people will recruit a third person into the system to mediate the level of conflict or tension between them.
What is a triangle
A condition in which two or more people, typically family members, are involved in each other’s activities and personal relationships to an excessive degree, thus limiting or precluding healthy interaction and compromising individual autonomy and identity.
What is enmeshment
This model of family therapy externalizes the problem.
What is narrative therapy
Emotional and/or Physical distancing from family relationships or a denial of their importance in order to avoid the pain of unresolved emotional conflicts, anxiety, and lack of differentiation.
What is Emotional Cut-off
An assessment tool that diagnoses interpersonal patterns, not individuals.
What is the IPscope
This solution focused intervention asks families to imagine and discuss a possible world where problems are removed and issues addressed. The question may take various forms, such as asking the family, “Assume your problem has been solved."
What is the Miracle Question