Beginnings
What is the term that best completes this sentence Theories offer therapists a roadmap for how to help clients get from the presenting problem to the _____
What is desired goals
Ideally, strategic therapy is conducted when which family member(s) is/are present?
What is all members
What is the focus/emphasis of strategic therapy?
What is insight and past events
According to Minuchin, families are constantly balancing the tension between __________ and ___________
What is belonging and autonomy
Name at least 4 of the 8 aspects of the self mandala
What is - physical, sensual, interactional, spiritual, contextual, intellectual, emotional, nutritional
Bowen’s most significant contribution to the field of Couples and Family Therapy is the construct of
What is differentiation of self
What theory proposed that _____________is a form of communication in which contradictory messages are given to a family member who is unable to protest or escape the situation?
What is double bind
Who developed Systems theory?
Who is: Ludwig von Bertalanffy
According to strategic theorists, relationships between people happen on what level of consciousness?
What is subconscious
According to Systems Family Therapy, healthy relational boundaries should be ___________
What is flexible
According to Satir, functional communication is
What is assertive
B F S T practitioners tend to think in terms of
What is circular causality
What is the term used by systems theorists to describe an interlocking chain of events, the causes of a given behavior or problem are irrelevant.
What is circular causality
What is the term used by systems theorists to describe the view of interaction that includes an interlocking chain of events, the causes of a given behavior or problem are irrelevant.
What is causal relationship
According to Jay Haley, hierarchies are only meant to be changed when necessary to change
What is systems
Minuchin contends that it is important, when working with really stressed families, to
What is recognize and acknowledge family strengths
According to Satir, family rules should be
What is doable and flexible
According to Bowen, the most important source of chronic anxiety is:
What is relationship disturbance
Couple and family therapy traditionally views problems as ______________people.
What is between
What is one theory that emerged during the “golden age of family therapy”?
What is ...
strategic, structural, experiential
What is the way a Strategic therapists may assess a family through?
What is observation
Chronic anxiety is an organism’s response to what type of threat?
What is imagined
One of the common criticisms of experiential family therapy is that it is more ________ than other C F T approaches.
What is individualistic
According to Bowen, the most basic unit of human interaction is the:
What is group
Name at least one researcher who was a member of the Mental Research Institute?
Who are:
Gregory Bateson, John Weakland, Jay Haley
Couple and family therapy traditionally views problems as ________________ and/or ____________people.
What are between and within
Feminist therapists have critiqued strategic theory because it locates problems people.
What is outside
Strategic therapists use paradoxical directives as a way of inducing change through
What is resistance
Strategic therapists may assess a family through:
What is observation
Strategic therapists do not utilize formal assessments because they believe diagnostic labels are:
What is problematic