Family Counseling Theories
Its interventions consist of re-writing the narrative and externalizing the problem.
What is narrative family counseling?
Different from ethical codes as they are passed by local, state, and federal government.
What are laws?
Assessment technique where counselor asks family member(s) to arrange others to reflect the family dynamics
What is family sculpting?
Term for the final phase of counseling where clients "graduate" and are done working with counselor
What is termination?
The person most associated with Gestalt therapy.
Who is Fritz Perls?
Term for cycles of behavior that become increasingly less functional and more disruptive
What are feedback loops?
Term that describes how counselors must be trained to practice in the areas for which they advertise and not practice outside those areas.
What is scope of practice?
Term for the family member that prompted family to seek counseling
What is identified patient?
The type of professional responsible for the origins of family counseling.
Who are psychiatrists?
Empathy, positive regard, and congruence (authenticity) are the core conditions of this approach.
What is person-centered theory?
Ecological systems theory consists of the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and this.
What is the chronosystem?
Term for mental health professionals being responsible for warning an intended victim of life-threatening harm
What is duty to warn?
A three-generation family tree complete with names, birth and death dates, and other notations.
What is a genogram?
Term for grown children who have been launched and then return home again to live with their parents.
The mental health professional you would refer a client to who is wanting medication
What is a psychiatrist?
The counselor most closely associated with Structural Family Counseling.
An example according to NC law: "Inflicting or allowing to be inflicted a non-accidental, serious physical injury"
What is (child) abuse?
The expectations, teachings, and influences passed down from generation to generation.
What is intergenerational transmission?
Term for a program that provides a certain number of free therapy sessions for an employee and their family members.
What is Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Term for a question that cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no"
What is an open-ended question?
A process marked by one’s ability to distinguish one’s own feeling and thoughts from those of family members and others
What is differentiation of self?
Step #3 involves reviewing relevant ethical guidelines
What is the ethical decision making model?
Examples include: family puppet shows, family build-a-house, and family aquarium
What is family play therapy (assessment)?
Term for a loss where the circumstances of the loss are making it difficult for a person to grieve
What is ambiguous loss?
A counseling approach known for focusing on themes of death, freedom, meaning, and isolation.
What is existential counseling?