Whitaker
Satir
Therapeutic Technique
Theoretical Formulations
General Questions
100
Whitaker grew up on a dairy farm in _____.
What is upstate New York.
100
Satir had a private practice in 1951 in this city.
What is Chicago
100
In this type of interview, the therapist has one of the family members make up a story using puppets.
What is a family puppet interview.
100
Experiential family therapy is founded on the premise that the root cause of family problems is ___________________.
What is emotional suppression.
100
A form of therapy that at first seemed out of line with the rest of family therapy because of it’s emphasis on here and now experiences, and individuals and their feelings.
What is experiential/humanistic method of therapy.
200
After medical school and residency, Whitaker became fascinated with ________.
What is the psychotic mind.
200
This gave Satir tremendous appeal to the public.
What is her genuineness.
200
Technique in which a chair is used to personify a member of the family that is not present.
What is empty chair technique.
200
Much of the theorizing that existential psychologists did was in reaction to ______________________.
What is Psychoanalysis and Behaviorism.
200
This psychologist focused on communication and emotional experiencing. Her personality was very genuine and nurturing which gave her respect to the public.
Who is Virginia Satir
300
To him there was no such thing as marriage, but rather two ______.
What are scapegoats.
300
Satir found troubled families to be emotionally what?
What is dead/cold.
300
Technique in which family members choose animals to represent all the members of the family and then tell a story about the animal protagonists.
What is animal attribution storytelling technique.
300
This refers to having grown up with a sense of being loved and also portraying the confidence that comes from having a dependable intimate relationship.
What is secure attachment.
300
These psychologists are more interested in enhancing family functioning rather than paying attention to a specific problem.
What are experiential therapists.
400
Whitaker got a ________ of each individual and their view of the family by asking each member of the family to describe the family and how it works.
What is a picture.
400
To Satir, families have patterns of inauthentic communication because they have this.
What is low-self esteem.
400
This therapy is founded on the belief that underneath people's emotionally reactive parts lays a healthy self at the core of the personality.
What is internal family systems therapy.
400
To bring about a positive change in families, the family members must get in touch with these.
What are their feelings, hopes, desires, fears and anxieties.
400
Therapy tends to activate therapists' own feelings toward certain types of family members.
What is countertransference.
500
Both Whitaker and Satir believe in the importance of this.
What is people being themselves.
500
What are the 4 specific ways in which families portray destructive and dishonest communication?
What are 1) blaming 2) placating 3) being irrelevant 4) being super reasonable.
500
When the therapist asks one member of a family to arrange the others in a tableau.
What is family sculpting.
500
Suppression of emotions causes these.
What are boredom, apathy and anxiety.
500
This character trait is encouraged through the exercise that places a parent to re-experience situations through their own eyes, their child's eyes and an observer's eyes.
What is empathy.
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