Destructive entitlement is the feeling of what I believe is "owed to me". It is the result of refusing to care about earning entitlement.
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Define multidirected partiality
Multidirected partiality is a therapeutic technique in which the therapist aligns with every member in a family.
100
In contextual therapy how do problems develop?
Problems develop when trustworthiness of relationships breaks down due to lack of fairness, caring, and accountability.
100
Who are some of the leading figures in Experiential family therapy?
Carl Whitaker, Virginia Satir, August Napier, David Keith, Leslie Greenberg, and Susan Johnson.
100
List and define the 5 family roles in Satir's models?
Blamer, Placater, Computer, Distractor, and Leveler
200
Define constructive entitlement
Constructive entitlement is earned entitlement. It is earned out of contenting caring for others. It promotes greater freedom in the relationship.
200
Define exoneration in contextual therapy
Exoneration is a process of lifting the load of culpability off the shoulders of a given person whom heretofore we may have blamed. Exoneration typically results from an adult reassessment of the failing parent's own past childhood victimization. It replaces a framework of blame with mature appreciation of a given person's past options, efforts, and limits.
200
How are functional families defined in contextual therapy?
Functional families are viewed as flexible, fair, and equitable.
200
What is the basis for techniques in all experiential therapies?
Interventions are spontaneous out of observations and intuitions regarding families in the therapeutic moment.
200
How do problems develop in symbolic experiential family therapy?
Problems developed through disorganized or rigid family boundaries, and symptoms are a function of family's dysfunctional structures.
300
What are the 4 dimensions of Contextual Therapy
1-Objective Facts
2-Individual Psychology
3-Systems of Transactional Patterns
4-The Ethic of Due Consideration: Merited Trust
300
Define split loyalty in contextual therapy.
Split loyalty occurs when a child is forced to choose one parent's (adult's) love at the cost of betraying the other parent(adult).
300
What is the goal of therapy in Contextual Therapy?
The goals of therapy is to (1) help families make changes in the way they think and behave in relationships by promoting trustworthy relatedness wit the aim of moving toward greater balance and growth, & (2) facilitate family members abilities to acknowledge each other's positive efforts.
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What is the philosophical assumption behind Experiential therapy?
Individual experiences and expression of feelings are necessary for the achievement of personal and family fulfillment.
300
What are the philosophical assumptions in Satir's model?
Humans have innate growth tendency and all behavior is oriented toward growth. The approach seeks to enhance the self-esteem of individuals in a family while concurrently affecting change in the interpersonal system.
400
Describe the idea of a ledger in contextual therapy
A ledger is the balance between accumulating merits and debts of the two sides of any relationship. The give and take can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
400
Define invisible loyalty in contextual therapy.
It is a "pathological" force that blocks commitment to a current relationship. It is a covert attempt to balance vertical relationships through overt interference with horizontal relationships.
400
What are the key to assessment in contextual family therapy?
(1) Focus on family resources, (2) Assessment is an ongoing process, (3) Consider Triangles, (4) Make observations on 4 dimensions.
400
What is the basis behind general techniques in Experiential therapies?
Interventions are spontaneously out of observations and intuition regarding families in the therapeutic moment.
400
What are the philosophical assumptions of Symbolic Experiential Family Therapy?
Oriented towards personal growth and family connectedness, depatholgize human experiences, pragmatic non theoretical approach, and real and symbolic factors occur in families.
500
Define loyalty in contextual therapy
Loyalty is a preferential attachment to relational partners who are entitled to a priority of "bonding". (1- the preferring one, 2-the preferred one, 3- the one who is not preferred)
500
Define legacy in contextual therapy.
A legacy links the inherited endowments of the current generation to its obligation to posterity.
500
How does change occur in contextual therapy?
Change occurs by: (1) restoring people's capacity to give through fair relating and trust, (2) having members acknowledge positive efforts and/or past injuries.
500
What are the goals of therapy for symbolic experiential family therapy?
Increase the symbolic inner worlds of families and balance between togetherness and autonomy