Evolution of Family Therapy
Leading Figures
Traditional Theories
Post-Modern Theories
Concepts & Interventions
100

The evolution of FT began when clinicians were studying ____

Schizophrenia (patients & their families) 

100

This clinician originated the Miracle Question

Insoo Berg (Narrative)

100

According to Bowen, human relationships are driven by two counter-balancing life forces ____ & ____

Individuality & Togetherness

100

The cybernetic approach focused on self-defeating patterns of behaviors; the Narrative approach focuses on self-defeating ____

Cognitions

100

The cornerstone of the theory & goal of therapy in Bowenian Family Therapy 

Differentiation of Self

200

(T/F): In the 1950's therapists noticed that schizophrenic patients who improved in the hospital setting would continue to improve when they returned home

False 

200

Name the three main groups of pioneers of Strategic Therapy

MRI Group 

Haley & Madanes 

Milan Systemic 

200

This model of therapy was the leading approach in the 1970's 

Structural Family Therapy

200

This model believes change occurs from the expression of new emotional experiences that transforms interactional processes as it pertains to attachment needs and emotions 

Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy 

200

In this type of intervention the therapist tells the client to do more of the presenting issue, hoping they will rebel against the directive 

Prescribing the symptom (will also accept paradox) 

300

In 1951, Gregory Bateson (Palo Alto) led the Schizophrenia Project and studied the nature of ___

Communication 

300

This therapist pioneered the use of working with a co-therapist 

Carl Whitaker (Experiential)

300

Bowen theorized that the greater the level of fusion between parent and child, the greater the likelihood of ____

Emotional Cut-Off

300

Who are the two leading figures of Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy? 

Greenberg & Johnson
300

The centerpiece of Strategic Therapy 

Positive Feedback Loop 

400

Term used to describe domineering, aggressive, rejecting women who were thought to provide the pathological parenting that produced schizophrenia 

Schizophrenogenic Mother

400

This person is considered the first family therapist 

John Bell

400

This approach believes that problems are maintained by dysfunctional family organization and failure to make adjustments to changing circumstances

Structural Family Therapy 

400

The two most powerful factors of Narrative Therapy

Narrative metaphor itself & Externalizing problems 
400

Minuchin would say that ___ is reinforced by expectations and family rules and only becomes evident when observed in action 

Structure 

500

Bateson identified two levels of communication ___ & ___

Report & Command

500

This pioneer from the post-modern era rejected systems thinking, cybernetics, and other traditional models but liked Bateson's notion of "how people construe the world"

Michael White (Narrative)
500

"There are no techniques, only people" is a stance used by what theoretical model?

Experiential 

500

Solution-Focused Therapy is influenced by which traditional approach?

Strategic Therapy (MRI Group)

500

Genograms, I-positions, displacement stories, and  process questions are interventions used by which theoretical model?

Bowen 

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