Family Systems
Best Practices
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Brene Brown
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100

One of the first developers of family systems theory.  Created a framework that consists of 8 components that include: triangles, birth order.

Who is Bowen?

100

This term refers to how a clinician address multiple issues with a client.

What is integrated or co-occurring treatment?

100

Healthy outcomes (and lives) are directly related to people’s connections to helpful, supportive systems, across a lifetime.

What is the First Practice Principal?

100

According to BB, these 3 elements are needed for a client to feel hope.

What is ability to create GOALS, have AGENCY, and PATHWAYS to meet their goals.

100

This pair of terms is used to identify areas of concern when gathering client data.

What is Issues and Strengths?

200
Includes terms such as The Hero, The Enabler, The Sick One.

What are family survival roles?

200

This term is the most effective treatment modality for the most populations.

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

200

These 3 elements operate under the heading of "First Practice Principal."

What are: Client Engagement, Fostering Hope, and Social Support = Resiliency?

200

These 4 things are necessary for empathy.

What are: perspective-taking, staying out of judgment, identifying the feeling the other person is feeling, and sharing that feeling.


200

___________ are not used to diagnose, but rather to identify whether or not something might be an issue of concern.

What are Screenings?

300

This tool is used to draw a "family map".  It is best to use it on the first visit.

What is a genogram?

300

These groups involve high levels of social supports, "meetings" and lots of bad coffee.

What are AA/12-Step Groups?

300

This principal states "Motivation Matters".

What is Principal D of the First Practice Principals?

300

This is Brene Brown's Enneagram Type.

What is Type 1?

300

These substance stimulate the CNS, increase extra-sensory experiences, and -- as a side effect -- can impair the body's ability to regulate temperature.

What are psychadelics?

400

This terms refers to the person who is blamed for all of the family's problems.

What is "scapegoat"?

400

This term describes how you approach a client "where they're at."

What is Stages of Change?

400

____________ is important to "check at the door" when working with clients.

What is Professional Privilege?

400

True or False: Brene Brown is a recovering alcoholic?

What is True?

400

In order to do good clinical work, we have to get our clients to first do these two things.

What are "like us" and "trust us?"

500

This is a term for how families maintain stability despite having chronic stress.

What is homeostasis?

500

This term refers to what approaches a clinician uses when engaging clients; it depends on where the client is at.

What is "Stages of Treatment?"

500

This principal states "Clients are People, Too!"

What is Principal A?
500

Shame, a subject that Brene Brown studies, is strongly linked to alcohol and other drug abuse?

What is true?

500

This term, and part of the complete assessment process, includes assessing a client's affect, behavior, cognitions, sleep, appetite, etc.

What is the Mental Status Exam?

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