This is a story of an underdog who wasn't such an underdog
What is David and Goliath?
100
This characteristic of our brain allows us to automatically connect with other people's feelings
What are mirror neurons?
100
These are the four Ps.
What are Predisposing, Precipitating, Protective and Perpetuating Factors?
100
This is a way of understanding how much stress a person can tolerate before protective factors kick in
What is the window of tolerance?
100
After mapping out potential strategies under each P, this is the next step
What is discussing these options with the family, and negotiating what to offer in a treatment plan
200
These reveal meaning and at the same time conceal meaning
What is a story?
200
This is inevitable in a therapeutic alliance, given the stress of making change
What is impasse?
200
These are examples of what might be predisposing factors
What are trauma, developmental issues, medical issues, history of treatment, family history?
200
In a trauma-informed therapeutic alliance, we must always monitor these three elements
What are client feelings of safety and control, and their window of tolerance?
200
This is the most useful kind of feedback we can get during implementation
What is negative feedback?
300
The brain likes to automatically fit new information into one of these
What is a familiar pattern
300
These are the six levels of validation that can be helpful in strengthening a therapeutic alliance
What are listening, reflecting, guessing, historical logic, normalizing, and radical genuineness?
300
This tool can be useful to map the inner space and elaborate on precipitating factors
What is chain analysis?
300
These are the three parts of the brain and their functions
What are brainstem, limbic, and neocortex?
300
These are two reasons why soliciting and accepting negative feedback are so important
What is demonstrating to the client that they are safe to share their true thoughts and feelings, and giving us an opportunity to adapt our practice if what we are doing isn't working?
400
This is the largest single factor that determines treatment outcome
What is client factors outside of therapy?
400
These are the four components of the therapeutic alliance
What are emotional bond, cognitive frame, and consensus on goals and tasks?
400
These are the four frameworks in children's services that our formulation integrates through the Four Ps.
What are Behavioral, Trauma-informed, Resilience or Strength-based, and Systemic paradigms?
400
This is a scientific term that, unlike the genome, allows for expansion and rewiring of the brain's neuronic circuitry, and expands one's sense of oneself
What is connectome?
400
These are the types of feedback we are looking for
What is feedback on engagement, feedback on our interventions, feedback on outcomes, and feedback on our understanding? (F/E, F/I, F/O, F/UN)
500
These are the four categories of factors that determine treatment outcomes, according to common factors research
What are therapeutic alliance, expectancy, technique, and client extratherapeutic factors?
500
These are the two characteristic manners in which clients resist a therapeutic alliance
What are rigidity and chaos?
500
This is the difference between the two types of protective factors
What are protective factors that defend and protect us against pain and vulnerability, and protective factors that facilitate our adaptation to changing circumstances and demands?
500
This concept helps us to make a more useful sense of oppositional or defiant behavior
What is double consciousness?
500
There are the three major reasons why we use the term 'offering' rather than 'intervention'
What are the fact that our service is voluntary, greater respect for families as true partners, and to relieve some of the pressure of the practitioner to "fix" things.