Family Systems
Family members influence one another in a reciprocal pattern rather than a one-way cause-and-effect relationship.
What is circular causality?
Developed Family Systems Theory
Who is Murray Bowen?
A visual map of family relationships across multiple generations.
What is a genogram?
A counselor evaluates every family member instead of only the child because famili therapy views problems through this lens.
What is a systems lens?
According to the course text, this is the foundation of family life.
What is marriage?
A family's tendency to maintain stability and resist change.
What is homeostasis?
Developed Structural Family Therapy.
Who is Salvador Minuchin?
What is emotional cutoff
Alcohol misuse by one member most directly affects this.
What is the entire family system?
Family relationships reflect this relationship described throughout Scripture.
What is God's covenant relationship with His people?
A system's process of self-correction through feedback.
What is cybernetics?
Known for emphasizing communication, self-esteem, and family sculpting.
A genogram is used to identify patterns across how many generations?
What are three or more generations?
One ethical reason counselors may have to break confidentiality.
What is risk of harm or mandated reporting?
Name one characteristic of God's relationship that healthy families should reflect.
What is love, forgiveness, compassion, guidance, grace, discipline, or faithfulness?
The person identified as having the problem, although the entire family system is involved
Who is the identified patient?
This therapist focused on hierarchy, boundaries, and restructuring families.
Who is Salvador Minuchin?
A counselor notices that alcoholism appears in a grandfather, father, and son. A genogram would help identify this type of pattern.
Name one factor counselors should consider when working with culturally diverse families.
What are culture, spirituality, family values, gender roles, acculturation, or stigma?
According to the text, unity and uniqueness together reflect this.
Family therapists focus on this rather than blaming one individual.
What are family interaction patterns ( or the family system)?
This theorist introduced concepts such as differentiation and triangles.
Who is Murray Bowen?
A married couple repeatedly pulls their teenage daughter into arguments to reduce tension between themselves. If this pattern appears on a genogram, what family systems concept is most likely occuring?
What is triangulation?
After watching the Virginia Satir video, identify one intervention or communciation technique she demonstrated.
Examples include family sculpting, validating emotions, reframing, promoting congruent communication, or increasing self-esteem.
Describe one practical way counselors can ethically integrate faith into family therapy.
Examples include: Honoring clients' beliefs, using Scripture only with permission, incorporating prayer when appropriate, or exploring spiritual resources.