Main Elements
goal setting/enactment/circular questions/externalizing the problem/family sculpting
What is one form of family therapy?
family systems therapy/structural family therapy
Sally's parents fight often and they always make her pick a side. What is this an example of?
Triangulation
There can only be one "patient" in family therapy. T/F
False
When is Exam 3?
Friday 12/1!
How should family therapy affect family connections?
Strengthen them
What is one way family therapy is effective?
1. Increase medication adherence
2. Promotes addiction therapy adherence
3. Positive family dynamics
Tom spends his time at the library after school to avoid going home, he feels disconnected from people at home due to rigid boundaries, what is this an example of?
Disengaged
Family Therapy can reduce substance abuse. T/F?
True
What type of therapy did we go over last week?
Family therapy
In family therapy, family member with identified symptoms might be considered..?
"the identified patient"
What is one goal of family therapy?
3. Improve communication among family members
Susan confides in her daughter Jill about problems between Susan and Jill's father Tim. This is an example of?
In family therapy, the therapist must attend to each member of the family as an isolated member. T/F?
False
What are our names?
Laura, Kennedy, Sol & Ethan!
Family belief can have what effect on the family?
What are beliefs about particular family members, how the family should act, etc.?
The fourth concept in Family Therapy, Triangles, refers to this part of the emotional system.
What is 3-person emotional configurations?
James has been feeling extremely anxious during conversations with his parents and has seemingly stopped engaging with them entirely. This is an example of what?
What is "cutoff?"
The members of the family are the ones who decide when to meet and who speaks during a family therapy session.
What is false?
When people speak for each other or read each other's minds, what is it a case of?
What is enmeshment?