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This is the term for feelings toward the family/family members that a therapist might have and act upon
What is countertransference?
100
This is a type of family therapy approach that focuses on case management, education and referral to resources
What is the family psychoeducation model?
100
Asking family members to position one another in a way that demonstrates their perception of the relationships in the family
Family sculpture
100
This is the term for shifting the hierarchical relationship between subsystems in structural family therapy
What is unbalancing?
200
According to Taibbi, we should practice so that we do this when we encounter anxiety
What is approach it?
200
This is the term for the invisible divisions between family members and family subsystems
What are boundaries?
200
This is a family structure that might involve problems with disruptive symbiosis
What is a pas de deux (two person) family?
200
This is a graphic depiction of family history and relationship dynamics that we might use to conceptualize a family
What is a genogram?
300
This is the term for dividing family members from one another, physically or metaphorically
What is boundary-making?
300
This is the term for helping the family to know that you are on their side and interested in helping them
What is joining?
300
In this type of family, we may want to look for difficulties with reassigning family roles
What is a family with a ghost?
300
This is the term for involvement of a third party in a couple to help release the stress and tension of the relationship
What is triangulation?
400
This is what Minuchin calls "getting the family to do its thing in front of you"
What is enactment?
400
This is the term for communication in families that sends messages which conflict with one another
What is double-bind communication?
400
This is a family therapy approach which notes that we learn behavior from experience and from watching others
What is social learning approach?
400
This is the term for the person who the family has decided is the source of the family discord and requires the treatment
Who is the identified patient?
500
This is the term for helping a family consider that the problem may be something other than what they think it is
What is challenging the symptom?
500
This is the term for sending a message about a message, both of which are sent at the same time
What is metacommunication?
500
This is a term that describes a situation in which functioning is less important to a family member than belonging to the group
What is enmeshment? (Also accept fusion)
500
This is the term Minuchin uses for deciding which family issues to pursue from the many that may be presenting
What is focusing?