ASSESSMENTS
Used with individuals 18 and older this test measures the nature and extent of conflict within a marriage. The test is generally used in the beginning of marital therapy as a way to guide treatment.
Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI)
These parts may express themselves through abusing alcohol or drugs, self-harm, withdrawal and isolation, dissociation, or rage and violence:
Firefighters
A facilitator (helper) who sets the stage and believes the client is able to do what is necessary for growth and change, self-actualization.
THE ROLE OF THE THERAPIST
This happens at the beginning of treatment in order to allow the family to break old patterns. This separates the therapist from the family and encourages the family to eventually take their own initiative.
Battle for Structure
Change occurs by identifying individual and family relational patterns that allow personal growth, family connectedness, and create more effective ways of interacting with one another.
SYMBOLIC EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY
This test helps to predict a couple’s readiness for marriage by helping couples understand each others families of origin, assess for differences in outlook, and address areas that need attention.
Premarital Personal and Relational Evaluation (PREPARE)
They are the parts we bury deep down inside because they are too painful to acknowledge.
EXILES
This is when the therapist accurately senses the feelings and personal meanings the client is experiencing and is able to communicate this understanding to the client.
EMPATHY
This is occurring when the therapist willingness to both receive the family's reaction to him or her as well as disclose his or her own reaction toward the family happy.
Existential Encounter
Change occurs by creating conditions for the client to grow through the therapeutic relationship with the presence of three essential components: congruence/genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathy.
CLIENT/PERSON CENTERED THERAPY
An observational study completed at a psychiatric hospital that identifies family competence and family style.
Beavers-Timberlawn Model
The key part of each individual which governs the rest of our parts.
THE SELF
This is the therapist’s genuineness with client, shares his/her feelings honestly, does not hide behind professional facade—therapist is transparent with feelings, thoughts, and beliefs:
CONGRUENCE
At what phase of therapy is there an increase in involvement between the family and the therapist. Symptoms are viewed as the families efforts towards growth.
MIDDLE PHASE OF TREATMENT
Aims to change behavioral, emotional, and thinking patterns associated with dysfunction by teaching mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and self-management.
DIALETICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT)
This test assesses the degree to which family members are connected or separated from one another as well as the extent to which the family system is flexible and able to change.
Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales (FACES)
These ways in which we deal with our stress and strive maintain a sense of comfort, contentedness, avoid conflict or situation that could potentially harm our exiled self.
MANAGERS
Through the therapeutic relationship, client is able to take control of their lives rather than follow the direction of others who were previously in control.
LOCUS OF CONTROL
Assist family in redefining symptoms as an effort for growth/change, activate conflict/stress within the system in order to facilitate change and assist the family in moving out of the conflict, and support spontaneity, creativity, and a willingness to be “crazy.”
Interventions of Symbolic Experiential Therapy
Change occurs when couples are able to understand one another's feelings and childhood wounds more empathically. As a result couples are able to move towards a more conscious relationship that is based on a loving connection.
IMAGO
A 32-item questionnaire that measures an individual’s perceptions of his/her relationship with an intimate partner.
Dyadic Adjustment Scale
Assist the process, so the Self can emerge and take the lead from the parts.
THE ROLE OF THE THERAPIST
Complete acceptance of the client, a nonjudgmental respect of client and his/her feelings allows clients to feel less anxious about their perceived weaknesses and taking risks.
Unconditional Positive Regard
Minimal family interventions are used here as the family becomes more able to handle their problems in a spontaneous and effective manner.
LATE PHASE OF TREATMENT
Change occurs by remodeling the family’s organization.
STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY