FFT (General)
A weekly appointment with other members of your family to check-in and discuss content from last week's FFT group.
What is a family meeting?
These are the events in our lives that contribute to stress.
What are sources of stress?
This is something we do to help our family members and it can be offered in many different ways.
What is support?
This skill shows others that we are paying attention.
What is active listening?
This is the first step of solving a problem.
What is identifying and agreeing on the problem?
This is something we do at the start of each family therapy session to get to know each other better.
What is an ice breaker?
This is one way in which we can communicate about our level of stress to other family members (hint: it gives others' a sense of our "temperature").
What is a stress thermometer?
This is what we believe might be helpful when we offer someone support
What is Intention ?
The first step in making a positive request.
What is 'look at the person' ?
This is the process of brainstorming when using problem solving.
What is suggesting as many possible solutions (step 2)?
This is what families hope to get out of family treatment and something that is established at the first session.
What is a treatment goal?
These are the feelings, behaviors, or activities that make us feel better when we are stressed.
What are coping strategies?
This is our response when someone else offers us support.
What is Impact?
This is the final (third) step of expressing positive feelings skill.
What is 'tell him/her how you felt when they did that'?
This is the final step of problem solving.
What is 'checking out to see if it works' ?
What is in-between session practice?
These are positive events that improve our mood.
What are pleasant events?
This is a tool for communicating to other family members whether we want to continue a discussions, pause, or stop discussing a topic.
What is the traffic light approach?
This skill helps with reducing any confusion or misunderstanding when we communicate to others.
What is communication clarity?
This steps helps to figure out what solution to choose from those generated during the brainstorming process.
What is 'pros and cons' ?
These are the specific tools we learn each week in FFT group.
What are skills?
This is something that helps us with stress when we do it with others.
What is a family coping strategy?
This is how we make sure that each family member is supported in a way that feels helpful to them.
What is "tailoring the support to the unique needs of the family member".
This skill is used with a serious tone and be used to discuss a difficult topic.
What is "expressing negative feelings about specific behaviors"
This should be done if the initial problem seems to be too large or difficult to address.
What is "break down the problem into smaller parts/components"