Ego Psychology/PCT
Negating an important aspect of reality that one may actually perceive
What is denial?
Worker as "coach
professional detachment
worker provides a calm atmosphere
What is the nature of the worker client relationship in FST?
concluding that all instances of a certain kind of situation or event will turn out a particular way because one of two situations did
What is overgeneralization?
“Suppose that Tonight, While You're Asleep, a Miracle Happens....”
What is the Miracle Question?
Perception or experience of an event as an intolerable difficulty
What is a crisis?
Worker empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard
What is the nature of the worker client relationship in PCT?
Salvador Minuchin
Virginia Satir
Who are major proponents of Structural Family Theory?
giving an undesirable consequence after an unwanted behavior to make it less appealing
What is positive punishment?
The personal narrative
Deconstruction
Reauthoring/Reconstruction
Celebrating/Connecting
What are major concepts of Narrative Therapy?
Event
Failed Coping
Positive or Negative Adjustment
What are universal crisis stages?
The Social Worker elicits the client's thought an feelings about an area of concern and helps the client to express and explore them
What is Exploration/Decription/Ventilation
Lower family system anxiety
ID and adjust the central symptoms triangles
put problems in the context of the multigenerational family system
promote differentiation
What are the goals of interventions in FST?
Cauterizing experiences as one of two extremes complete success or utter failure
The power of language in shaping one's reality and a de-emphasis on problem talk
What are major concepts of solution focused therapy
The process of adapting well in the face of adversity
What is resilience?
Attributing unacceptable thoughts and feelings to others
What is Projection?
Functional family structure and executive authority in the family unit
What is the focus of Structural Family Theory?
the process of an automatic, conditioned response that is paired with a specific stimulus.
What is classical conditioning?
the concept of creating distance from the problems experienced, enabling someone to observe issues objectively and from a non-judgmental perspective
What is externalization?
events/experiences that involve actual or threatened severe injury or death to oneself or to significant others (APA, 2000)
What is traumatic stress?
Each person's innate striving toward self actualization
What is the focus of PCT?
A graphic representation of a family tree that displays detailed data on relationships among individuals
What is a genogram?
Observable Behavior
Reinforcements
Punishments
Principals of Conditioning (modeling, classical, operant)
What is the focus of behavior theory?
Insoo Kim Berg, Steve De Shazer
Who are two of the founders of solution focused therapy?
Review initial goals
evaluate progress
reinforce new skills and strategkies
explore emotions around ending(s)
solicit feedback
anticipate challenges
plan ahead
What is the termination process?