Ideas (usually outside one's awareness) triggered by a particular event that lead to emotional reactions
What are Automatic Thoughts
200
A type of boundary that is overly restrictive in that little contact with outside systems is permitted.
What are rigid boundaries
200
Asking families for a hypothetical solution to their problems. "If you were to wake up tomorrow and a miracle occurred and you no longer had this problem, how would your life be different?"
What is the Miracle Question
200
A stage where the client ignoring evidence; Don't see need to change
What is Pre-contemplation Stage
200
Separates the client from the problem -- sometimes giving the problem a name
What is externalizing the problem
200
Misconceptions and wrong assumptions on the part of the client
What are cogntive distortions
300
An invisible set of functional demands, predictable sequences, and organized patterns by which family members associate with each other
What is family structure
300
Looking for the positive to the family's problem by asking "Tell me about the one time that you didn't argue and fight?"
What is an exception
300
A stage where the client is thinking about changing
What is the Contemplation Stage
300
A contradiction to the problem story that is an entry point to a new story
What is a unique outcome
300
A type of cogntive distortion by forming rigid beliefs based on a single event and then appying them to subsequent events
What is an overgeneralization
400
Smaller units of the system as a whole, usually composed of members in a family who because of age of function are logically grouped together, such as children or parent
What is a subsystem
400
Signature of solution focused therapy. Technique includes, "If you are a 5, how did you manage not to get to a 1?"
What is a scaling question
400
A stage wher the client is actively making changes in behaviour and thinking
What is the Action Stage
400
Writing client's these which serve as a reminder of the session and the new story
What are therapeutic letters
400
A type of cognitive distortion wher individuals relate events to themselves when there is no basis for this connection
What is Personalization
500
A type of alliance in which two family members turn their attention to a third member for relief or support when in conflict with each other
What is a triangle
500
A client who does not wish to participate in therapy, does not have a complaint, and does not wish to work on anything.
What is a visitor
500
The stage where the client is attempting to prevent relapse
What is the Maintenance State
500
This theory states the language creates reality. Important tenent of narrative theory
What is social constructionist theory
500
The process of replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts and beliefs