Major family systems and couples therapy models and their core techniques for the practicing clinical counselor.
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- Who developed Bowen Family Systems Theory?
- Murray Bowen
- In Bowen theory, what is 'differentiation of self'?
- The ability to separate one's thoughts and feelings from emotional reactivity and from others' opinions
- In Bowen theory, what is a 'triangle'?
- A three person emotional system formed when two people draw in a third to reduce tension
- What diagramming tool does Bowen therapy use to map family relationships across generations?
- The genogram
- What Bowen concept describes how patterns of differentiation pass from parents to children across generations?
- Multigenerational transmission process
- What Bowen concept describes reducing anxiety by emotionally or physically distancing from one's family of origin?
- Emotional cutoff
- Who developed Structural Family Therapy?
- Salvador Minuchin
- In Structural Family Therapy, what term describes the rules governing contact between family members?
- Boundaries
- In Structural Family Therapy, what is an 'enmeshed' boundary style?
- Overly diffuse boundaries with too little separation between family members
- In Structural Family Therapy, what is a 'disengaged' boundary style?
- Overly rigid boundaries with too little contact between family members
- What Structural Family Therapy technique has the therapist accommodate to the family's style to build rapport?
- Joining
- What Structural Family Therapy technique has family members act out a conflict in session rather than just describe it?
- Enactment
- In Structural Family Therapy, what term refers to smaller units within a family, such as the spousal or sibling unit?
- Subsystems
- Who developed Strategic Family Therapy?
- Jay Haley
- In Strategic Family Therapy, what technique directs a family to continue or even exaggerate the problem behavior?
- Paradoxical intervention (prescribing the symptom)