المهنية والتعاطف المتقدم

Content describes who, what, when, where, and how; feelings represent a person's emotional state, experienced at varying intensities.

Statements like "I feel..." without expressing a specific emotion are considered empty feelings and are not helpful.

Identifying the feeling a client expresses without adding context.

Connecting a client's feeling to the situation or content that triggered it.

Understanding how a client interprets their situation and how it relates to their sense of self.

Blending multiple perspectives from family members to create a shared understanding.

The therapist takes all parties' perspectives, treating everyone equally important.

The therapist takes no side, which can sometimes make clients feel misunderstood.

Questions allowing for detailed, varied answers, encouraging the client to share information in their way.

Questions seeking specific, limited answers.

Structurally closed questions intended as open questions, helping explore a situation indirectly.

Questions focusing on how people react to each other, assessing interaction dynamics.

Questions that arise organically from the conversation, helping clarify and expand the discussion.

Establishing specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals, crucial for therapeutic success.

The end of the therapeutic process, aimed at helping clients manage future challenges and sustain their improvements.

A clearly defined action a client wants to achieve in therapy, focusing on specific improvements in self (like increased self-esteem) or family dynamics.

The family unit is a core place for shared experiences, both positive and challenging, that shape individual and relational growth.

Harmony between one's internal feelings and outward expressions, leading to personal well-being.

Unconscious ways individuals, particularly in families, respond to stress and emotions, potentially impacting dynamics.

A therapist who models authenticity and emotional expression in therapy while building trust and rapport.

A family therapy technique where family members physically portray their roles and dynamics to gain insight.

A goal-oriented, time-limited therapy approach that aims at quick problem resolution by focusing on observable behaviors.

A therapy model focusing on how family interactions maintain problems and emphasizing actions to change those patterns.

An approach emphasizing clients' strengths and resources to find solutions rather than focusing on problems.

Goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound, which are essential to track progress in therapy.

A concise overview of a therapy session that captures key points, feelings, and client understanding expressed.

Techniques that increase the energy and emotional engagement in a therapy session, often used to provoke reflection and change.

Strategies that help lower emotional intensity in therapy, often used when communication becomes too heated or argumentative.

A change that occurs on the surface level of a system, without fundamentally altering the underlying rules or patterns.

A change that fundamentally alters the underlying rules and patterns of a system, creating lasting transformation.

The process of organizing client concerns in order of importance determining which goals to address first during therapy

Used to acknowledge or push client's experience during therapy

Techniques to prevent escalation, reduce direct communication, and deflect blame.

Strategies to emphasize important communication points, enhance therapeutic silence, and use therapeutic interruptions.

Using voice to communicate nonverbally: Pitch, pacing, volume, humor, challenges.

Exploring relationships mutually, focusing on differences of perception & experience, using differences in degree or time.

Questions that encourage detailed answers from clients, allowing self-expression.

Structurally closed questions used to function as open-ended questions, exploring indirectly.

Unintentional self-revelation via nonverbal cues; potentially problematic if misread by therapist.

Family members acting out interactions; therapists can observe, intervene and support new behaviors.

A technique focusing on appreciation (stroke) and challenging concerning behaviors (kick).

Degree of highness/lowness of voice; communicates importance and emotional connection.

Ending of therapeutic relationship, can be client-, therapist-, or forced.

Focuses on strengths, solutions, and future, emphasizing client's capacity for change.

Clients' stories are examined, challenged, and rewritten to improve understanding of challenges and empower them to create alternative narratives.

Intentional absence of verbal communication; allows for introspection and processing for both parties.

Improvisational therapy leveraging any current session element to move therapy forward; employing metaphors and expanding ideas.

Focuses on interactions between individuals, and not on internal mental states.