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What is the main focus when making on-the-spot interventions?
What is the main focus when making on-the-spot interventions?
- Teaching them how to escalate competitive interactions
- Giving general and evaluative feedback
- Focusing on process rather than content (correct)
- Focusing on content rather than process
How should family members be coached to express their feelings?
How should family members be coached to express their feelings?
- By blaming others for the situation
- By denying their emotions
- By owning their feelings (correct)
- Through anger and hostility
What type of feedback should be given during interventions?
What type of feedback should be given during interventions?
- Descriptive and neutral (correct)
- Praise-focused
- General and evaluative
- Critical and harsh
What method can be used to teach family members to disengage from conflict?
What method can be used to teach family members to disengage from conflict?
How should complaints be translated when coaching family members?
How should complaints be translated when coaching family members?
Why is it important to clarify positive intentions when communicating with family members?
Why is it important to clarify positive intentions when communicating with family members?
What is the main purpose of contracting in the helping process?
What is the main purpose of contracting in the helping process?
Why is it important for contracts to be specific and clearly articulated?
Why is it important for contracts to be specific and clearly articulated?
What is one risk associated with clients not understanding their contracts?
What is one risk associated with clients not understanding their contracts?
How do formal and informal contracts differ in terms of documentation?
How do formal and informal contracts differ in terms of documentation?
Which statement best describes the role of safety plans within the context of contracting?
Which statement best describes the role of safety plans within the context of contracting?
Why is clarifying rewards and benefits an important aspect of contracting?
Why is clarifying rewards and benefits an important aspect of contracting?
What is a vital aspect of modifying dysfunctional communications according to the text?
What is a vital aspect of modifying dysfunctional communications according to the text?
Which strategy involves analyzing communication patterns and effects on relationships?
Which strategy involves analyzing communication patterns and effects on relationships?
What is the primary focus of Metacommunication as described in the text?
What is the primary focus of Metacommunication as described in the text?
Which strategy aims at helping clients learn to communicate in a more productive manner?
Which strategy aims at helping clients learn to communicate in a more productive manner?
Which intervention focuses on maintaining the equilibrium of the family system?
Which intervention focuses on maintaining the equilibrium of the family system?
What does modifying family rules primarily serve as according to the text?
What does modifying family rules primarily serve as according to the text?
What does homeostasis refer to in the context of family systems?
What does homeostasis refer to in the context of family systems?
In family therapy, why is it important for therapists to understand feedback loops?
In family therapy, why is it important for therapists to understand feedback loops?
What do boundaries represent in family systems?
What do boundaries represent in family systems?
Why is the concept of 'closed/open systems' important in understanding family dynamics?
Why is the concept of 'closed/open systems' important in understanding family dynamics?
What does family therapy largely work with?
What does family therapy largely work with?
What characteristic do feedback loops possess in terms of communication among family members?
What characteristic do feedback loops possess in terms of communication among family members?
What is the focus of Cognitive-behavioral family therapy by Meichenbaum?
What is the focus of Cognitive-behavioral family therapy by Meichenbaum?
What is the primary goal of Psychoanalytic Family Therapy by Nichols & Schwartz?
What is the primary goal of Psychoanalytic Family Therapy by Nichols & Schwartz?
According to Structural family therapy by Salvador Minuchin, what is 'family structure'?
According to Structural family therapy by Salvador Minuchin, what is 'family structure'?
What are considered challenging relational dynamics in cross-racial and cross-cultural relationships?
What are considered challenging relational dynamics in cross-racial and cross-cultural relationships?
In the context of managing barriers to change, what do facilitative conditions aim to promote?
In the context of managing barriers to change, what do facilitative conditions aim to promote?
Which relational dynamic plays a crucial role in promoting the development of positive helping relationships?
Which relational dynamic plays a crucial role in promoting the development of positive helping relationships?
Study Notes
Monitoring Progress and Evaluation
- Contracting is the final discrete activity of Phase I of the helping process
- Identifies the work to be accomplished by the change-oriented strategies by which goals will be attained
- Ensures mutual accountability
- Documented in the case record
Types of Contracts
- Formal and Informal Contracts: Written contracts provide a tangible reference to the commitments between themselves and their clients
- Safety plans: space for entering the particular concerns or problems of a client situation and listing the expected intervention outcomes
Problems in Interactions
- Repetitive arguments
- Struggles over power and authority
- Developmental conflicts associated with dependence to independence, or interdependence
- Dissension in making decisions
- Friction associated with discrepant role perceptions and fulfillment
- Other forms of faulty communication
- Interpersonal conflict
Modifying Interactions
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- Metacommunication: to discuss their communication patterns, analyze their behaviors and emotional reactions, and consider the effects of the interaction on their relationship
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- Modifying Family Rules: modifying rules that maintain the family system's equilibrium
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- On-the-Spot Interventions: focus on process rather than content
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- Assisting Families to Disengage from Conflict: teaching family members to evaluate their behavior and its effects on others
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- Modifying Complementary Interactions: using genograms to portray historical and current family relationships
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- Negotiating Agreements for Reciprocal Changes
Family Counselling and Therapy
- Family therapy works with systems, focusing on the individual issues that are part of the larger system (the family)
- Importance of understanding homeostasis, feedback loops, boundaries, closed/open systems, subsystems, roles, and rules
- Cognitive-behavioral family therapy: modification of thoughts and actions
- Psychoanalytic Family Therapy: freeing family members from unconscious restrictions
- Structural family therapy: focusing on family structures and their effects on family dynamics
Managing Barriers to Change
- Relational dynamics that occur in the interactions between clients and practitioners
- Behaviors on the part of practitioners that can be challenging in cross-racial and cross-cultural relationships
- Importance of facilitative conditions in promoting positive helping relationships
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Test your knowledge on guiding family members in conflict resolution with strategies like focusing on process, compromising, and giving descriptive feedback. Learn how to facilitate effective communication and coach family members to own their feelings.
