Family Therapy

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What is family therapy primarily focused on?

Psychoanalysis of family dynamics

Individual counseling

Group therapy for unrelated individuals

Nurturing change and development in families and couples (correct)

What is a common belief among different schools of family therapy?

Involving families in solutions often benefits clients (correct)

Family problems should only be addressed through individual therapy

Families should not be involved in therapy sessions

Family problems are always caused by individual issues

How is the concept of 'family' commonly defined in modern family therapy?

Narrowly, including only parents and children

Including only married couples

In terms of strongly supportive, long-term roles and relationships (correct)

Exclusively based on blood relations

What is a key skill of a family therapist according to the text?

Influencing conversations to catalyze strengths, wisdom, and support of the wider system Signup and view all the answers

What is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships?

Family therapy Signup and view all the answers

How is change primarily viewed in family therapy?

In terms of the systems of interaction between family members Signup and view all the answers

What is commonly accomplished to involve families in family therapy?

Direct participation in the therapy session Signup and view all the answers

In the field's early years, how was the family typically defined?

Narrowly, usually including only parents and children Signup and view all the answers

What have the conceptual frameworks developed by family therapists been applied to, according to the text?

A wide range of human behavior, including organizational dynamics Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of couple and family therapy?

Nurturing change and development in couples and families Signup and view all the answers

Who introduced ideas from cybernetics and general systems theory into social psychology and psychotherapy?

Gregory Bateson and colleagues Signup and view all the answers

Which approach emphasized subjective experience, authentic communication, spontaneity, and total therapist engagement?

Experiential approaches by Virginia Satir and Carl Whitaker Signup and view all the answers

Who were the early founders of family therapy with backgrounds in psychoanalysis and social psychiatry?

Members of the Bateson Project Signup and view all the answers

Which movement received a boost in the early 1950s through the work of anthropologist Gregory Bateson and colleagues?

Family therapy Signup and view all the answers

Which school of family therapy emphasized the intergenerational transmission of health and dysfunction in families?

Intergenerational therapies by Murray Bowen Signup and view all the answers

Which approach continued to develop through various groups that focused on individual psychology and the unconscious in the context of current relationships?

Psychodynamic family therapy Signup and view all the answers

By the mid-1960s, which distinct schools of family therapy had emerged?

MRI Brief Therapy, strategic therapy, structural family therapy, and the Milan systems model Signup and view all the answers

Which movement had a particular interest in the possible psychosocial causes and treatment of schizophrenia within the family system?

Members of the Bateson Project Signup and view all the answers

Where can the origins of professional family therapy in Western cultures be traced back to?

19th century social work movements in the United Kingdom and the United States Signup and view all the answers

What did the formal development of family therapy date back to?

The 1940s and early 1950s Signup and view all the answers

Which approach emerged as a pragmatic alternative form of intervention, especially as an adjunct to the treatment of serious mental disorders with a significant biological basis?

Multiple-family group therapy Signup and view all the answers

In the late-1960s and early-1970s, which therapy emerged and bore some resemblance to traditional practices such as Ho'oponopono?

Network therapy Signup and view all the answers

Which therapy was renamed as behavioral couples therapy in the 1990s?

Behavioral marital therapy Signup and view all the answers

What was reflected in and influenced by lively debates within the field and critiques from various sources, including feminism and post-modernism?

Trends of rapprochement, integration, and eclecticism Signup and view all the answers

Which approach reflects the cultural and political tenor of the times and foreshadowed the emergence of various 'post-systems' constructivist and social constructionist approaches?

Critiques from feminism and post-modernism Signup and view all the answers

In the mid-1980s to the present, the field has been marked by a diversity of approaches that partly reflect the original schools, but also draw on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere. Which approach is NOT mentioned in the text?

Existential therapy Signup and view all the answers

What was reflected in the field about the debate of whether the systemic-constructivist and medical-biological paradigms were necessarily antithetical to each other?

Growing willingness and tendency on the part of family therapists to work in multi-modal clinical partnerships Signup and view all the answers

What approach did Dr. Karl Tomm develop as part of the Bring forthism approach?

IPscope model and Interventive interviewing Signup and view all the answers

Which therapy is NOT mentioned as an approach that emerged from the mid-1980s to the present?

Existential therapy Signup and view all the answers

What approach partly reflects the original schools, but also draws on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere?

Multisystemic therapy Signup and view all the answers

According to Salvador Minuchin, where does pathology rest in the context of family therapy?

In the family system Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of structural family therapy (SFT)?

Understanding invisible rules in family functioning Signup and view all the answers

What is an essential trait of Structural Family Therapy (SFT)?

The therapist 'joins' with the family system as a catalyst for positive change Signup and view all the answers

What does Salvador Minuchin subscribe to in his approach to family therapy?

Systems and communication theory Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of a structural family therapist early on in the therapeutic relationship with the family?

To join with the family system Signup and view all the answers

What does structural family therapy (SFT) strive to understand in the family system?

Invisible rules governing functioning Signup and view all the answers

What is a key focus of structural family therapy (SFT)?

The structure of the family and its substructures Signup and view all the answers

What does Salvador Minuchin consider as critical to his notion of change in family therapy?

Wholeness and equifinality Signup and view all the answers

What does structural family therapy (SFT) utilize to depict key family parameters?

A special systems terminology Signup and view all the answers

What does the structural family therapist strive to disrupt within the family?

Dysfunctional relationships Signup and view all the answers

According to Minuchin, what are family subsystem boundaries characterized by?

Enmeshment, semi-diffuse permeability, and rigidity Signup and view all the answers

In healthy families, how are parent-children boundaries typically described?

Clear and semi-diffuse Signup and view all the answers

What has structural family therapy been criticized for focusing more on?

Issues of power between different generations Signup and view all the answers

What has been the criticism from feminist family therapy critics regarding concepts like 'enmeshment'?

Reflecting prototypically male standards of self and relationships Signup and view all the answers

What has empirical research in the critical feminist tradition found about young women with a strong sense of family cohesion?

They have the highest so Signup and view all the answers

What has structural family therapy been criticized for ignoring?

Interaction of other factors such as extended family and social institutions Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of criticisms towards structural family therapy?

Issues of power between different generations Signup and view all the answers

What has feminist family therapy critics argued about the labeling of women's preferred interactional styles?

As pathological or dysfunctional Signup and view all the answers

What is the criticism regarding the interaction involved in structural family therapy?

Only involving members of a nuclear family Signup and view all the answers

What has structural family therapy been criticized for neglecting?

The interaction of other factors such as extended family, social institutions, and neighbors Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of structural family therapy?

To promote restructuring of the family system along healthier lines Signup and view all the answers

What is a key intervention in structural family therapy?

Family mapping Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the family structure model?

Organization and subsystems Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary assumption of structural family therapy?

To identify family structure and subsystems formed through authority and boundaries Signup and view all the answers

What is the source for goal development and treatment options in structural family therapy?

Theory-based treatment plans Signup and view all the answers

What do both structural family therapy and family structure models emphasize?

Diversity and theory as a major component Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of the structural family therapy model?

To prevent repeating sequences and alter dysfunctional family dynamics for growth and encouragement Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of structural family therapy?

Identifying family interactions and the organization of the family setting Signup and view all the answers

What do theory-based treatment plans help in identifying?

The presenting problem and social influences Signup and view all the answers

What is the main emphasis of interventions in structural therapy?

Identifying family rules, patterns, and structure Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of family therapy?

Change and development in families and couples Signup and view all the answers

What is a key belief shared by different schools of family therapy?

Involving families in solutions often benefits clients Signup and view all the answers

How is the concept of 'family' commonly defined in modern family therapy?

Strongly supportive, long-term roles and relationships between people, related or not Signup and view all the answers

What have the conceptual frameworks developed by family therapists been applied to?

Organizational dynamics and the study of greatness Signup and view all the answers

What is a key skill of the family therapist according to the text?

Influence conversations to catalyze the strengths, wisdom, and support of the wider system Signup and view all the answers

What is the criticism from feminist family therapy critics regarding concepts like 'enmeshment'?

It does not consider individual autonomy Signup and view all the answers

What approach partly reflects the original schools, but also draws on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere?

Family systems therapy Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of structural family therapy?

To disrupt dysfunctional patterns within the family system Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the family structure model?

To understand the organization and hierarchy within the family Signup and view all the answers

What is the source for goal development and treatment options in structural family therapy?

Collaboration between the therapist and the family Signup and view all the answers

Which approach emphasizes subjective experience, authentic communication, spontaneity, and total therapist engagement?

Narrative therapy Signup and view all the answers

What was the precursor of psychoeducational family intervention?

Multiple-family group therapy Signup and view all the answers

What did the late-1960s and early-1970s see the development of, which bore some resemblance to traditional practices such as Ho'oponopono?

Network therapy Signup and view all the answers

What did the mid-1980s to the present era of family therapy see a diversity of, partly reflecting the original schools, but also drawing on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere?

Attachment and emotionally focused therapy Signup and view all the answers

What was a conceptual challenge to some of the 'systemic' paradigms of pathogenesis implicit in many of the dominant models of family therapy?

Multiple-family group therapy Signup and view all the answers

What did the late-1970s see a moderation of, in relation to the original models of family therapy?

Theoretical purism Signup and view all the answers

What did the mid-1980s to the present era of family therapy draw on other theories and methods from?

Milan systems Signup and view all the answers

What did the late-1960s and early-1970s see the emergence of, which bears some resemblance to traditional practices such as Ho'oponopono?

Network therapy Signup and view all the answers

What was a growing willingness and tendency on the part of family therapists from the late-1970s?

Rapprochement Signup and view all the answers

What did the late-1970s see a general softening of, with moves toward rapprochement, integration, and eclecticism?

Strict demarcations between schools Signup and view all the answers

Which movement emphasized feedback and homeostatic mechanisms in interactions and eschewed the traditional focus on individual psychology and historical factors?

Bateson Project Signup and view all the answers

Who were the early founders of family therapy with backgrounds in psychoanalysis, social psychiatry, and later incorporated learning theory and behavior therapy into their work?

Gregory Bateson and colleagues Signup and view all the answers

Which approach emerged as a pragmatic alternative form of intervention, especially as an adjunct to the treatment of serious mental disorders with a significant biological basis?

MRI Brief Therapy Signup and view all the answers

Which approach reflects the cultural and political tenor of the times and foreshadowed the emergence of various 'post-systems' constructivist and social constructionist approaches?

Milan systems model Signup and view all the answers

What did the Bateson Project emphasize in terms of the possible psychosocial causes and treatment of schizophrenia within the family system?

The 'meaning' and 'function' of signs and symptoms within the family system Signup and view all the answers

Which approach emerged as a distinct school of family therapy by the mid-1960s, emphasizing subjective experience, authentic communication, spontaneity, and total therapist engagement?

Experiential approaches Signup and view all the answers

Which approach dealt with the intergenerational transmission of health and dysfunction in families?

Intergenerational therapies Signup and view all the answers

Which approach continued to develop through various groups that focused on individual psychology and the unconscious in the context of current relationships?

Psychodynamic family therapy Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary focus of the early founders of family therapy in the 1940s and early 1950s?

Formal procedures, rituals, and the extended family Signup and view all the answers

Which movement received a boost in the early 1950s through the work of anthropologist Gregory Bateson and colleagues?

Bateson Project Signup and view all the answers

Which family therapy model focuses on de-triangulation, increasing emotional neutrality, and repairing emotional cut-offs?

Structural family therapy Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used by Bowen to describe the blurring of psychological boundaries between self and others, considered to be passed down from generation to generation?

Emotional Fusion Signup and view all the answers

In the context of family therapy, what is the mechanism by which parental emotional issues are projected onto a child known as?

Family Projection Process Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of a genogram in family therapy?

To identify dysfunctional patterns passed through generations Signup and view all the answers

Which family therapy model emphasizes the creation of a family diagram of multigenerational emotional connections early in the treatment process?

Structural family therapy Signup and view all the answers

According to Murray Bowen's intergenerational theory, problems develop through a lack of intrapsychic and interpersonal differentiation, leading to anxiety. What does 'differentiation of self' refer to?

The ability to separate emotions from intellect in the face of anxiety Signup and view all the answers

In Murray Bowen's intergenerational theory, what is the role of a therapist as a coach?

Maintains differentiated and non-anxious stance Signup and view all the answers

In the context of Murray Bowen's intergenerational theory, what is triangulation?

When two people under stress bring in a third person or thing to minimize anxiety Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of therapy according to Murray Bowen's intergenerational theory?

To increase the level of differentiation of self Signup and view all the answers

According to Murray Bowen's intergenerational theory, what is the role of anxiety in the development of problems within the family system?

The inability to develop balance between intellect and emotion leads to anxiety Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

History and Theoretical Frameworks of Family Therapy

Family therapy has a long history in many cultures, often involving formal procedures, rituals, and the extended family.
The origins of professional family therapy in Western cultures can be traced back to the 19th century social work movements in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The formal development of family therapy dates back to the 1940s and early 1950s with the founding of the American Association of Marriage Counselors and the work of various independent clinicians and groups.
The early founders of family therapy had backgrounds in psychoanalysis and social psychiatry, and later incorporated learning theory and behavior therapy into their work.
The movement received a boost in the early 1950s through the work of anthropologist Gregory Bateson and colleagues, who introduced ideas from cybernetics and general systems theory into social psychology and psychotherapy.
The Bateson Project emphasized feedback and homeostatic mechanisms in interactions and eschewed the traditional focus on individual psychology and historical factors.
The members of the Bateson Project had a particular interest in the possible psychosocial causes and treatment of schizophrenia, especially in terms of the "meaning" and "function" of signs and symptoms within the family system.
By the mid-1960s, distinct schools of family therapy had emerged, including MRI Brief Therapy, strategic therapy, structural family therapy, and the Milan systems model, each with its own emphasis and approach.
Experiential approaches by Virginia Satir and Carl Whitaker emphasized subjective experience, authentic communication, spontaneity, and total therapist engagement.
Intergenerational therapies by Murray Bowen, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, James Framo, and Norman Paul dealt with the intergenerational transmission of health and dysfunction in families.
Psychodynamic family therapy, influenced by Nathan Ackerman's ideas and the British School of Object Relations, continued to develop through various groups that focused on individual psychology and the unconscious in the context of current relationships.
Overall, the history and theoretical frameworks of family therapy have been shaped by a diverse range of influences, theories, and approaches.

Structural Family Therapy Model Overview

Structural family therapy and family structure models use different approaches to conceptualize and address family problems.
Therapy goals include interrupting covert hierarchical structures and altering dysfunctional family dynamics for growth and support.
Minuchin's goal is to promote a restructuring of the family system along more healthy lines by entering various family subsystems and causing upheavals to induce change.
Interventions in structural therapy involve family mapping, identifying family rules, patterns, and structure, and using directives to emphasize communication.
The primary assumption of structural family therapy is to identify family structure and subsystems formed through authority and boundaries.
Family structure model is based on organization and subsystems, including interactions between individuals with assigned roles and expectations.
Family members establish rules and roles that manifest into redundant patterns of communication.
SFT focuses on identifying family interactions and the organization of the family setting to understand how family members can solve problems.
Theory-based treatment plans are the source for goal development and treatment options by identifying the presenting problem and social influences.
Both models emphasize diversity and theory as a major component in choosing a theory that addresses diversity issues.
The goal of the structural family therapy model is to prevent repeating sequences and altering dysfunctional family dynamics for growth and encouragement.
Theory-based treatment plans help in identifying the presenting problem and social influences to develop treatment options and goals for therapy.

History and Theoretical Frameworks of Family Therapy

Family therapy has a long history in many cultures, often involving formal procedures, rituals, and the extended family.
The origins of professional family therapy in Western cultures can be traced back to the 19th century social work movements in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The formal development of family therapy dates back to the 1940s and early 1950s with the founding of the American Association of Marriage Counselors and the work of various independent clinicians and groups.
The early founders of family therapy had backgrounds in psychoanalysis and social psychiatry, and later incorporated learning theory and behavior therapy into their work.
The movement received a boost in the early 1950s through the work of anthropologist Gregory Bateson and colleagues, who introduced ideas from cybernetics and general systems theory into social psychology and psychotherapy.
The Bateson Project emphasized feedback and homeostatic mechanisms in interactions and eschewed the traditional focus on individual psychology and historical factors.
The members of the Bateson Project had a particular interest in the possible psychosocial causes and treatment of schizophrenia, especially in terms of the "meaning" and "function" of signs and symptoms within the family system.
By the mid-1960s, distinct schools of family therapy had emerged, including MRI Brief Therapy, strategic therapy, structural family therapy, and the Milan systems model, each with its own emphasis and approach.
Experiential approaches by Virginia Satir and Carl Whitaker emphasized subjective experience, authentic communication, spontaneity, and total therapist engagement.
Intergenerational therapies by Murray Bowen, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, James Framo, and Norman Paul dealt with the intergenerational transmission of health and dysfunction in families.
Psychodynamic family therapy, influenced by Nathan Ackerman's ideas and the British School of Object Relations, continued to develop through various groups that focused on individual psychology and the unconscious in the context of current relationships.
Overall, the history and theoretical frameworks of family therapy have been shaped by a diverse range of influences, theories, and approaches.

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What is family therapy primarily focused on?

What is a common belief among different schools of family therapy?

How is the concept of 'family' commonly defined in modern family therapy?

What is a key skill of a family therapist according to the text?

What is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships?

How is change primarily viewed in family therapy?

What is commonly accomplished to involve families in family therapy?

In the field's early years, how was the family typically defined?

What have the conceptual frameworks developed by family therapists been applied to, according to the text?

What is the primary focus of couple and family therapy?

Who introduced ideas from cybernetics and general systems theory into social psychology and psychotherapy?

Which approach emphasized subjective experience, authentic communication, spontaneity, and total therapist engagement?

Who were the early founders of family therapy with backgrounds in psychoanalysis and social psychiatry?

Which movement received a boost in the early 1950s through the work of anthropologist Gregory Bateson and colleagues?

Which school of family therapy emphasized the intergenerational transmission of health and dysfunction in families?

Which approach continued to develop through various groups that focused on individual psychology and the unconscious in the context of current relationships?

By the mid-1960s, which distinct schools of family therapy had emerged?

Which movement had a particular interest in the possible psychosocial causes and treatment of schizophrenia within the family system?

Where can the origins of professional family therapy in Western cultures be traced back to?

What did the formal development of family therapy date back to?

Which approach emerged as a pragmatic alternative form of intervention, especially as an adjunct to the treatment of serious mental disorders with a significant biological basis?

In the late-1960s and early-1970s, which therapy emerged and bore some resemblance to traditional practices such as Ho'oponopono?

Which therapy was renamed as behavioral couples therapy in the 1990s?

What was reflected in and influenced by lively debates within the field and critiques from various sources, including feminism and post-modernism?

Which approach reflects the cultural and political tenor of the times and foreshadowed the emergence of various 'post-systems' constructivist and social constructionist approaches?

In the mid-1980s to the present, the field has been marked by a diversity of approaches that partly reflect the original schools, but also draw on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere. Which approach is NOT mentioned in the text?

What was reflected in the field about the debate of whether the systemic-constructivist and medical-biological paradigms were necessarily antithetical to each other?

What approach did Dr. Karl Tomm develop as part of the Bring forthism approach?

Which therapy is NOT mentioned as an approach that emerged from the mid-1980s to the present?

What approach partly reflects the original schools, but also draws on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere?

According to Salvador Minuchin, where does pathology rest in the context of family therapy?

What is the primary focus of structural family therapy (SFT)?

What is an essential trait of Structural Family Therapy (SFT)?

What does Salvador Minuchin subscribe to in his approach to family therapy?

What is the main goal of a structural family therapist early on in the therapeutic relationship with the family?

What does structural family therapy (SFT) strive to understand in the family system?

What is a key focus of structural family therapy (SFT)?

What does Salvador Minuchin consider as critical to his notion of change in family therapy?

What does structural family therapy (SFT) utilize to depict key family parameters?

What does the structural family therapist strive to disrupt within the family?

According to Minuchin, what are family subsystem boundaries characterized by?

In healthy families, how are parent-children boundaries typically described?

What has structural family therapy been criticized for focusing more on?

What has been the criticism from feminist family therapy critics regarding concepts like 'enmeshment'?

What has empirical research in the critical feminist tradition found about young women with a strong sense of family cohesion?

What has structural family therapy been criticized for ignoring?

What is the primary focus of criticisms towards structural family therapy?

What has feminist family therapy critics argued about the labeling of women's preferred interactional styles?

What is the criticism regarding the interaction involved in structural family therapy?

What has structural family therapy been criticized for neglecting?

What is the primary goal of structural family therapy?

What is a key intervention in structural family therapy?

What is the main focus of the family structure model?

What is the primary assumption of structural family therapy?

What is the source for goal development and treatment options in structural family therapy?

What do both structural family therapy and family structure models emphasize?

What is the goal of the structural family therapy model?

What is the focus of structural family therapy?

What do theory-based treatment plans help in identifying?

What is the main emphasis of interventions in structural therapy?

What is the primary focus of family therapy?

What is a key belief shared by different schools of family therapy?

How is the concept of 'family' commonly defined in modern family therapy?

What have the conceptual frameworks developed by family therapists been applied to?

What is a key skill of the family therapist according to the text?

What is the criticism from feminist family therapy critics regarding concepts like 'enmeshment'?

What approach partly reflects the original schools, but also draws on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere?

What is the primary goal of structural family therapy?

What is the main focus of the family structure model?

What is the source for goal development and treatment options in structural family therapy?

Which approach emphasizes subjective experience, authentic communication, spontaneity, and total therapist engagement?

What was the precursor of psychoeducational family intervention?

What did the late-1960s and early-1970s see the development of, which bore some resemblance to traditional practices such as Ho'oponopono?

What did the mid-1980s to the present era of family therapy see a diversity of, partly reflecting the original schools, but also drawing on other theories and methods from individual psychotherapy and elsewhere?

What was a conceptual challenge to some of the 'systemic' paradigms of pathogenesis implicit in many of the dominant models of family therapy?

What did the late-1970s see a moderation of, in relation to the original models of family therapy?