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TERM 6645 midterm review DEFINITION Chapters 2,3,4,8.9,5,11,12 LOCATION TERM 6645 midterm review DEFINITION From Midterm Reading LOCATION Mental Research Institute (MRI) assessement technique Assessment focuses n the symptom(s) and does not look at history. Looks for instances of circular causality and determines sequences of symptom maintaining behaviors Who are the theorists associated with MRI? Watzlawick, Wekland, Fisch, Jackson and Sluzki sensate focus exercises exercises designed to reduce anxiety and teach mutual pleasuring through nongenital touching in non-demanding situations attachment seeking closeness in the face of stress Anxiously attached children have overly protective and intrusive parents Avoidantly attached children have emotionally unavailable parents. The child will make initial attempts at seeking comfort from his or her caregiver, but when it becomes apparent that the caregiver will not respond, the child eventually gives up complimentarity refers to the reciprocity that is the defining feature of every relationship process/content Focus on "how" people talk rather than "what" they talk about; the most productive shift a family therapist can make; focusing on the underlying processes that are contributing to the content is key enmeshment offers access to support, but at the expense of independence. Enmeshed parents are loving and attentive; however, their children tend to be dependent and may have trouble relating to people outside their family family life cycle a series of stages determined by a combination of age, marital status, and the presence or absence of children Narrative Therapy emphasizes the fact that families with problems come to therapy with defeatist narratives that tend to keep them from acting effectively-Michael White Personal Construct Theory