NRNP 6645 Psychotherapy Midterm Exam 2024 - WALDEN UNIVERSITY

6645 midterm review: Chapters 2,3,4,8.9,5,11,12 2. 6645 midterm review: From Midterm Reading 3. Mental Research Institute (MRI) assessement technique: Assessment focus- es n the symptom(s) and does not look at history. Looks for instances of circular causality and determines sequences of symptom maintaining behaviors 4. Who are the theorists associated with MRI?: Watzlawick, Wekland, Fisch, Jackson and Sluzki 5. sensate focus exercises: exercises designed to reduce anxiety and teach mu- tual pleasuring through non-genital touching in non-demanding situations 6. attachment: seeking closeness in the face of stress 7. Anxiously attached children: have overly protective and intrusive parents 8. 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 9. complimentarity: refers to the reciprocity that is the defining feature of every relationship 10. 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 11. 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 12. family life cycle: a series of stages determined by a combination of age, marital status, and the presence or absence of children 13. Narrative Therapy: emphasizes the fact that families with problems come to therapy with defeatist narratives that tend to keep them from acting effective- ly-Michael White 14. Personal Construct Theory: According to George Kelly, we make sense of the world by creating our own constructs of the environment. We interpret and organize events, and we make predictions that guide our actions on the basis of these constructs. 15. Reframing techniques: Process of redefining events from a different point of view; relabeling behavior to shift how family members respond to it