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What theoretical disciplines influenced the transgenerational models? - ANSWER:
Psychoanalytic and object relations
How long does treatment typically last when using a transgenerational model? -
ANSWER: Approximately 2 years
(Terms) insight/working through - ANSWER: Transgenerational models
multigenerational transmission process - ANSWER: process by which roles,
patterns, emotional reactivity, and family structure are passed from one generation
to another. Poorly differentiated individuals tend to marry one another, and over
several generations produce offspring who are increasingly less differentiated and
as a result suffer from severe mental disorders including schizophrenia
Family projection process - ANSWER: lack of differentiation in parents often
results in one of the parents becoming dysfunctional, immature, and fused with one
of the children. COnflict in parental sub-unit is avoided, but child's emotional
growth is sacrificed. Symptoms and lack of differentiation is transmitted from
parents to children.
nuclear family Emotional System - ANSWER: Fused family that is unstable and
unable to cope with stress. Characterized by conflict and dysfunction that are
transmitted across generations.
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triangles - ANSWER: smallest stable emotional unit in a family and describes
process by which two people recruit third person into system to mediate the level
of conflict or tension between them.
pseudo-self - ANSWER: person who is not differentiated may be fused with
another person. as a result they do not reason with their values but instead borrows
values of person with whom they are fused and commonly makes emotionally
reactive choices.
solid-self - ANSWER: a person who is well differentiated and is able to function
based upon a personally defined set of values, beliefs, convictions, and life
principles
Differentiation of self - ANSWER: separation of intellectual and emotional
functioning, which results in being less reactive to family system dynamics and
other members emotional states
According to Bowen, symptoms within the family can manifest in 3 places... -
ANSWER: The marital relationship
The health of one partner (physical or mental)
In the children (or the space between the parent and child)
Bowenian Interventions - ANSWER: Differentiation of self scale
Genogram
Emotional-cutoff assessment
Person-to-person relationships
Coaching
I Position
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Extension of Bowen's model - ANSWER: Philip Guerin: elaborated on genogram
and developed the displacement story intervention.
Betty Carter: extended the model to fit a feminist perspective
Monica McGoldrick: extended Bowenian model to include the role of enthnicity as
a factor in the family. Feminist. Written extensively on family life cycle. Culturally
appropriate therapy.
Strategic family therapy - ANSWER: Bateson, Palo Alto group, Erickson
The Palo Alto Group - ANSWER: Jay Haley, Don Jackson, John Weakland,
William Fry
Double Bind - ANSWER: 1. Communication involves two or more people with an
important emotional relationship
2. Pattern of communication is repeated
3. Communication involves a "primary negative injunction" or a command not to
do something on threat of punishment.
4. Communication involves a second abstract injunction also under threat of
punishment that contradicts primary injunction
5. Third negative injunction both demands a response and prevents escape.
6. Recipient becomes conditioned to respond and sequence is no longer necessary
to maintain symptom.
What was Erickson known for? - ANSWER: Paradoxical intervention and
hypnotherapy
What models are associated with the Strategic model? - ANSWER: MRI and
Haley & Madanes
AMFTRB NATIONAL EXAM|| ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2024 WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| ASSURED PASS!!!
What theoretical disciplines influenced the transgenerational models? - ANSWER:
Psychoanalytic and object relations
How long does treatment typically last when using a transgenerational model? -
ANSWER: Approximately 2 years
(Terms) insight/working through - ANSWER: Transgenerational models
multigenerational transmission process - ANSWER: process by which roles,
patterns, emotional reactivity, and family structure are passed from one generation
to another. Poorly differentiated individuals tend to marry one another, and over
several generations produce offspring who are increasingly less differentiated and
as a result suffer from severe mental disorders including schizophrenia
Family projection process - ANSWER: lack of differentiation in parents often
results in one of the parents becoming dysfunctional, immature, and fused with one
of the children. COnflict in parental sub-unit is avoided, but child's emotional
growth is sacrificed. Symptoms and lack of differentiation is transmitted from
parents to children.
nuclear family Emotional System - ANSWER: Fused family that is unstable and
unable to cope with stress. Characterized by conflict and dysfunction that are
transmitted across generations.
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triangles - ANSWER: smallest stable emotional unit in a family and describes
process by which two people recruit third person into system to mediate the level
of conflict or tension between them.
pseudo-self - ANSWER: person who is not differentiated may be fused with
another person. as a result they do not reason with their values but instead borrows
values of person with whom they are fused and commonly makes emotionally
reactive choices.
solid-self - ANSWER: a person who is well differentiated and is able to function
based upon a personally defined set of values, beliefs, convictions, and life
principles
Differentiation of self - ANSWER: separation of intellectual and emotional
functioning, which results in being less reactive to family system dynamics and
other members emotional states
According to Bowen, symptoms within the family can manifest in 3 places... -
ANSWER: The marital relationship
The health of one partner (physical or mental)
In the children (or the space between the parent and child)
Bowenian Interventions - ANSWER: Differentiation of self scale
Genogram
Emotional-cutoff assessment
Person-to-person relationships
Coaching
I Position
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Extension of Bowen's model - ANSWER: Philip Guerin: elaborated on genogram
and developed the displacement story intervention.
Betty Carter: extended the model to fit a feminist perspective
Monica McGoldrick: extended Bowenian model to include the role of enthnicity as
a factor in the family. Feminist. Written extensively on family life cycle. Culturally
appropriate therapy.
Strategic family therapy - ANSWER: Bateson, Palo Alto group, Erickson
The Palo Alto Group - ANSWER: Jay Haley, Don Jackson, John Weakland,
William Fry
Double Bind - ANSWER: 1. Communication involves two or more people with an
important emotional relationship
2. Pattern of communication is repeated
3. Communication involves a "primary negative injunction" or a command not to
do something on threat of punishment.
4. Communication involves a second abstract injunction also under threat of
punishment that contradicts primary injunction
5. Third negative injunction both demands a response and prevents escape.
6. Recipient becomes conditioned to respond and sequence is no longer necessary
to maintain symptom.
What was Erickson known for? - ANSWER: Paradoxical intervention and
hypnotherapy
What models are associated with the Strategic model? - ANSWER: MRI and
Haley & Madanes
