Transgenerational Family Therapies Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
What are the primary models under the transgenerational umbrella? - Answers -Bowen Family Therapy
-Contextual
-Object Relations/Psychodynamic
What is the primary emphasis of the transgenerational models of family therapy? - Answers the
influence of past generations on the present
What is the goal of therapy according to the transgenerational models? - Answers Insight: make
conscious the unconscious; understand dynamics of the past
How long does therapy typically last according to the transgenerational models? - Answers 2 years
What is considered "normal" according to Bowen? - Answers -low anxiety in the family
-good emotional contact with family
-members are differentiated (have "solid sense of self")
What causes dysfunction according to Bowen? - Answers emotional fusion which interferes with
individuals' ability to manage anxiety in the system
What part of Bowen's theory has been discredited? - Answers Sibling Position
What is the Nuclear Family Emotional Process and what is its other name? - Answers Undifferentiated
Ego Mass
rules and patterns developed and made stable over time
What is the therapist's primary tool is promoting client change according to Bowen Intergenerational
therapy? - Answers Therapist's use of self based on therapist's level of differentiation
What are the primary interventions in Bowen Intergenerational therapy? 6 Total - Answers 1. "I"
positions (encouraging differentiation)
2. process questions
3. genograms
4. detriangulation of therapist
5. relational experiments
6. going home again
, What are the primary goals of Bowen Intergenerational Theory? - Answers 1. increase each persons
level of differentiation in specific contexts
2. decrease each person's emotional reactivity to the anxiety inherent in the system
Why does a therapist's level of differentiation matter? - Answers -Therapist maintains a non-anxious
presence that is both engaged and nonreactive
-Models and encourages differentiation in clients
-Clients can only differentiate as much as their therapist.
How do Bowenian therapists encourage client change? - Answers alternatively using insight and the
therapeutic relationship to model a differentiated position
Who invented the genogram? - Answers Monica McGoldrick
Who designed the Sexual Crucible Model? - Answers David Snarch
What does a genogram do? - Answers 1. (assessment) helps therapist identify intergenerational patterns
2. (intervention) helps clients recognize intergenerational patterns
What are the two kinds of differentiation? - Answers intrapersonal- separate thoughts from feelings so
that one can respond not react
interpersonal- know where you end and another begins
What are the two life forces that differentiation seeks to balance? - Answers togetherness and
autonomy
What is an emotional triangle? - Answers Two people draw in a third person (or activity, topic, thing) to
stabilize a dyad.
When is a triangle problematic? - Answers -When it's the main way a dyad deals with its tension -When
couple cannot resolve their tension other ways -When it is rigid
What are some of the key words/concepts from Bowen Intergenerational Therapy? 8 Total - Answers 1.
multigenerational patterns
2. differentiation
3. genogram
4. triangles
5. family projection process
6. multigenerational transmission process
What are the primary models under the transgenerational umbrella? - Answers -Bowen Family Therapy
-Contextual
-Object Relations/Psychodynamic
What is the primary emphasis of the transgenerational models of family therapy? - Answers the
influence of past generations on the present
What is the goal of therapy according to the transgenerational models? - Answers Insight: make
conscious the unconscious; understand dynamics of the past
How long does therapy typically last according to the transgenerational models? - Answers 2 years
What is considered "normal" according to Bowen? - Answers -low anxiety in the family
-good emotional contact with family
-members are differentiated (have "solid sense of self")
What causes dysfunction according to Bowen? - Answers emotional fusion which interferes with
individuals' ability to manage anxiety in the system
What part of Bowen's theory has been discredited? - Answers Sibling Position
What is the Nuclear Family Emotional Process and what is its other name? - Answers Undifferentiated
Ego Mass
rules and patterns developed and made stable over time
What is the therapist's primary tool is promoting client change according to Bowen Intergenerational
therapy? - Answers Therapist's use of self based on therapist's level of differentiation
What are the primary interventions in Bowen Intergenerational therapy? 6 Total - Answers 1. "I"
positions (encouraging differentiation)
2. process questions
3. genograms
4. detriangulation of therapist
5. relational experiments
6. going home again
, What are the primary goals of Bowen Intergenerational Theory? - Answers 1. increase each persons
level of differentiation in specific contexts
2. decrease each person's emotional reactivity to the anxiety inherent in the system
Why does a therapist's level of differentiation matter? - Answers -Therapist maintains a non-anxious
presence that is both engaged and nonreactive
-Models and encourages differentiation in clients
-Clients can only differentiate as much as their therapist.
How do Bowenian therapists encourage client change? - Answers alternatively using insight and the
therapeutic relationship to model a differentiated position
Who invented the genogram? - Answers Monica McGoldrick
Who designed the Sexual Crucible Model? - Answers David Snarch
What does a genogram do? - Answers 1. (assessment) helps therapist identify intergenerational patterns
2. (intervention) helps clients recognize intergenerational patterns
What are the two kinds of differentiation? - Answers intrapersonal- separate thoughts from feelings so
that one can respond not react
interpersonal- know where you end and another begins
What are the two life forces that differentiation seeks to balance? - Answers togetherness and
autonomy
What is an emotional triangle? - Answers Two people draw in a third person (or activity, topic, thing) to
stabilize a dyad.
When is a triangle problematic? - Answers -When it's the main way a dyad deals with its tension -When
couple cannot resolve their tension other ways -When it is rigid
What are some of the key words/concepts from Bowen Intergenerational Therapy? 8 Total - Answers 1.
multigenerational patterns
2. differentiation
3. genogram
4. triangles
5. family projection process
6. multigenerational transmission process
