FAMILY THERAPY AND COMMON TERMS| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED| ALREADY GRADED A+\ LATEST EXAM
UPDATE 2025/2026
Nathan Ackerman -CORRECT ANSWERTheory of psychodynamic family
counseling
Virginia Satir -CORRECT ANSWERExperiential conjoint family therapist
that popularized the notion that, in times of stress, that family members use four
inept patterns of communication; 1.) The Placator, 2.) The Blamer, 3.)
Reasonable analyzer who intellectualizes, 4.) Irrelevant distractor
Carl Whitaker -CORRECT ANSWERis sometimes called the dean of
experiential symbolic family therapy, wrote "The Family Crucible" and known
to be wild, crazy and use a co-therapist.
Murray Bowen -CORRECT ANSWERcreated the genogram,
developed the Extended family systems theory and is a key name in
Intergenerational Family Therapy which uses posits uses these key terms 1.)
Triangulation, 2.) Genogram, 3.) Fusion, 4.) Differientiation.
Murray Bowen's Key Terms and Their Meaning -CORRECT ANSWER1.)
Triangulation-occurs when two people are stressed bring a third party in to
reduce the stress and restore equilibrium, 2.) Genograms-graphic diagrams from
a family from a minimum of three generations, 3.) Fusion-blurring of
psychological boundaries between self and others, 4.) Differentiation (opposite
of fusion)-is the ability to control reason over emotion.
Salvador Minuchin -CORRECT ANSWERLeading name behind Structural
Family Therapy. Uses Joining which is blending with the family and mimesis
, (copying) to copy the family's communication patterns. It is directive and
performed in the here and now.
Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes -CORRECT ANSWERStrategic Family Therapy
(also known as MRI and The Communications Model) that uses paradox or
prescribing the symptom. Reframing and relabeling problems is common and
this modality reminds us that double-bind communication (physical abuse but
claims love) can cause serious psychopathology.
Other Brief Strategic Family/Individual Therapists that Use Paradox like Haley
and Madanes -CORRECT ANSWERMilton Erickson, Steven DeShazer, Bill
O'Hanlon, Paul Watzalick, Don Jackson, and Michelle Weiner Davis
Solution-Focused Brief Therapists -CORRECT ANSWERSpeak of first order
change which is superficial and second order change that includes actual
changes in the structure of the organization.
Crisis Intervention -CORRECT ANSWERIs used for people that are
experiencing NORMAL reaction to stress whereas therapy is aimed at reducing
abnormal and pathological behaviors and symptoms.
The Milan Model -CORRECT ANSWERuses a treatment team with a one-
way mirror.
Consultation -CORRECT ANSWEROccurs when you voluntarily assist a
counselor or counselors (known as consultees) who will be helping counselors.
Contact with the helpees is indirect.
Gerald Caplan -CORRECT ANSWERKnown as the Father of Mental Health
Consultation.
ANSWERS VERIFIED| ALREADY GRADED A+\ LATEST EXAM
UPDATE 2025/2026
Nathan Ackerman -CORRECT ANSWERTheory of psychodynamic family
counseling
Virginia Satir -CORRECT ANSWERExperiential conjoint family therapist
that popularized the notion that, in times of stress, that family members use four
inept patterns of communication; 1.) The Placator, 2.) The Blamer, 3.)
Reasonable analyzer who intellectualizes, 4.) Irrelevant distractor
Carl Whitaker -CORRECT ANSWERis sometimes called the dean of
experiential symbolic family therapy, wrote "The Family Crucible" and known
to be wild, crazy and use a co-therapist.
Murray Bowen -CORRECT ANSWERcreated the genogram,
developed the Extended family systems theory and is a key name in
Intergenerational Family Therapy which uses posits uses these key terms 1.)
Triangulation, 2.) Genogram, 3.) Fusion, 4.) Differientiation.
Murray Bowen's Key Terms and Their Meaning -CORRECT ANSWER1.)
Triangulation-occurs when two people are stressed bring a third party in to
reduce the stress and restore equilibrium, 2.) Genograms-graphic diagrams from
a family from a minimum of three generations, 3.) Fusion-blurring of
psychological boundaries between self and others, 4.) Differentiation (opposite
of fusion)-is the ability to control reason over emotion.
Salvador Minuchin -CORRECT ANSWERLeading name behind Structural
Family Therapy. Uses Joining which is blending with the family and mimesis
, (copying) to copy the family's communication patterns. It is directive and
performed in the here and now.
Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes -CORRECT ANSWERStrategic Family Therapy
(also known as MRI and The Communications Model) that uses paradox or
prescribing the symptom. Reframing and relabeling problems is common and
this modality reminds us that double-bind communication (physical abuse but
claims love) can cause serious psychopathology.
Other Brief Strategic Family/Individual Therapists that Use Paradox like Haley
and Madanes -CORRECT ANSWERMilton Erickson, Steven DeShazer, Bill
O'Hanlon, Paul Watzalick, Don Jackson, and Michelle Weiner Davis
Solution-Focused Brief Therapists -CORRECT ANSWERSpeak of first order
change which is superficial and second order change that includes actual
changes in the structure of the organization.
Crisis Intervention -CORRECT ANSWERIs used for people that are
experiencing NORMAL reaction to stress whereas therapy is aimed at reducing
abnormal and pathological behaviors and symptoms.
The Milan Model -CORRECT ANSWERuses a treatment team with a one-
way mirror.
Consultation -CORRECT ANSWEROccurs when you voluntarily assist a
counselor or counselors (known as consultees) who will be helping counselors.
Contact with the helpees is indirect.
Gerald Caplan -CORRECT ANSWERKnown as the Father of Mental Health
Consultation.
