Couples and Family Counseling Flashcards
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Salvador Minuchin described 'enmeshment' in family systems as a boundary style characterized by:
Answer: Diffuse boundaries where family members are overly involved and individual autonomy is underdeveloped
Enmeshment describes diffuse boundaries where members are overly intertwined, limiting individual autonomy and differentiation, often seen as over-closeness or lack of privacy.
Strategic family therapy, associated with Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes, uses which of the following distinctive techniques?
Answer: Paradoxical directives and prescribing the symptom
Strategic family therapy uses paradoxical directives (e.g., prescribing the symptom) to disrupt entrenched patterns, leverage resistance, and create systemic change.
Virginia Satir's communication theory identifies which mode as reflecting self-blame and self-deprecation under stress?
Answer: Placating
In Satir's model, the placating stance involves agreeing with others, self-deprecating, and blaming oneself in an attempt to maintain peace and avoid conflict.
In couples counseling, Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love identifies the three components of complete (consummate) love as:
Answer: Passion, intimacy, and commitment
Sternberg's theory identifies passion (physical attraction), intimacy (emotional closeness), and commitment (decision to maintain the relationship) as the three components of love.
Narrative family therapy, developed by White and Epston, works to help families by:
Answer: Externalizing problems and co-authoring preferred identity narratives
Narrative family therapy externalizes the problem as separate from the person, explores 'unique outcomes,' and co-creates preferred stories that support new family identities.
The Gottman Sound Relationship House theory identifies 'trust and commitment' as which level of the house?
Answer: The top floor
In Gottman's Sound Relationship House, Trust and Commitment form the walls and roof at the top, representing the ultimate relationship security that encompasses all other levels.