Family Systems & Parent Consultation Flashcards

In Adlerian play therapy, parent consultations primarily focus on:

Answer: Educating parents about the child's mistaken goals and encouraging democratic parenting

Adlerian play therapy parent consultations aim to educate parents about mistaken goals underlying misbehavior and to encourage democratic, encouraging parenting approaches.

The family systems concept describing the degree of emotional bonding between family members is:

Answer: Cohesion

Cohesion refers to the degree of emotional bonding and closeness between family members, ranging on a continuum from disengaged to enmeshed.

When a child is drawn into parental conflict and used to stabilize or redirect tension between two adults, this is called:

Answer: Triangulation

Triangulation occurs when a third person, often a child, is pulled into a two-person conflict to diffuse tension or form an alliance.

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), developed by Landreth and Bratton, is a structured protocol consisting of how many sessions?

Answer: 10

CPRT is a manualized 10-session filial therapy model that trains parents in child-centered play therapy skills for conducting 30-minute home play sessions.

In family systems theory, 'enmeshment' describes:

Answer: Excessive emotional closeness with blurred individual boundaries

Enmeshment describes overly fused family relationships where individual boundaries are poorly defined, restricting personal autonomy and identity development.

Ecosystemic play therapy primarily focuses on:

Answer: The child within the context of multiple interacting environmental systems

Ecosystemic play therapy addresses the child within the context of multiple interacting systems, including family, school, peer, and community environments.

During a parent consultation, a parent discloses information suggesting the child is being abused by another family member. The play therapist must:

Answer: Follow mandated reporter laws and report the suspected abuse to authorities

Play therapists are mandated reporters and are legally required to report suspected child abuse to appropriate authorities regardless of the source or context of the disclosure.