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Marriage & Family Therapy
Family Terapy: An Overview Goldenberg & Goldenberg
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Psychology
Graduate
10/19/2011

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Term
ACCOMMODATING
Definition
A therapeutic tatctic
Therapist makes personal adjustments to adapt to family style
meant to build therapeutic alliance with the family
Term
ALIGNMENTS
Definition
Alliances between family members within the overall family
Affiliations & splits from one another
May be temporary or permanent
It occurs in an attempt to gain homeostasis (equilibrium)
Term
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Definition
Prolonged, severe reduction in apetite
Usually found in adolescent girls, but not exclusive to
Can reach point of becoming life threatening
Term
BASELINE
Definition
A stable, reliable performance point
Used to compare changes to
Term
BEHAVIORAL
Definition
A viewpoint regarding objective & experimentally verified procedures
Basis for changing maladaptive, undesired or problematic behaviors
Term
BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
Definition
An assessment procedure
Therapist identifies targeted behavior to be changed
Therapist determines factors currently maintaining the behavior
Therapist formulates a TX plan that includes specific criteria for measuring success of change effort
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