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| The primary contributor to Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy is: |
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Secondary contributors to Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy include:
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August Napier
David Keith
Walter Kempler
Thomas Malone
Laura Roberto |
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| Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy is categorized under the ______ Schools of Family Therapy |
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| Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy was one of two movements that grew out of what two approaches? |
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| Humanistic Psychology & Gestalt Therapies |
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| While Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy still emphasizes the concepts of being and becoming (derived from Humanistic Psychology), it is more concerned with the concepts of _____ and _______. |
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Co-being & Co-becoming
(i.e. growth experienced by the individual through interaction and dialogue between themselves and the interpersonal context of their life) |
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| Carl Whitaker originally trained in the _______ tradition. |
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| In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, _________ is identified as often the source of individual and family dysfunction. |
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| Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy took an abrupt shift from other Classical Schools by abandoning ________ therapy sessions. |
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| An essential differentiating element of Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy includes the use of ________. |
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| In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, the role of the therapist to the family mirrors that of a _________ role. |
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Grandparent
(Therapists accept parenting functions only temporarily and remain free to return them to the real parents at any moment) |
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| In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, the therapist declines to take the role of _________. |
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Expert
(Instead, the responsibility to change lies upon the family - the therapist does not have better solutions for the family than the family already has themselves) |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Person of the Therapist |
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Symbolic-Experiential Therapy attributes the psychological health and authenticity of the therapist as a person being a primary factor in effective therapeutic outcomes.
The therapist is encouraged to be authentic and real with their clients, replying on the spontaneity of their emotional responses as they remain present with the family. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Existential Encounter |
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| The therapist's willingness to both receive the family's reactions to them as well as to disclose their own reactions toward the family. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Therapy of the Absurd |
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Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy may be referred to as absurd given its unrecognizable structure, spontaneous process, and therapist transparency.
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Individuation |
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| A primary goal in growth-oriented therapies, encouraging each individual family member in becoming more and more of who they are. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Family Interaction |
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Healthy family interaction in Experiential Therapy is traditionally characterized through flexibility and openness to life experiences.
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| Experiential Therapy's Carl Whitaker stated that therapy begins with ___________. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Battle for Structure |
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The therapist must first win the battle for structure if therapy is to be effective.
This entails determining who attends the session, what times sessions are, how frequently sessions occur, and for how long.
If the family is not willing to meet these expectations set by the therapist, then they are not prepared to invest in the growth process and change would be unlikely. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Teaming Roles |
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| Healthy members of a family may be intentionally paired into teaming roles by the therapist to encourage further healthy behavior by other family members. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Therapeutic Double Bind |
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When asked about a possible diagnosis, Whitaker would initiate a therapeutic double blind:
A relational diagnosis that is unlikely to ever change. |
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| In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, who must be in attendance? |
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| All members of the family, including at least two generations. |
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In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, therapy is conducted in a manner that increases each family member's sense of ___________ to the family...
...while simultaneously encouraging the freedom to ___________.
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Belongingness
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Individuate |
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| Given the emphasis on growth in Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, the duration of treatment __________. |
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May go on as long as needed
(will typically span from 6 months to 2 years) |
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| Goals of Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy aim to increase _______, develop an environment where individuals feel safe enough to be _____________, and encourage individuals to to grow in ways congruent to their ______________. |
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Creative Expression
Emotionally Expressive
Authentic Selves |
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| What are the 10 general goals of Symbolic-Experiential Family? |
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1. Increase the level of stress
2. Development of family nationalism (shared anxiety)
3. Expand relationships with extended family
4. Expand the relationships to culture and community
5. Develop a sense of family boundaries
6. Separate the generations
7. Family learns to play
8. Develop a we-they. Therapist-family split (models constant cycle of separating and joining)
9. Explode the myth of individuality - the family should believe in itself as a unit, with a strong sense of absurdity
10. Each member should be more of themselves
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| What did Whitaker believe to be the most important element to effective therapy? |
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| The therapist's own personality and psychological health |
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| Rather than techniques, Whitaker described as more important to the art of therapy were __________. |
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Metatechniques
(i.e. techniques of techniques - such as timing, application of emphasis, how and when to apply pressure, when to back off, when to be cautious) |
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| Whitaker viewed the therapist as an ______ & ________. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Battle for Initiative |
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After the therapist wins the battle for structure, the family must win the battle for initiative...
...that is, realize and demonstrate that they are responsible for change, not the therapist. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Bilateral Transference |
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| A therapist's intentional maneuver to adapt to the language, accent, rhythm, or posture of the family |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Activating Constructive Anxiety |
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| A Symbolic-Experiential Therapist's effort to reframe symptoms as efforts toward building competence by focusing on the positive attributes of anxiety as a means toward self-growth. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Affective Confrontation |
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| The therapist's intentional confrontation with the family where they will directly and openly share their subjective emotional experience of working with the family |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Bilateral Pseudo-Therapy |
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| Occurs when family members attempt to play therapist to one another - this is avoided |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Co-Therapist |
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Whitaker would always work with a co-therapist, as he believed this allowed him to be more crazy in session as he could rely on his co-therapist to ground him.
In Symbolic-Experiential Therapy, the co-therapy team was used as a therapeutic tool. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Craziness |
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Falls into three categories of:
Being driven crazy
Going crazy
Acting crazy
Different orientations of craziness as exhibited in dysfunction families |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Expanding Distress |
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This is a process of expanding the symptom to the system:
expanding the distress to include each member, shifting the nature of anxiety within the family and reducing blame and scapegoating. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Fantasy Alternative |
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Discussing problematic or stressful situations in fantasy-based "what if" terms or deemphasizing stressful situations by suggesting absurd fantasy alternatives
(e.g. "maybe if you medicated your husband, he wouldn't be so emotional") |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Flight Toward Health |
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When a family would abruptly stop showing up for treatment, Whitaker would take this as a positive sign that the family experienced sudden and profound growth and no longer requires therapeutic support.
Whitaker would always be supportive of a family's request to terminate therapy regardless of the phase of treatment. |
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Define the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy Key Term:
Redefining Symptoms |
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| Symbolic-Experiential Therapists will often redefine symptoms from pathological to efforts toward growth. |
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| In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, the Early Phase can be defined as: |
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| The therapist must win the Battle for Structure while the family must win the Battle for Initiative |
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| In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, the Middle Phase can be defined as: |
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| Achieve reorganization around the interpersonally expanded symptom |
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Satir's Human Validation process Model is one of two Experiential Therapy Movements
True of False? |
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TRUE
both experiential therapy movements grew out of humanistic psychology and gestalt therapies
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| being influenced by humanistic psychology, what are three key ideas that describe Satir's therapeutic approach. |
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Virginia Satir is often referred to as the Mother of Family Therapy - Believing that all therapy and growth involved warmth, genuineness, and congruent communication.
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What is Satir Referring to when she uses the term "the pot" in therapy?
such as: having an empty/full pot making family dysfunction more/less likely. |
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Self Esteem (self worth)
Satir viewed this as a primary source of fulfillment and happiness, considering it to be the most significant factor in family relationships. |
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| In any given interaction, Satir acknowledged three primary and present elements: |
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| The self, The other, and the context. |
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True or False:
Satir is known for her effective use of touch with clients while in session |
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What are the four assumptions Satir Communications Therapists Operate off of
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1. People naturally tend toward positive growth
2. All people possess the resources for positive growth
3. every person and ever thing or situation impact and are impacted by everyone and everything else
4. therapy is a process involving interaction between therapist and client; and, in this relationship each person is responsible for him or her self. |
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What is the definition of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Primary Survival Triad |
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The triad consists of the child and both parents. These dynamics serve as the primary source of the infant’s social interaction and only opportunity for a gratifying relationship—as so, it sets the stage for the developed internal sense of being within oneself and in relation to others. For example, a child will internalize how a woman treats a man based upon her perceptions of how her father treated her mother, and vise-versa with her mother toward her dad. |
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What is the purpose of these Terms in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Body, mind, and feelings |
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| Satir's belief that the mind, body, and feelings interact and influence communication processes at both the verbal and nonverbal level |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Communication
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| All forms of behavior are considered communication and need to be tended to by the individual communicating as well as the recipient. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Self Worth |
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The degree to which an individual feels as if their existence has value, influenced both internally and interrelatedly. Satir believed that developing an individual’s self-worth should always be a primary goal of growth-oriented therapy. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Placaters |
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One of Satir’s 4 dysfunctional communication styles. Disregarding one’s own feelings of worth and handing power over to another individual (e.g. pleasing everyone in the family except one’s self). Here, the context and the other is acknowledged, but the self is not. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Blamers |
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One of Satir’s 4 dysfunctional communication styles. Often disagree with others and hold others responsible for things not going their way. Blamers often feel insecure and powerless, and feel that they must go to extreme measures—verbal and/or physical aggression—for anyone to really listen to them. Here, the self and the context are acknowledged, while the other is not. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Computers |
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| One of Satir's four dysfunction communication styles. Computers are often overly rational, level headed, analytical, and speak in a matter-of-fact-manner. Computers often fear the vulnerability associated with expressing their true feelings. Here, the context is acknowledged, but the self and the other are not. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Distractors |
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| One of Satir's Four dysfunctional communication styles. Distractors Desperately avoid conflict and will often change the topic of focus or conversation in the midst of escalation. Distracters may also avoid conflict by taking on the role of placater, blamer, or computer, but quickly shift out of the stance prior to another's reaction. Distracters often feel insignificant and scared inside. here the self, other , and context go unacknowledged. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Levelers ( Congruence) |
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| Satir considered Levelers to be those demonstrating functional and effective communication styles. they can be open and honest in their communication , and display genuine receptiveness as they listen to others. Levels are able to acknowledge the self, the other, and the context throughout communicative interactions. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
model integration analysis |
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The process in which a developing child begins to make sense of his parents’ differences, internalizing various perceptions of their behavior toward one another which will ultimately serve as a road map for his or her relational behaviors toward others. |
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What is the description of this Term in Satir's Human Validation process model?
Role function discrepancy
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| The concept used to identify relationships comprised of inappropriate roles |
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| Regarding Assessment: What are the three themes that outline Satir's process? |
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1.The Family System's symptomatic behavior
2. communication patterns and stances
3. the influence and exploration of family of origin issues. |
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| In Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy, Whitaker advocated against reliance upon _____, _______, and _______, as he found them to hinder clinical work. |
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Theory
Technique
Intuition
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| How would you diagnose within Satir's Human Validation Process Model? |
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This approach was nonpathlogizing, and strengths based. Drawing attention to the clients' potential and inherent goodness.
Diagnostics were Systemic in nature and expanded to the system, not any one individual. |
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Understanding that both Satir's and Whitaker's models came from humanistic psychology and gestalt therapies,
What's the best way to describe Satir's treatment design?
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| Satir's approach is a blend of Whitaker's spontaneity and creativity with MRI's structure to therapy. (i.e. Relying on therapists use of self while adhering to a process) |
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| Satir's Human Validation Process Model required who be in attendance? |
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| Whomever desired to attend. Satir did not take nearly as radical of a stance as Whitaker. |
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| Satir's Human Validation Process Model had what length of treatment? |
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| none. length of treatment was never predetermined or time limited. |
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Satir's Human Validation Process Model ultimate goal was growth. Satir identified incongruent and dysfunctional communication to be what hindered growth.
Therefore, what 3 goals did Satir identify to improve communication in the family? |
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1. Increase congruent communication
2. Improved self esteem, including a recognition and appreciation for the individuality of each member of the family.
3. Growth - as self esteem is recognized and nurtured, individuals are able to actualize their growth potential. |
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Satir referred to her therapeutic techniques as "vehicles for change".
What are the 8? |
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1. Role of the Therapist - seen as an equal
2. Modeling Communication - As the therapist, model functional, healthy communication
3.Metaphor - normal definition of a metaphor (lol)
4. Self-mandala - depicts an individual’s strengths, resources, and interrelated nature of experience.
5. Parts Party - individuals have others act out their various parts (good and bad) under their guidance and instruction
6. Temperature Reading - intervention focused on improving communication and self worth
7. Family Reconstruction - a process in which an individual re-experiences the development of their primary triad across several generations
8. Family Sculpting - Designed to have individuals depict their perspective of family members roles.
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Satir's Human Validation Process Model is described as having 6 stages, 2 in each of three phases.
What are the stages of Early Phase?
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Stage 1 -Status Quo (homeostasis)
Stage 2 - Introduction of a foreign element (therapist) |
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Satir's Human Validation Process Model is described as having 6 stages, 2 in each of three phases.
What are the stages of Middle Phase?
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Stage 3 - Chaos (homeostasis disrupted)
Stage 4 - New Possibilities/new options and integration |
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Satir's Human Validation Process Model is described as having 6 stages, 2 in each of three phases.
What are the stages of Later Phase?
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Stage Five - Practice/implementation(experience change and explore feelings openly)
Stage six - Attainment/The new Status Quo |
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