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Family therapy chapter 4
author nichols
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Psychology
Graduate
03/07/2013

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Disengagement
Definition
psychological isolation that results from overly rigid boundaries around individuals and subsystems in a family
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enmeshment
Definition
Loss of autonomy due to a blurring of psychological boundaries
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function of the symptom
Definition
The idea that symptoms are often ways to distract or otherwise protect family members from threatening conflicts
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cybernetics
Definition
the study of control processes in systems, especially analysis if the flow of information in closed systems
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family life cycle
Definition
stages of family life from seperation from one's parents to marriage, having children, growing older, retirement, and death.
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family rules
Definition
redundant family behavioral patterns, norms, and expectations
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family structure
Definition
the functional organiztion of families that influence how family members interact.
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reframing
Definition
relabeling a family's description of behavior to make it more amenable to therapeutic change.
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subsystem
Definition
smaller units in the family determined by generation, gender, or function
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