Objective Facts

Question 1

Classical Schools

Answer 1

MRI Model 
Strategic Family Therapy
Milan Systemic
Structural Family Therapy
Experiential Family Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Psycho-Educational 
Internal Family Systems

Question 2

Constructivist Models
(Post-Modernism)

Answer 2

Solution-Focused Therapy
Narrative Family Therapy
Collaborative Family Therapy
CBT -Family Therapy

Question 3

Transgenerational models

Answer 3

Bowenian Family Therapy
Contextual Family Therapy
Object-Relations Theory

Question 4

Similarities of Strategic and Milan

Answer 4

Counselor aligns with parents
Hierarchy and structure very important
Unbalancing - structural therapy

Question 5

Classical Schools Beginning

Answer 5

Classical Schools of Family Therapy. These were the first models developed from the ground up exclusively for families, promoting the practice of Marriage & Family Therapy as a distinct field of study.

Question 6

Differences between 3 systemic schools and structural:

Answer 6

3 systemic

Structural

Question 7

3 experiential approaches:

Answer 7

Symbolic-Experiential
(Witaker)
Satir
Emotionally Focused

~Humanistic psychology
~ healthy of individual promotes a healthy family system
~ symptoms develop from emotional suppression within fam system
~ responsibility to change was completely on clients… Very different from MRI where responsibility of counselor

Question 8

Post-Modern Therapy

Answer 8

Post-Modern domain of Marital & Family Therapy. Given its focus on the subjective, lived reality of each individual and guiding therapy in a way that promotes new ways of interpreting experience—both individually and collectively—concepts of Social Constructivism flow throughout this approach to therapy.

Question 9

Partner Violence

Answer 9

If partner violence is current and ongoing then partners should not be seen for conjoint therapy until Abuse has ended. They should do separate group therapy until Abuse stops.

Question 10

Chemical and alcohol dependence:

Answer 10

If chemical or alcohol dependency is an issue then family therapy is appropriate cocurrently with having the person addicted go to an addiction program/group.

Question 11

History of MFT:

Answer 11

History of MFT

Marital Schism: The parents are overly focused on their own problems which harms the marriage, the individuals, and the children.
*Theodore Lidz

Marital Skew: One parent dominates the family, and the other is dependent.
*Theodore Lidz

Pseudomutuality:Describes a systemic pretense of harmony and closeness that hides conflict and interferes with intimacy.
*Lyman Wynne

Pseudohostility: A volatile and intense way of disguising and distorting both affection and splits.
*Lyman Wynne

Rubber-Fence Boundary: The families are seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly impermeable to information from outside systems.
*Lyman Wynne

Tickling the Defenses: This denoted his famous phrase for teasing, provoking, and stimulating members of the family to open up and say what is really on their minds.
*Nathan Ackerman