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A Family Systems Theory therapist keeps and ________________, practicing Bowen's ideal of ____________ from ___________ and ________________: ...emotional distance......detachment of intellect from emotion and content.
2.
A lack of differentiaton often results in___________________.: ...the projection of the parents' probblems onto their children.
3.
According to Bowen ______________ is the ultimate aim of therapy and even a ____________ goal.: ...self-differentiation....lifelong
4.
According to Bowen, in order to grow on a personal level one (therapist and client) must gain a more ____________________.: ...distanced view of herself and others.
5.
According to Bowen, self-differentiation as a_________________.: ..life-long endeavor.
6.
Another characteristic of a highly differentiated person is her ability to ____________________: extricate herself from her emotions and examine situations from an intellectual point-of-view.
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Assessment and evaluation involve _________________.: ...observaton of that family's communication patterns and dynamics.
8.
Bowen believed that with theory as a guid to therapeutic action ____________________.: a therapists personal issues are less likely to influence therapy.
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Bowen believes it is unnecessary to include _____________ in therapy. This was based on the theory that _____________________.: ...children
...it was the triangulations projections of parents and former generations that influenced the children.
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Bowen believes that it is essential for both the therapist and the client to subjectively _______________ and solve problems without ____________.: ...identify inter-behavioral patterns and solve problems without being overwhelmed by the content of the family's problems
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By treating _________ or even ______ the entire family could be treated.: ...parents...a single individual
12.
Codependancy is the lay-term for ____: ...fusion
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Emotional cutoff: Physsical/emotional distancing that occurs when individual is actually still qquite fused with family.
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Fusion can be expressed as __________ or ___________: intense responsibility for another's reactions OR emotional cutoff from the intensity of the relationship.
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Fusion is said to be responsible for high _____________ and therefore great ___________ in families.: ...high emotional reactivity and therefore great conflict in families.
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It is believed that with this awareness an increase in ______________ will occur.: self-differentiation
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It is by observing the projections and patterns of triangulation that the therapist can ______________ in regards to what she has observed.: ...educate
18.
Process of Society: Emotional cutoff carries over into work/social-life/school
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Self differentiation will exist in people who _______________.: have succeeded in resolving their issues of fusion within their family.
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Sibling relationships: By examining sibling relationships Bowen could better predict what role a person would play in her family/relationships..
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The __________ is traced, often through use of a __________ through the history of the nuclear family, into the extended family system.: ...presenting problem....genogram
22.
The 8 basic principles of Bowen's Family System's theory are: FNPMSTES: 1.Fusion (emotional) versus differentiation of self
2.Nuclear family emotional system
3.projection (Family) process
4.Multigeneration transmition process
5.Sibling position
6.Triangulation
7.Emotional cutoff
8.Societal emotional process
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The family will actually be educated onn teh principles of __________, which will involve them in their own_______________.: ...Family Systems Theory....
...increased awareness..
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The multigenerational transmission process:: Undifferentiation results in projection of parents' problems onto the children and this is passed from generation to generation.
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This self-differentiation will result in _________________.: ...more balanced and less emotionally reactive relationships.
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Triangulation: A self-perpetuating cycle which occurs when anxiety in a dyad is relieved by involving a vulnerable third party. (child/pet)
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When an individual is emotionally fused with his family he tends to _____________.: ...set his needs aside to keep the peace.
