PSY 3617 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Strategic Family Therapy, Insoo Kim Berg, Irvin D. Yalom
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Homogeneous groups: we"re all in the same boat . Heterogeneous groups: universality isn"t as obvious, share fundamental issues that underlie their differing symptoms: group cohesiveness: feelings of interconnectedness among group members, characterized by feelings of warmth, trust, acceptance, belongingness, and value among group members. Only truly cohesive groups can tolerate negative emotions: interpersonal learning: learning from the in-group interpersonal experience. Satir: family structure: non-explicit rules by which a family operates, emphasis is to improve the structure of families as a means of improving the functioning of their members. Emotionally fused: family members who remain overly connected. Evolved from the strategic family therapy approach of don jackson, jay haley and cloe madenes. Leaders include steve deshazer and insoo kim berg. Exception questions (when was this not a problem for you?) Miracle questions (if the problem disappeared, how would your life be different?) Clinical child psychology: an area of specialization within clinical psychology focusing on the issues of children.
