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Psychodynamic FT
PCC-HR-6B-Psychodynamic Family Therapy
Terms | Definition |
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Person who first integrate psychoanalytic principles with systems theory | Nathan Ackerman |
Underlying assumptions | a) Homeostasis; 2) Social roles; c) Role complementarity; d) Conflice |
Homeostasis | Allowing the family system to adapt in a controlled way to change; is dynamic rather than static. |
Social roles | Ackerman regards them as "semipermeable membranes" that allow interactions in both directions between the person and the environment. |
Role complementarity | They must allow for mutural support, dependence, and intimacy among familly members and allow family members to accommodate to new experiences. |
Conflict | While it can occur at any level (e.g., within an individual or between family memberms) it eventually affects the entire family system. |
Mental illness consists of three components | 1) intrapsychic, 2) interpersonal, and 3) psychosocial |
Prejucicial scapegoating | One family member is singled out and blamed for the family's problems, resulting in the adoption of specific roles by other family members |
Goal | is not merely to remove symptoms or to adjust personality to the environment, but to create a new way of living. |
Techniques | The process takes place in stages and requires the therapist to adopt a wide range of roles including activator, challenger, confronter, supporter, interpreter, and integrator. |