HISTORY OF FAMILY THERAPY

Questions from chapter no.1

1. Reflect on the influence of the distant and close precursors of Family Therapy and
mention what for you have been the two influences that contributed most to the
subsequent development of therapeutic work with families.

2. Values in the role of the pioneers of Family Therapy and refer to the historical
weight that their contributions had.

3. Highlights the aspects that differentiate the holistic vision of thought and the
rational analytical vision.

4. Explain why the holistic view of thinking has had more influence on the
development of Family Therapy than the rational analytical view.

5. Analyzes the impact of systems theory on the development of Family Therapy.

6. Describes the possible applications to Family Therapy of the three fundamental

concepts of systems theory.

7. Refer to the importance for the therapist of knowing the healthy characteristics or
functions of the family system.
 Questions from chapter
no.2

1. Explain the relationship that exists between the concepts of structure and
functions of the family system?

2. Do you analyze the importance of the concept of family structure to understand

the internal order of the family?

3. Point out the favorable applications of the educational function of the family.
4. Does knowledge of different types of families describe the possible
contributions to therapeutic practice?

5. Based on the functions that families must assume, do you mention five possible
social contributions that they can leave as results?

6. Of all the types of family listed, what do you consider to be the most convenient
for families to carry out their functions effectively?
 Questions from chapter
no.3

1. Express five ideas that represent the importance you attribute to the role of the
initial interview within the Family Therapy process?

2. List the three main aspects that should be taken into account in the first phase
of the interview (creation of the relationship or social stage)?

3. To what extent does it help a therapist to understand the different reasons that
lead the family to seek therapeutic help?

4. Based on the initial interview models, do you present five fundamental ideas
about obtaining information related to the problem?

5. Does it indicate the most relevant aspects to take into account when closing the
interview?
 Questions from chapter
no.4

1. Based on your understanding of the topic, present three conclusions that

summarize the importance of the role that evaluation plays within the process
of therapeutic approach to families?

2. Knowledge of the different stages of the family life cycle is a valuable tool for
evaluating the family system. Does it indicate the possible contributions that
knowledge of the family life cycle allows the therapist in their intervention
work?

3. What aspects can be evaluated through the use of the family genogram
technique?

4. Family effectiveness is a concept that can be measured through three

indicators:

5. Through what signs can a therapist recognize that there are empathy problems
in a certain family?

6. Robert Beavers and Robert Hampson identified several areas of family system
assessment, these areas, broadly speaking, are?
 Questions from chapter
no.5

1. Does it highlight the role that treatment plans play in the process of facilitating
the achievement of favorable outcomes in the therapeutic process?

2. Are you referring to the characteristics that a treatment plan must have for the
correct understanding and addressing of family problems?

3. What differences do you observe between treatment goals and therapeutic

objectives within an intervention plan?

4. What is the relationship between the hypotheses and the problems presented by
the family?

5. What factors intervene to favorably guide the therapist to the appropriate

selection of intervention techniques?

6. What aspects should be taken into account for the proper integration of all
phases within the treatment plan?
 Questions from chapter
no.6

1. What is the central aspect that defines the identity of the MRI model?

2. What principles did the Milan school contribute to the understanding of family
problems?

3. Do you highlight the main aspects where the strategic and structural models
coincide and differ?

4. What are the main contributions of the constructive vision to the family
therapy models that are inspired by it?

5. Define the main aspects that characterize the models within the
transgenerational approach?

6. Highlight the role played by Murray Bowen within the transgenerational

perspective?

7. Establish the difference between the positions of Ivan Boszormenryi Nagy and
Ivan Framo?

8. Highlight five aspects that you consider new within Positive Family Therapy in
relation to other previously known models?
 Questions from chapter
no.7

1. How is the principle of freedom reflected in the professional practice of Family

Therapy?

2. Choose and analyze one of the main established ethical positions on

professional malpractice in the practice of Family therapy?

3. What options do family therapists have to prevent ethical misconduct?

4. Does it identify the fundamental ethical problems that family therapists face in
their professional practice?

5. What options does the family therapist have when an ethical principle and
a rule contradict?
 Questions from chapter
no.8

SITUATION 1

José and María are a couple in a four-year marital relationship who requested
therapeutic help following an infidelity scandal. In this case, the person affected was
María, who made the appointment and attended the first session to which José did not
show up.

The therapist understood that the correct thing to do to start the process was for both
to be present in the session. María also understood that this was the right thing to do,
but she could not convince her partner to join the first session.

What should the therapist do in this situation?

SITUATION 2

A family, with both parents and three children, came to therapy, presenting as the
identified patient the eldest son, a 17-year-old young man who ran away from home
for several days without giving any explanation. After seven sessions, a great
stagnation was noticed, to the point that both the Parents and the family therapist
came to recognize it.

What options does the therapist have to break the stagnation of this process?
 Questions from chapter
no.9

Based on the following statement formulated by José Luis Graña Gómez, answer the
questions that appear in it:
¨It is assumed that each person's behavior has a gain that together maintains family
homeostasis. The therapist must design an intervention to alter the system, so that the
gains that the problem behavior has acquired can be changed and replaced by more
adaptive ones in which there is no coercion from the drug addict.

1. What implications does this statement have for the systemic approach of the
family with a member addicted to substances?

2. What aspects should be evaluated in families with patients addicted to

substances as a prior step in developing the treatment plan?

3. Do you comment on the role that the concept of codependency plays in the
dysfunctional process that affects families with an addicted member?

4. Do you comment on the position of systematically intervening in domestic

violence?

5. What do you think about the position of including the perpetrators in cases of
violence in the therapy sessions along with the victim?
 Questions from chapter
no.10

1. Do you highlight the role that enabling qualities play in the process of
therapeutic help to families?

2. Does it look at practical ways we can make family members feel engaged?

3. Does it refer to the different ways we can show respect and acceptance to
members of the family system?

4. Do you reflect on the role of therapeutic skills as a means of increasing the

perception of the competent professional among the members of the family
system?

5. Mention the five main personal qualities that in your opinion a family therapist
must have to be effective in the process of helping families?