brief strategic family therapy – Flashcards

unsuccessful repetitive family interactions

improve youth behavior by improving family interactions that maintain the problem behavior reduce risk factors- low SES, DV, drug use, immigration increase protective factors- extended families, religion, positive peers improve family functioning and effective parenting

start building alliance with first phone call increase engagement direct- director and choreographer of where session goes and what it covers

as many family members as possible

fast while maintaining alliance

-focus on interaction between family members; unique; attainable goals that are related to problem behavior -create therapeutic alliance -develop effective parenting skills -enhance family communication, problem solving, conflict resolution skills -reframing to reduce negativity and increase alliance: negative interactions seen as ones that show care -joining : maintenance (support family structure by accepting their rules); tracking (use what family talks about and how the interactions happen to enter into the family system, content and process); mimesis (matching pace, mood, style if interactions) -restructuring boundaries and alliances -enactments: have family act as the would at home

present and future

all members and systems influence each other