Experiential Family Therapy – Internal Family Systems – Flashcards
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-people have a health core self that therapy aims to restore -interventions involve inviting clients to reflect on their inner emotional life as it unfolds in the moment
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How does Internal Family Systems share humanistic assumptions
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-Structural -Strategic -Intergenerational -Narrative
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What 4 MFT models does Internal Family Systems integrate
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Each person's inner life has multiple parts that form a system that function with the same dynamics you would see in a family
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What is the fundamental premise of Internal Family Systems approach
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-A self -Exiles -Managers -Fire Fighters
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In Internal Family Systems, each person has a what 4 parts
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-natural capacity for vision, compassion, perspective, curiosity, acceptance and confidence -Preferred orchestrator -most effectively balance the other parts -seat of consciousness -natural leader of the internal family system -present from birth -
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the Self
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-Exile -Managers -Firefighters
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In Internal Family Systems, What are the extreme parts or subpersonalities
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when people experience trauma, family imbalance, or polarized relationships, their inner system of parts take on roles to cope
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In Internal Family Systems, how are Extreme Roles created
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To help a person move from managing their life reactively with their parts to becoming led by the Self
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the goal of therapy
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-Survivors of trauma -Sexual Abuse survivors -Eating disorders
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Who has Internal Family Systems been extensively used with
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-As having an internal system of self parts that function like a family system -These parts work toward homeostasis and handle crisis (positive feedback) -Have boundaries and coalitions
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In Internal Family Systems, how are individuals conceptualized
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-identifying their parts and how they work/don't work together -not good/bad parts -parts play a critical role -understand part's inner relationships -how to shift inner relationships of parts -help Self balance other parts -remove constraints of the self
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In Internal Family Systems, how do therapist help clients
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Richard Schwartz
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Who developed Internal Family Systems
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building relationships with clients based on the assumption that all people have a high competent Self at their core
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In Internal Family Systems, therapist use a collaborate approach by
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for the client to explore their internal worlds, especially their more vulnerable parts
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In Internal Family Systems, the therapist seek to create a safe environment for what
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It is shared, both the therapist and client need to do their parts to make the process work
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In Internal Family Systems, who is responsible for change
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the self-of-the-therapist
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the key ingredient to successful outcome
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therapist have knowledge of their parts and how to guide themselves with their wiser Self rather than their reactive parts
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the self-of-the-therapist
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-Striving Managers -Approval-Seeking Managers -Pessimistic Managers -Caregiving Managers -Angry Parts -Hurt Parts -Evaluating Parts
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In Internal Family Systems, what parts of the therapist interfere with their effectiveness
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-want rapid change -highly directive or coercive
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the therapist's Striving Manager part
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worried about being liked and valued
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the therapist's Approval-Seeking Manager part
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want to blame or give up when therapy does not proceed according to plan
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the therapist's Pessimistic Manager part
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want to over function on behalf of and rescue clients rather than let them engage in their own person struggle
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the therapist's Caregiving Manager part
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feel burdened by the client's needs
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the therapist's Angry part
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over identify with the client's pain
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the therapist's Hurt part
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critical of various therapist characteristics, weight, relationships, etc, and then can't stand those parts of others
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the therapist's Evaluating part
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-describes how client may related to therapist as if they were someone from their past (transference) -or how the therapist may respond to the client based on another past relationship (countertransference)
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In Internal Family Systems, how has it adapted psychodynamic concepts of transference/countertransference
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it is not the client but the part of the client that is reacting to the therapist based on the part past trauma triggers. Same for the therapist
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the difference between transference/countertransference and how Internal Family Systems therapist/client relationship
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-consciousness -active, compassionate inner leader
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In Internal Family Systems, the self is a boundless state of what 2 states
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-inner balance and harmony
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In Internal Family Systems, what happens when the Self leads
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-protect the self -in trauma or crisis, remove the Self from leadership to safeguard it
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In Internal Family Systems, how do Parts serve the Self
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5-15
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In Internal Family Systems, most client identifies how many parts in the course of therapy
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-as inner people who have different ages, abilities, attitudes, and desires -a tribe or family -take on extreme roles and become imbalanced
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In Internal Family Systems, how are a person's parts conceptualized
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help bring these parts into balance by enabling Self-leadership
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the goal of therapy in relation to parts
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-closeted away due to shame, guilt or fear of not being lovable -oppressed, kept away from the conscious mind -the more they are repressed, the more they want out -frozen in painful memories of the past -do anything for small amounts of love and acceptance
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In Internal Family Systems, what are the characteristics of the Exile part
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-eye for safety -job is to keep the exiles locked up -protect the rest of the system from the exiles -protect the exiles -rigidity or severity depends on the threat
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In Internal Family Systems, what are the characteristics of the Managers parts
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-the controller -the evaluator/perfectionist -the dependent one -the passive pessimist -the caretake -the worrier/sentry -the denier -the entitled one
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In Internal Family Systems, what are common management styles
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tries to stay in control to avoid the slightest possible danger
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the controller"
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perfectionist about appearance and behavior to ensure safety by pleasing others
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the evaluator/perfectionist"
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creates safety by playing a victim role to get others to help and protect them
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the dependent one"
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creates safety by becoming apathetic and withdrawn and avoiding danger
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the passive pessimist"
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manages by ensuring everyone else is happy, often at the person's own expense
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the caretaker"
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always being on guard for possible danger
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the worrier/sentry"
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creates safety by distorting reality to protect the person from risky information or feedback
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the denier"
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creates safety by taking what it wants regardless of how others are affected
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the function of the management style "the entitled one"
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-when managers fail to keep exiles at bay, they come to the rescue to contain dangerous images, emotions and sensations
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In Internal Family Systems, what are the characteristics of the "firefighter" parts
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-involve extreme behavior such as cutting, binging, substance abuse, binge eating or risky sexual behavior -numbing behaviors such as rage, sensual indulgence or suicidal thoughts
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In Internal Family Systems, what are the strategies and activities of the firefighter parts
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-what happens when parts assume leadership rather than the Self in order to protect the self -the more vulnerable one feels, the more one needs to take extreme protections measures -when managers create coalitions to keep the firefighter's away
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In Internal Family Systems, what is polarization
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-burdens and constrained development -imbalances -family harmony -leadership
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In Internal Family Systems, what 4 things does the therapist assess in the external "real" family system
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-traumatic: abuse, sudden loss -environmental: societal/family -legacy: generational values/beliefs -development: adjusting to demands/events -tangible: illness, poverty, disability
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In Internal Family Systems, what are 5 external family burdens or development constraints
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-influence: who makes decisions -resources: physical/emotional -responsibility: homemaking/providing -boundaries: who has access to whom
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In Internal Family Systems, what are 4 external family imbalances
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-do not need to be distributed equally -needs to be an appropriate balance that is healthy for all members
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In Internal Family Systems, how are imbalances distributes
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-cohesive -flexible -communicative -suportive
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In Internal Family Systems, describe harmonious families
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-polarized -take on the role of exile, manager or firefighter at the family level
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In Internal Family Systems, describe unharmonious families
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-a balance of resources and responsibilities -healthy boundaries -nurturance -shared identify/vision
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In Internal Family Systems, what does effective family leadership result in
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-abdicated leadership -polarized leadership -discredited leadership -biased leadership
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In Internal Family Systems, what are the 4 types ineffective family leadership
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the leader being overwhelmed by burdens and giving up
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In Internal Family Systems, what is abdicated leadership in ineffective family leadership
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leaders become polarized
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In Internal Family Systems, what is polarized leadership in ineffective family leadership
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the leader has lost respect
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In Internal Family Systems, what is discredited leadership in ineffective family leadership
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the leader favors some members over others
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In Internal Family Systems, what is biased leadership in ineffective family leadership
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polarization and enmeshment
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In Internal Family Systems, when assessing the relationship between parts of individuals in relationships, therapist identify patterns of what
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-Manager-Manager polarization -Manager-Exile polarization -Manager-Firefighter polarization -Enmeshment beween parts
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In Internal Family Systems, what are 4 common patterns of polarization and enmeshment
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-results when two people frequently relate from one or more respective manager positions rather than self-leadership -characterized by conflict or cold war
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In Internal Family Systems, what is manager-manager polarization
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-when one person is overwhelmed by their painful exiles and the other responds with their managers to help caretake for and content the other -escalates as the first feel increasingly desperate and the second feels trapped or resentful of caretaking
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In Internal Family Systems, what is manager-exile polarization
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-when a small amount of firefighter activity results in immediate controlling behaviors from another's manager -rebellious acting out of a teen and a parent frantically try to manage with greater and greater punishments.
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In Internal Family Systems, what is manager-firefighter polarization
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when one person turns to another to manage and sooth their exiled parts
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In Internal Family Systems, what is enmeshment between parts
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-Self-leadership: the Self organizes the parts of the internal system -parts are less rigid -parts work together to help problem solve -parts are less noticeable because they operate harmoniously
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In Internal Family Systems, what is healthy functioning defined as
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introducing parts language by summarizing and reflecting what the client is says while using "parts"language"
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In Internal Family Systems, what is introducing the language of the parts intervention
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-like the idea of having different parts that are not always in agreement -bad parts isn't all of who they are -hopeful because the problem seems more manageable
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In Internal Family Systems, why do clients like "parts language"
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-Summarize and reflect conflicting feelings -inquire about inner dialogue and potential conflicting thoughts/emotions
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In Internal Family Systems, what are 2 ways to introduce parts language
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offer a more detailed explanation of the internal family systems model
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In Internal Family Systems, what does the therapist offer the client after they are comfortable with parts language
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map the clients internal relationships
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In Internal Family Systems, after the parts language is successfully introduced, what does the therapist do
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Questions directed toward the Self about it's relationship with the parts.
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In Internal Family Systems, what types of questions are used to assess the relationship between Self and Parts
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Questions directed toward the Self about how the parts relate or how they can be managed
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In Internal Family Systems, what types of questions are used to assess the relationship between Parts
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-the polarized part must simultaneously be changed to maintain the system's homeostasis, i.e self harming part but identify the protected part -help parts trust the leadership of the Self
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In Internal Family Systems, when working with change parts, what are the two guidelines
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when the exiled parts blend with the self so that the self is no longer in charge
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In Internal Family Systems, what is blending
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-work with the exiled parts to not activate the firefighter or managers -explain to the exiled parts that although they may have an urge to blend, its not in their best interest because the self would be able to protect them
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In Internal Family Systems, how does the therapist control blending
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tells the Self to stop, inquire why the exiles are hurt and help them feel safer.
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In Internal Family Systems, what does the therapist do when the "Self" feels overwhelmed with controlling the blending
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-used when a client first encounters a part that is either overwhelmed or elusive -asks that the client put the part in a separate room, close the door and observe it through a window -safe distance creates compassion, curiosity, or acceptance for the part in the room
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In Internal Family Systems, what is the Room technique
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-the therapist talking directly to apart -client moves chairs as they speak from various parts -works good with clients that struggle with imagery
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In Internal Family Systems, what is Direct Access
