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What are triangles
wife and husband argue and she calls a friend to vent bringing in 3rd person. Conflict is still unresolved
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multigenerational transmission process
- transfer of dysfunctional family patterns
- ex: your're just like your grandmother, irresponsible
- -this shapes girl's perception of self
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family projection process
- child is an emotional extension of parents
- usually most vulnerable of children
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emotional cutoff
- cutting off from family members to reduce anxiety but creates isolation
- eventually reattachment must occur to become healthy, differentiated adult
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Goal of family systems therapy
self-differentiation
- differentiation-emotional stability which is rewarding
- undiff- emotional fusions, cutoffs, transmission of dysfunctional patterns
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Enmeshed family
- pattern of family organization in which boundaries are diffused and permeable--> loss of personal autonomy
- ex: mom tells 9yo daughter about marital problems and asks for advice
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disengaged family
- extreme rigid boundaries -->heightened sense of autonomy
- weak parents
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Parentification
child given power and autonomy that is more so parents responsibility
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feedback loops
info about systems' output is continuously reintroduced back into system-->chain of subsequent events
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circular causality
- nonlinear, network of interacting loops
- ex: every family has difficulties but whether or not that issue will cause problems
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first order changes
- superficial behavior changes that do not change overall structure
- ex: family stops shouting but will eventually be violated
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second order changes
- in-depth behavioral changes, foundational changes
- ex: changing rules and reorganize to actually stop the shouting
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