Satir and the Communications Approach: Study for CA MFT Licensing Exam

I am using these flashcards to study for the CA MFT Licensing Exams in 2011. This set is about Virginia Satir and her Family Therapy and Communications Approach.

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Virginia Satir
Answer 1
- Mother of Family Therapy
- Known for Systemic Constellations, family roles and Virginia Satir Change Process Model
- Cofounder of Palo Alto Mental Research Institute (MRI)
- Experiential and systemic family therapist
- 1916-1988
Premise of the Satir Change Model
- Improvement is always possible
5 Stages of the Satir Change Model
1) Late Status Quo
2) Resistance
3) Chaos
4) Integration
5) New Status Quo
What were key elements that Satir believed necessary in the therapeutic healing process?
- Caring
- Acceptance
- Love
- Nurturance
Satir's 5 styles of communication
1) Computer
2) Blamer
3) Distractor
4) Placater
5) Leveler
The Blamer
Finds fault, name calls, and is ripe with criticism
The Computer
Intellectualizes and shows little affect
The Distractor
Brings up irrelevancies to take the focus away from the issue
The Placator
Apologetic, tentative, and self-effacing (sometimes appears like a martyr)
The Leveler
Engages in honest, direct, clear communication
Some of Satir's techniques
- Family sculpting
- Family maps
- Ropes
- Family Life Fact Chronology
- Drama
- Family reconstruction
- Reframing
- Humor
- Verbalizing presuppositions
- Denominalization
- Anchoring
Family sculpting
Physically arranging the members of the family to represent the person’s symbolic view of family relationships
Family maps
Like genograms are created over 3 generations. Mother’s family of origin, father’s, and current family
Ropes
The binds and pulls of ropes are used to provide concrete representations of family dynamics
Family Life Fact Chronology
A complete family history is made extending from the birth of the oldest grandparents to the present