Counselling Psychology Assignment
CHAPTER 9
Experiential Models
Instructions:
Answer or address any two (2) items of your choice in brief, two to three paragraph responses.
- How would you feel about having your grandparents (separately or together) in a family therapy session with you and your parents? What special problems would arise? What special advantages might there be?
- Whitaker had a number of “rules” for “staying alive” as a human being and as a therapist, as described in the text. One was to “enjoy your mate more than your kids, and be childish with your mate.” Was that rule true of your parents? How true the rule for you if you have a spouse and children? Why do you think Whitaker believed this rule would help you to “stay alive?
Counselling Psychology Assignment
CHAPTER 8
Transgenerational Models
Instructions:
Answer or address any two (2) items of your choice in brief, two to three paragraph responses.
- Would you say that you and your siblings exhibit comparable degrees of individuality? Is one more independent that the other? How does the family as a whole interact with the more independent and more enmeshed member(s)?
- Emotional cutoff in a family occurs when one member distances himself or herself from the others in order to break emotional Distancing may take the form of a geographic move, unwillingness to attend family get-togethers, stopping talking to one or more relatives, etc. Has any of this occurred in your family? How did the emotional cutoff affect the problem? APA FORMAT