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Emotional Fusion
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When family members distance themselves from one another in order to reduce the intensity of their relationships. Members become isolated during the process
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Psychological Defenses
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Processes by which people protect themselves from intolerable anxiety by keeping unaccpetable impulses out of their awareness
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Projection
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A defense mechanism in which one person attributes to someone else his or her unacceptable feelings
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Emotional Cutoff
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An instinctual process between generations that invovles the way people separate themselves from the past in order to start thier lives in the present generation
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Sibling Position
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This is a possible predictor of a child's personality development wtihin a nuclear family. It refers to the order in wihc a child is born in relation to other siblings.
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Societal emotional process
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The manner in which social systems can be conceptualized as analagous to those of the family regarding that govern interpersonal behavior within and among them
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Genogram
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An assessment tool that is a visual representation of the family's composition, structure, member characteristics,and relationships. It usually covers a span of three generations and is formatted to fit one sheet of paper; as a general guide one can look at the material in terms of three categories of information: 1. Significant facts or events 2. Patterns and systems in the family 3.Idisoyncratic view of the patient
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Detriangulation
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Any strategy by which the therapist disrupts a triangle and opens up family members to new, more functional alliances or triangles
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Homeostasis
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the tendency of a biolgoical system to maintain a relatively stable internal environment through interaction of numerous processes; the propensity within a family to keep a certain established equilibrium
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