MRI and Milan: Systemic Family Therapies Part I

Dr. Gehart's Lecture on MRI and Milan Systemic Family Therapies that goes with her Cengage texts: Mastering Competencies in Family Therapy and Theory and Treatment Planning in Family Therapy. 🎁 Get Your Free Personalized Study Plan for the MFT Licensing Exam: https://www.therapythatworksinstitute... 😃 Get 2 FREE CEs each year & stay connected – Join the Therapy that Works community: https://www.therapythatworksinstitute... 📘 Note for Students: If you're enrolled in Dr. Gehart’s Laugh Your Way to Licensure course, you’ll find the handouts for this lecture in the “Bonus” section of Step 3, along with additional supporting materials. 🔖 #psychology #therapy #familytherapy #therapist #mentalhealth #MFTexam #marriageandfamilytherapy #LMFT #counseling #clinicaltraining #therapystudent #mftstudent #futuretherapist #licensedtherapist #mentalhealthtraining #examprep #mftprep #gradschoollife #therapyschool #mentalhealthprofessional #therapylife 0:00 Introduction 0:56 Lay of the Land 2:27 In a Nutshell: The Least You Need to Know 4:45 Systemic Reframing 9:29 Rumor Has It: The People and Their Stories 11:37 Process of Systemic Therapy 16:22 The Therapeutic Relationship 19:18 Interaction Patterns • Assess problem interaction cycle 22:40 Interactional/Systemic View of Problems 24:40 "More of the Same" Solutions 30:59 Complementary & Symmetrical Patterns 34:24 Type of Change . First order change • Typically involves a change in roles within the system 36:46 The Observation Team 38:35 Goals of MRI Systemic Therapy • Symptom-free interaction patterns • Homeostasis that is problem-free/doesn't involve facing same problem over and over 39:53 Reframing and Less-of-Same 41:43 Therapeutic Double Bind 45:50 Dangers of Improvement 46:58 Restraining, Going Slow 51:54 Forms of Circular Questions 57:08 Long-Term Brief Therapy Structure of the session Pre-session 59:00 Neutrality & Multipartiality