Contextual

This theory's keywords are: debts, ledger, and equity.

Contextual: [blank_start]Ivan Bozormenyl-Nagy[blank_end] described ethics as a uniquely human process of achieving an equitable balance of [blank_start]fairness[blank_end] among people.

Contextual: Two things we are looking for are - 1) [blank_start]Reliability[blank_end] - meets expectations 2) Trustworthiness - emotional response to reliability

Contextual: EQUITY means...

Contextual: LOYALTY means...

Contextual: [blank_start]Loyalty[blank_end] and [blank_start]trustworthiness[blank_end] provide the glue that holds families together.

Contextual: [blank_start]Generations[blank_end] are bound together by [blank_start]loyalties[blank_end], even across time and distance. (this applies even to dead people)

Contextual: This model stresses the importance of parents to provide ______________ parenting.

Contextual: [blank_start]Fairness[blank_end] demands that the most [blank_start]vulnerable[blank_end] people deserve the greatest consideration, AND that the one giving the consideration deserves [blank_start]acknowledgement[blank_end].

Contextual: All humans, by virtue of being born to parents, have a ___________ from their interactions with them.

Contextual: What each person is inherently and fairly due, and what each accrues based on their behavior toward others is known as -

Contextual: If a person who is due an entitlement is not receiving it, there is now a ___________. (Parents are accruing things based on how they parent.)

The relative balance of debts and entitlements is called the _____________. It is kept in the subconscious.

Contextual: [blank_start]Emotional[blank_end] health depends on there being a balance between [blank_start]repayment[blank_end] of debt to the family of origin, and [blank_start]self-fulfillment[blank_end].

Goals of Contextual therapy:

The word "Contextual" refers to the total range of persons who are potentially [blank_start]affected[blank_end] by the therapeutic effort (in the past, present, and future).

Contextual therapists pay close attention to the _____________ and ______________ context of the family.

Contextual: 4 essential dimensions of individual and relational psychology that interact with one another

Contextual: ___________ are attributes that people are born with (gender, ethnicity, etc. + divorce, abuse, illness, etc.)

Contextual: _____________ happens within the person.

Contextual _____________ correspond with the primary domain of the majority of family therapy models (e.g. hierarchy, triangulation, etc.).

Contextual: _____________ - people are ethically responsible for the effect of their behavior on others (this is the MOST salient feature of the contextual model).

Contextual: ________________ derives from a combination of internalized expectations, injunctions, and obligations in relation to one's family of origin, which exerts powerful influences.

Contextual: In healthy families, most of the giving and consideration justly proceeds from parent to child. This is known as equitable asymmetry.

Contextual: If parents engage in fair and ethical behavior, they earn _____________, which solidifies the child's loyalty commitment.

Contextual: ________________________ is children's inherent loyalty to their roots. They accrue debts to their parents, and repay them as they get older.

Contextual: When not given what is owed, people will seek it out through harmful means.

Contextual: A revolving state of injustice is when the vicious cycle of injustice is stopped.

Contextual: Split filial loyalties are healthy.

Contextual: [blank_start]Rejunctive[blank_end] is toward trustworthy relationships, while [blank_start]Disjunctive[blank_end] is away from trustworthy relationships.

Contextual: ~HEALTHY ADULTS ~ [blank_start]Functional[blank_end] adults are able to act on their [blank_start]indebtedness[blank_end] to their parents and to contribute to the well-being of [blank_start]others[blank_end], while [blank_start]attending[blank_end] to their own interests.

Contextual: ~ HEALTHY FAMILIES ~ "Well-functioning" is not about the presence or absence of [blank_start]symptoms[blank_end], per se. Rather, the [blank_start]relational[blank_end] balances and [blank_start]ethical[blank_end] consideration of each family member for others.

Contextual: 6 GOALS of therapy ~

Contextual: This is the idea that the therapist is responsible to everyone who will be affected by therapeutic interventions.

Contextual: Therapists should deescalate by having each partner speak directly to the therapist.

Contextual: _____________ - destructive entitlements may occur when parents exploit a child by expecting the child to be a mature adult

Contextual ____________ - parents prevent the child's growth

Contextual: This was a psychiatric social worker with Borozmenyl-Nagy, who developed the theory of INVISIBLE LOYALTY. This person came up with a lot of Contextual therapy terms.

Contextual: With [blank_start]ethically bound[blank_end] roles, children are [blank_start]labeled[blank_end] (successful, lazy, hot-headed) and are ethically bound to fulfill these roles, even as [blank_start]adults[blank_end]. The therapeutic goal is to [blank_start]reassess[blank_end], pay off debts, and [blank_start]free[blank_end] themselves from [blank_start]oppressive[blank_end] obligations.

Contextual: Multi-Directed Partiality - therapist helps family see justification for each member's actions