COUN106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Strongest, Habituation, Reinforcement
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Rather than viewing problems in terms of simple cause effect relationships that mother causes child to act out they are seen in terms of circular causality. Chain reactions influence each family member, who in turn influences everyone else. Counsellors in a variety of settings observe this phenomenon, and it accounts for why even school counsellors are now attempting more and more family counselling interventions (davis & lambie, Slowing down: whenever anyone tries too hard to do something, the task becomes more difficult. The directive to slow down is often most effective during initial interviews, when clients are app(cid:396)ehe(cid:374)si(cid:448)e a(cid:271)out (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g asked to do so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g the(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e a(cid:271)le to do. Family structure: mother is overinvolved with grandmother and daughter. Father and son have a weak and peripheral affiliation. Father and son are both isolated from power in family. Daughter and son are actively engaged in conflict.
