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Sean is a couples therapist working with a couple in IBCT. During his assessment, he shares his impressions using the DEEP formulation. He shares that Adriana tends to get upset and retreat quickly when she feels criticized, which may be connected to her feelings of inadequacy as a child when she was bullied. Kayla, by contrast, tends to upset and angry quickly when she feels ignored, which may be related to her childhood experiences of when her parents argued too often to pay much attention to her. During this part of treatment, Sean is trying to help each partner recognize their _____________.

Hannah and Tomas had a generally happy and healthy relationship. However, one night Tomas lost his temper, yelled at Hannah, and called her offensive names. Now Hannah no longer feels emotinally safe in the relationship. If Hannah and Tomas were seeing a therapist providing Emotionally Focused Therapy, what might the therapist call Hannah’s feelings of not feeling safe anymore? 

While using the Time Out skill it is important for both partners to take time to write down their thoughts about the conflictual topic so that they can come back to the argument more organized.

_____________ is a term coined by W.E.B. Du Bois to describe the experience of knowing his true self but also knowing that the world around him stereotyped him and did not view him accurately.

_________ describes how the way we cope with stress and emotions has direct implications on our physical health.

Family Systems Theory tends to try to define normality by considering _________:

Julia has been married to her husband for 10 years and has only ever had sex with men. However, she is attracted to both men and women and identifies as bisexual. According to models of sexual orientation, this example demonstrates how __________ does not always match __________ .

Stacey and Brian are in Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy. During their DEEP conceptualization, the therapist notes that they are both full-time students who are working part-time while also raising a small child together on a limited income. The therapist notes how hard these factors are weighing on each of them and suggests they are likely making it harder for each of them to show up for each other how they’d like to. During this moment in therapy, the therapist is focusing on which part of the DEEP conceptualization?

During Collaborative Problem Solving, it is important that all members of the family have a say in the decision even if the parents make the final decision.

One common experience for romantic partners of transgender people who come out as transgender during their relationship is feelings of _____________: