Family Systems Interventions Intervention skills: Facilitating family change Change skills 1. Break maladaptive interaction patterns 2. Clarity problematic consequences 3. Alter affective blocks 4. Initiate cognitive restructuring 5. Implement new adaptive patterns 6. Mobilize external resources as required Break Maladaptive Patterns • Intervene to control maladaptive patterns by restructuring family interaction verbally or physically •When appropriate, facilitate the adaptive expression of anger of one family member in order to block the recurrent problematic behavior of anotherClarify problematic consequences •Confront family members on the problematic consequences of their own behaviors •Provide verbal or nonverbal support before and after direct confrontation whenever possible Alter Affective Blocks •Convey the importance of expressing and clarifying affective experience in order to better comprehend the maintenance of overt behavior patterns.
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