Family Systems Therapy

Question 1

What does the structural family therapy assess?

Answer 1

The appropriateness of hierarchical structure in the family.

Question 2

Who is not associated with family therapy?

Answer 2

Alfred Adler

Question 3

What is reframing?

Answer 3

Relabeling a family’s description of behavior by putting it into a new & more positive perspective

Question 4

What is the human validation process model?

Answer 4

An experiential & humanistic approach developed by Virginia Satir, which viewed techniques as being secondary to the relationship a therapist develops with the family.

Question 5

What is strategic therapy?

Answer 5

A therapeutic approach whereby the therapist develops a specific plan & designs interventions geared toward solving a family’s presenting problems.

Question 6

Structural family therapy includes all of the following goals except for bringing about structural change by:

Answer 6

the therapist taking a not-knowing stance with a family

Question 7

The systems perspective implies:

Answer 7

individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family

Question 8

What are the key roles of most family therapists?

Answer 8

consultant
teacher
coach
model

Question 9

The techniques of joining, accommodating, unbalancing, tracking, & boundary making are most likely to be part of which approach to family therapy?

Answer 9

structural family therapy

Question 10

Which approach would be most interested in the appropriateness of hierarchical structure in the family?

Answer 10

structural family therapy

Question 11

Family atmosphere, family constellation, & mistaken goals are key concepts of:

Answer 11

Adlerian family therapy

Question 12

The main goal of the rational emotive behavior therapist:

Answer 12

challenge clients to reevaluate their ideas & philosophy of life

Question 13

Which of the following is the correct order of the 3 phases of Meichenbaum’s stress inoculation

Answer 13

conceptual-rehearsal-application

Question 14

A major contribution of Whitaker’s approach to family therapy:

Answer 14

spontaneity, creativity, & play as therapeutic factors

Question 15

Which of the following statements about strategic family therapy is NOT true?

Answer 15

presenting problems are viewed as being symptomatic of a dysfunction within the system

Question 16

Major contribution of Bowen’s theory is the notion of:

Answer 16

differentiation of the self

Question 17

What is the technique in family therapy that casts a new light on a problem & provides a different interpretation for the situation?

Answer 17

reframing

Question 18

Which of the following techniques is a strategic family therapist least likely to use?

Answer 18

family sculpting

Question 19

A couple directs the focus of their energy toward a problematic son as a way to avoid dealing with their own conflicts is an example of:

Answer 19

displacement

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT associated with family therapy?

Answer 20

Albert Ellis

Question 21

Postmodern thought has contributed to family therapy by:

Answer 21

promoting the therapist’s view of clients as the experts on their own lives