Question 1

Which is NOT a limitation of the Whitaker approach to family therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Theory is deemphasized
B)   The therapist must be heavily involved and take risks
C)   Confrontational approaches may not work with some families
D)   There is too much emphasis on the past

Question 2

Which area of family therapy focuses on coalitions and subsystems?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bowen family therapy
B)   Strategic family therapy
C)   Structural family therapy
D)   Adlerian family therapy

Question 3

What are the six core concepts of Bowen family therapy?

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The core concepts included (a.) differen...

Question 4

What is the going home again technique?

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To use this technique, the family therap...

Question 5

Satir (1972) developed five stages of treatment. Please provide two of these.

Accepted Answer

-Establish trust with the family. In mak...

Question 6

Minuchin began his work with families with which population?

Accepted Answer

A)   Families dealing with schizophrenia
B)   Low income African American families
C)   Families that had a parent with a substance abuse problem
D)   Immigrant families

Question 7

What therapy method entails the therapist telling the family about the situation of another family?

Accepted Answer

A)   Displacement story technique
B)   Detriangulation
C)   Reframing
D)   Unbalancing a system

Question 8

Which is a belief that would be supported by Haley when working with disruptive children?

Accepted Answer

A)   That the client has no ability to control the disruptive behavior
B)   That disruptive behavior often has little to do with the power hierarchy in a family
C)   That the disruptive behavior may actually be stabilizing the family structure
D)   That fixing communication problems often does not resolve the disruptive behavior

Question 9

What are the goals of strategic family therapy?

Accepted Answer

Strategic family therapists are interest...

Question 10

Which therapist used the techniques of choreography, touch, and props?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bowen
B)   Minuchin
C)   Satir
D)   Whitaker

Question 11

Shortly after World War I, _______set up more than 30 child guidance clinics in Vienna.

Accepted Answer

A)   Adler
B)   Haley
C)   Satir
D)   Minuchin

Question 12

Discuss two contributions of the family systems approach to therapy.

Accepted Answer

(a.) There is less blame on th...

Question 13

According to Bowen, there are five main functions of the therapist in the treatment process. Please provide 3 of these.

Accepted Answer

-Define and clarify the relationship bet...

Question 14

Bowenian family therapists and structural family therapists use genograms for the same purpose in therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A therapist puts effort forth to keep herself from becoming triangulated within the family. This therapist is most likely which type of therapist?

Accepted Answer

A)   Adlerian
B)   Structural
C)   Experiential
D)   Bowenian

Question 16

__________ theorized that people choose partners who have similar levels of differentiation.

Accepted Answer

A)   Adler
B)   Bowen
C)   Satir
D)   Haley

Question 17

Strategic family therapists concentrate on which dimensions of family life?

Accepted Answer

Strategic family therapist con...

Question 18

Discuss the role of the Whitaker therapist.

Accepted Answer

The Whitaker therapist takes on an activ...

Question 19

A child who becomes the object of a parent's projection becomes the one most attached to the parents and the one with the least amount of self-differentiation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which is an example of unbalancing the system?

Accepted Answer

A)   The therapists starts an argument within the family
B)   The therapist takes the father's side against the rest of the family
C)   The children obtain power over their parents in the family
D)   The parents take back power from the children

Exam 19: Family Therapy Approaches

What therapy method entails the therapist telling the family about the situation of another family?

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Which area of family therapy focuses on coalitions and subsystems?

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__________ theorized that people choose partners who have similar levels of differentiation.

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Which is a belief that would be supported by Haley when working with disruptive children?

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According to Bowen, there are five main functions of the therapist in the treatment process. Please provide 3 of these.

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What is the going home again technique?

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Discuss the role of the Whitaker therapist.

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Which therapist used the techniques of choreography, touch, and props?

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Which is an example of unbalancing the system?

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What are the goals of strategic family therapy?

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Bowenian family therapists and structural family therapists use genograms for the same purpose in therapy.

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Satir (1972) developed five stages of treatment. Please provide two of these.

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Discuss two contributions of the family systems approach to therapy.

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Minuchin began his work with families with which population?

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Strategic family therapists concentrate on which dimensions of family life?

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Which is NOT a limitation of the Whitaker approach to family therapy?

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A therapist puts effort forth to keep herself from becoming triangulated within the family. This therapist is most likely which type of therapist?

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What are the six core concepts of Bowen family therapy?

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Shortly after World War I, _______set up more than 30 child guidance clinics in Vienna.

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A child who becomes the object of a parent's projection becomes the one most attached to the parents and the one with the least amount of self-differentiation.

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