Family therapy training programs use three primary methods of training. They include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. didactic course work.
b. direct clinical experiences with families.
c. regular supervision by an experienced family supervisor who, together with trainees, may watch the sessionbehind a one-way mirror or through videotaped sessions.
d. famogram work.
A ____________ approach to supervision is a necessary dimension of training for therapists who want to work with families.
a. Adlerian
b. family-of-origin
c. object relations
d. attachment theory-based
Which of the practitioners described below would NOT be an effective family therapist?
a. One who demonstrates acceptance, interest, and caring
b. One who is courageous and a risk-taker
c. One who downplays the influence of diversity
d. One who is assertive and confident
Charles, a couples' therapist, recently met with a new couple seeking his services. During their initial meeting, Charles learned that the wife and husband are both in individual therapy. As an ethical practitioner, he should:
a. ask his new clients' permission to consult with their individual therapists.
b. not ask to consult with their therapists since it is none of his business.
c. not accept them as clients so as to avoid any ethical conflicts.
d. make it a condition that they stop meeting with their individual therapists if they want his services.
Many believe it is wise to have a __________ when counseling couples due to the complexity of the work.
a. no secrets policy
b. attorney
c. hidden agenda
d. three-year contract
Which of the following statements is NOT consistent with the values that create the basis for the feminist perspective on family therapy?
a. Therapists should empower their clients to make their own choices.
b. Therapists help demystify differences between partners when examining the power differential in theirrelationship.
c. Therapists challenge traditional gender roles and the impact this socialization has on relationships and families.
d. Therapists educate clients on the benefits of our patriarchal society and encourage them to continue in thesegender roles.
In which form of supervision do supervisors watch their trainees conduct family sessions from behind a one-way mirror and offer feedback and consultation to them?
a. Vicarious supervision
b. Live supervision
c. Family consultation
d. Online supervision
Which of the following statements about differing perspectives on confidentiality with multiple clients is FALSE?
a. Hidden agenda are seen as material that should be brought out into the open during a couples or familysession.
b. Therapists should not divulge in a family session any information given to them by individuals in privatesessions.
c. Therapists should inform clients that any information given during private sessions will be divulged as they seefit in accordance with the greatest benefit to the family.
d. Family therapists are exempt from reporting information that could harm the family system, including if thereis a concern that a family member will harm him- or herself, or will do harm to another person.
Which of the following is a sex-biased response to problems presented in couples' therapy?
a. Assuming that remaining married may not be the best choice for a woman
b. Demonstrating equal interest in both the woman's career and the man's career
c. Encouraging couples to accept the fact that child rearing is primarily the responsibility of the mother
d. Having the same reaction to a woman's extramarital affair as a man's affair
Most family therapy training programs encourage __________ work and other processes designed to engage students with their own family-of-origin issues.
a. anagram
b. genogram
c. famogram
d. pathogram
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