What is the primary therapeutic goal for a family in the middle stage of family therapy?
a) They must realize that they as a group are the client.
b) The family must make amends for all the hurt they have caused each other.
c) They must identify at least four achievable goals.
d) The family should be able to clearly articulate the communication patterns that have plagued their relationships.
e) They need to identify the patient in the family.
Q. 2What is the benefit of using the goals of misbehavior approach to family counseling?
a) Telling the family why a child misbehaves gives the family the opportunity to adjust its approach to the child so that the misbehavior no longer gets the desired results.
b) The goals are merely conceptualizations that are used to formulate questions to explore whether or not they are true.
c) Telling a child why he or she misbehaves in a certain way, focusing on the present, provides the opportunity to discuss other means of getting what the child wants.
d) It shifts the power in the family to the expert so that the counselor can help them.
e) Goals of misbehavior are terms used in the research process so that family therapists can come up with more effective interventions.
Q. 3Who said that children would disclose the goals of their misbehavior if interviewed properly?
a) Bowen
b) Whitaker
c) Satir
d) Dreikurs
e) Andersen
Q. 4What does Datilio advise a counselor to do in order to learn about the patterns of cognition in a family?
a) Encourage group discussion and infer cognitive patterns from what people say and do.
b) Ask five direct questions of each family member.
c) Have each family member complete a homework assignment of answering questions such as, What do you want to get out of counseling?
d) Watch videotapes of sessions and makes assumptions about individual members cognitions.
e) Read Datilios list of behaviors and associated cognitions.
Q. 5In the context of family therapy, what is meant by the term accommodate?
a) Accommodation is a non-threatening form of negotiation used by family therapists
b) Accommodating means to make allowances for one another
c) To accommodate is to listen to the other person rather than talking yourself
d) To accommodate is to try to understand the other persons point of view
e) The counselor accommodates when he or she follows along with the style, language, and emotional tone that already exists in the family.
Q. 6In the context of family therapy, what is meant by the term joining?
a) A new person becomes a member of the family system.
b) The therapist becomes a member of the system, using its rules and language.
c) Joining occurs when the therapist helps the members of the family relate to each other.
d) Joining occurs when two systems merge to form one system.
e) Joining occurs when the therapist strengthens the marital bond in order to improve the family dynamics.
Q. 7In her first book, Satir referenced her therapy as _______________________.
a) Gestalt Family Therapy
b) Systems Therapy
c) Peoplemaking
d) Structural Therapy
e) Conjoint Family Therapy
Q. 8From which career did Satir begin her work as an internationally renowned therapist and trainer?
a) Doctor
b) Lawyer
c) Nurse
d) Teacher
e) Peace Officer
Q. 9In Andersens approach, what is the reflecting team?
a) The clients extended family members who are not in therapy.
b) Other families in therapy who read case notes and reflect their thoughts back to the client family.
c) A team of experts with which the family therapist consults between sessions.
d) Those individuals who have been directly impacted by a familys dysfunction.
e) A team of two or three individuals who watch a family therapy session behind a one-way screen and then discuss the interview in front of the client and therapist.
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