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Sandy's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and her mother went through a depression.
Consequently, Sandy often was responsible for the care of her 7 year old brother as well as seeing to
family meals and other household chores. Her mother often confided in her about her feelings and
interacted with her more like an older sister than her mother. When Sandy became a young adult, her
mother, who had recovered somewhat, was surprised to find how irresponsibly Sandy conducted her
life and how angry she seemed. According to Bozormenyi-Nagy, Sandy's behavior is an example of -
Answers-destructive entitlement
The role of the therapist is Bowenian therapy is that of - Answers-coach
Anna (35) and Chuck (40) have been married for ten years and have struggled with sexual issues the
whole time. Although Anna probably has a desire disorder and doesn't enjoy sex, she insists that Chuck
is the one who never wants to be sexual. She has made appointments with medical doctors and
therapists and tells each one that she very much wants to have more sexual relationship with Chuck
doesn't want to. According to object relations theory, Anna is probably engaging in what? - Answers-
projective identification
Amy is discussing her relationship with her father in therapy. She is angry and attributes her father's
"unreasonable" behavior to his lack of empathy for others. As she describes the latest argument with
her father, her therapist says, "As your father turned around and walked out of the room, what were
you thinking?" and "What happened next?" and "How did you respond to that?" Her therapist is
probably using _____ and is practicing from a _____ - Answers-process questions/Bowen
Milan systemic therapy differs from Haley's strategic in that - Answers-systemic therapy helps families
to understand the meaning of the symptoms, while strategic just changes the pattern
In Strategic Therapy, when first starting out with a family in therapy, it is important to - Answers-adjust
your style to the family's, paying close attention to both verbal and non-verbal cues as you attempt to
engage with each member of the family.
,The following theorist is most associated with power and control - Answers-Haley
Which model will sometimes use ordeals to alter symptom expression? - Answers-Strategic
Mary's mother often calls her during the week to complain about the behavior of her father. Usually,
Mary is highly sympathetic and supportive of her mother's complaints and becomes and remains angry
at her father for sometime following the call. After attending therapy with a Bowenian therapist,
however, Mary responded to her mother's next complaining phone call with the following statement,
That sounds like something really important that dad needs to know. Have you talked about this with
him? Mary is attempting to do what in Bowenian terms? - Answers-detriangle
A contextual therapist will frequently attempt to help a client see the positive intent and
intergenerational loyalty issues behind even the most destructive behaviors of previous generations.
this concept is known as - Answers-exoneration
Out of earshot of Dad, Mom points out one of his parenting inadequacies to the children. From a
Contextual Family Therapy perspective, Mom's actions are evidence for - Answers-split filial loyalty
Bob (45) and Marianne (38) argue about what is the proper age for their daughter Jill (14) to begin
dating. Jill hears the fighting and enters the room. Marianne draws Jill into the argument to side with
her against Bob. From a Bowen Systems perspective, what has occurred? - Answers-triangulation
Creation of a sufficient holding environment is a critical part of which theoretical approach? - Answers-
Object Relations
Which theory believes that relative birth order is significant in determining specific characteristics? -
Answers-Bowen Systems
Bill (50) and Alexandria (43) present for therapy because their son Ralph (13) has developed school
phobia. The phobia emerged after a trial separation between Bill and Alexandria. Bill moved back into
the home when it became apparent that the only way to get Ralph to attend school was with both
parents working together to help him. From Bozormenyi-Nagy's perspective, this is an example of -
Answers-invisible loyalties
,Jonathan (47) and Samantha (46) present for help with their daughter Michelle (12) who has a history of
depression. The family has also recently moved and Michelle will be entering a new high school this fall.
The family spends some time animatedly describing recent events in their lives that they believe
deepened Michelle's depression. The conversation begins to wind down. An Object Relations therapist
would be most likely to - Answers-request details of their earlier histories
The following therapist is most associated with multigenerational process of psychopathology -
Answers-Bowen
Introjection can only be detected by - Answers-trained therapists
Anita (23) has had a conflictual relationship with her mother, Sarah (43) throughout her teens. She was
rebellious and angry with her mother much of the time. Sarah is a single mother and very anxious about
her daughter, so much so that she frequently screamed and used inappropriate punishments in an
attempt to get her daughter to "behave". After Anita left home for college, she rarely wrote or called
home and only visited on holidays. Now that she has graduated, she took a job several states away from
her hometown and continues her pattern of not phoning or calling. A Bowenian therapist would say that
Anita is engaged in - Answers-emotional cutoff
In object relations theory, the latent meaning behind attitudes, behaviors, or feelings that is detected by
therapists through analyzing personal reactions to session materials is knows as - Answers-derivatives
Object relations theorists believe that, as a process of normal development parts of caretakers are split
off and internalized into a child's developing personality. Expectations of self and other are based on
these internal representations. They are known as - Answers-ledgers
This major model developer believed that, in order for a therapist to remain detached, neutral, and non-
anxious with clients, he or she must lower their level of reactivity to their own family of origin. Who was
the model developer? - Answers-Murray Bowen
This theoretical concept states that normal development should entail a degree of emotional separation
from family of origin while remaining in relationship with them. In addition, an individual should be able
to separate emotions from cognitions. What is this concept? - Answers-differentiation
, According to Contextual Family Therapy, each family member earns this concept through the
accumulation of care and concerns toward others. - Answers-merit
According to MRI, all communication contains which of the following two levels of functions? - Answers-
report and command
A symptom carrier for family dysfunction or pathology is often referred to as - Answers-the scapegoat
In the MRI version of brief therapy, it is essential to - Answers-identify the disabling sequence of which
the symptom is a vital part
Which theorist assumes that all problems presented to therapy result from the dilemma between love
and violence? - Answers-Chloe Madanas
Which of the following is NOT one of the five stages of the initial interview? Social Stage, Engagement
Stage, Problem Stage, Interaction Stage - Answers-engagement stage
Dr. J is seeing a family in which the husband and wife frequently argue in the bedroom. In fact, the two
argue while preparing for bed almost every night. Dr. J does not ask the couple to attempt to stop their
arguments, but directs them to only argue in the kitchen. If an argument starts in the bedroom, they
have to move to the kitchen to compete it. Dr. J is using what technique? - Answers-manipulating the
symptom
In addition, Dr J exaggerates the couple's arguments, calling the "battles" and relationship threatening.
He relates to the family is fears that these "battles" are headed straight for the divorce court. Dr. J is
most likely practicing from which theorist's model? - Answers-Haley
Quid pro quo refers to a family or couple's tendency to take which stance? - Answers-If you do X, I will
do Y