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Isomorphism - correct answer is a structure or pattern that repeats itself from one level
of a system to another, in this instance, from one relationship to another.
Multi directional partiality - correct answer From Nagy's contextual family therapy, the
clinical stance of the therapist in which the therapist is accountable to, and supportive
of, every relevant member, even when it necessitates accepting contradictory positions
within a conflict. The therapist strives for neutrality, joins with each family member, and
keeps communication open with all members.
Equifinality - correct answer developmental psychopathology principle that a behavior or
disorder may have several causes
Equipotentiality - correct answer the idea that memory is distributed throughout the
brain rather than confined to any specific location
"turn towards your partner and tell them how angry you are" is an example of what
intervention? - correct answer enactment
Joining and accommodating are of what theory? - correct answer structural
Cohesion and adaptability - correct answer Owen's FACES
A therapist on a reflecting team recognizes the parents of the family coming in for
therapy as former college classmates. She should: - correct answer When a pre-
existing relationship exists between a client and therapist, it will alter the integrity of the
treatment, so in this situation, the therapist must withdrawthemselves.
What theory generally uses a reflecting team that talks about talking about the issue? -
correct answer Narrative
How do constructivists approach language? - correct answer They focus on how
language constructs a view of reality, and therefore how deconstruction of reality can be
achieved through questioning the use of language.
Differentiation - correct answer The concept of differentiation refers to an individual's
ability to differentiate one's emotional state from their thoughts. Bowen developed a
Scale of Differentiation, a continuum that scored an individual's level of differentiation
between 0 and 100, 100 being the highest level of differentiation. Key:
Transgenerational, Bowen, differentiation.
Paradoxical Intervention was what theory/ who? - correct answer Milton Erickson
Strategic
,Joining - correct answer Joining is a maneuver described by Structural family therapy, in
which the therapist is accepting and accommodating to the family in order to be
accepted by the family and circumvent resistance.
Tracking - correct answer an accommodation technique whereby the therapist follows
the content of the family's communication and behavior and encourages them to
continue.
Nemesis - correct answer the therapist accommodates to the family's style and affective
range, adopting the family's timing, joviality, etc.)
Detouring - correct answer From structural family therapy, when two family members
attempt to preserve their relationship by defining their conflict as a disagreement about
a third person, keeping the focus on that person rather than themselves and their
problem.
T or F: For boys whose parents divorce, the risk of dying from accidents and violence
was particularly robust, as they grew up to be more reckless. - correct answer True
T or F: The experience of parental divorce was strongly linked to earlier mortality from
all causes, including accidents, cancers, and cardiovascular disease. - correct answer
True
T or F:Children's standards of living decreased, on average, when their parents
divorced, but the psychological effects went beyond the economic changes. - correct
answer True
Research done on the effects of divorce on children - correct answer See: The
Longevity Project Drs. Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin
http://www.howardsfriedman.com/longevityprojectthis is an 8 decade study ended in
2011 and concluded that divorce is much more traumatic to children than the death of a
parent.
Circular Questioning - correct answer was developed by the Milan associates to draw
the connections and distinctions between family members or members of the larger
client system. This interviewing technique releases information into the system in a
manner that encourage new ways of viewing the problem. Karl Tomm further developed
this technique as a means to challenge beliefs (problems) that seemed to be embedded
in a person and is in some ways, the precusor to the Narrative technique of
externalizing the problem.
Highlighting and joining are what theory? - correct answer Structural
What are some hallmarks of Milan Systemic Therapy? - correct answer Inquiring about
the family processes infers neutrality, hypothesizing and circularity,
, What theory is re-aligning the hierarchy? - correct answer Jon Hayley (brief strategic)
What theory has invisible loyalties? - correct answer Nagy- contextual
What theory is interested in affect? - correct answer experiential
David Treadway did work with families around what? - correct answer alcoholism. He
determined that children cope with alcoholic parents Rigid roles such as hero,
scapegoat and lost child may get children through such craziness, but do so with a toll
in later life.
The roles of mover or opposer is from who? - correct answer Kantor and Lehr
A developmental task for families with preschool children is: - correct answer coping
with energy depletion and lack of privacy.
What is a developmental task for parents with kids age 6-13 - correct answer fitting into
the community of school-age families.
What is a task facing families launching young adults (marked by the first child leaving
to last child to leave home). - correct answer creating a secure home base.
A strategic therapist responds, "I understand why you want to stay with him" to a
woman whose spouse has had multiple affairs. This response would be considered
a(an): - correct answer paradox
Network therapy - correct answer Speck and Attneave (1973), co-founders of Network
Family Therapy, described breaking the client family's social network into problem
solving subgroups, using action instead of affect to move beyond despair. A
breakthrough can be achieved when the network's energies are unleashed and directed
toward active resolution of problems. (Nichols, p. 185)
Which theory is comfortable with transparency and self disclosure? - correct answer
collaborative
According to Jellinek's theory of Progressive Phases of Alcoholism, the phase
associated with gross drinking behavior, blackouts, gulping and sneaking drinks is: -
correct answer promordal phase
The Narrative Construction of Reality is by who? - correct answer Bruner? Double
check
A characteristic that distinguishes one particular approach from others is its emphasis
on the self-development of the therapist. The belief is that it is hard for the patient to
mature beyond the maturity level of the therapist, no matter how good his or her
technique. This approach is: - correct answer bowenian
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