Family Systems Approaches

Question 1

The trend today is toward reliance on a single theory of family therapy rather than using an integrative approach true or false

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True or false: the emergence of feminist and post modern perspectives has moved the field of family therapy towards more egalitarian, collaborative, and co-constructing relationships

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Experiential family therapy relies on the expert use of directives aimed at changing dysfunctional patterns: true or false

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True or false: a multilayered process of family therapy is best supported by Callao Bridge is therapist-client relationship in which mutual respect, caring, empathy and a genuine interest in others as primary

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or false: conducting an assessment is one of the faces of the multilayered perspective in family therapy

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or false: understanding family process is almost always facilitated by “how” questions

Answer 6

True

Question 7

In terms of assessment, it is useful to enquire about family perspectives on issues inherent in each of the lenses: true or false

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The family therapist’s skill in communicating understanding and empathy through active listening lays the foundation for an effective working relationship: true or false

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or false: all change in human system starts with understanding and accepting things as they are

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Reframing is the art of putting what is known in a new, more useful perspective

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Which of the following family therapy models makes the most use of Genograms, dealing with family of origin issues, and de-triangulating relationships
a. Adlerian family therapy
B. Bowenian multigenerational family therapy
C. Structural family therapy
D. Strategic therapy
E. Experiential family therapy

Answer 11

B

Question 12

Which of the following approaches most often employs a co-therapist model, makes use of self disclosure, use the therapists self as change agent and frequently uses confrontationa. Adlerian family therapy
B. Bowenian multigenerational family therapy
C. Structural family therapy
D. Strategic therapy
E. Experiential family therapy

Answer 12

E

Question 13

Which of the following is not a key general movement of the multilayered approach to family systems therapy
A. Forming a relationship
B. Conducting an assessment
C. Hypothesising and sharing meaning
D. Conducting empirical research to evaluate outcomes
E. Facilitating change

Answer 13

D

Question 14

Differentiation of the self is the cornerstone of which theory

a. Adlerian family therapy
B. Bowenian multigenerational family therapy
C. Structural family therapy
D. Strategic therapy
E. Experiential family therapy

Answer 14

B.

Question 15

Virginia Satir outlined four communication stances that people tend to adopt under stress. They include all of the following stances except for
a. Blaming
B. Placating
C.Super reasonable
D. Irrelevant
E. Sabotaging

Answer 15

E.

Question 16

The antidote to stress communications, according to Satir is ________, in which family members or emotionally honest, speak for themselves, stay grounded, under able to share their feelings and ask for what is needed
A. Congruence
B. Unconditional positive regard
C. Detriangulation
D. Emotional decompression
E. Differentiation of self

Answer 16

A

Question 17

In assessing families what question (S) might a structural-strategic therapist asked
A. What were the routines that made up your early life, and what rules govern these routines
B. Who was aligned with whom-and what did they use that alignment to achieve
C. What rules and boundaries were set around each sub-system
D. What would common interactional sequences in your family
E. All of the above

Answer 17

E

Question 18

_________ views the counsellor and therapist as an observer was outside of the system, can assess what is going on, and can promote change-all without ever becoming part of the system
A. First-order Cybernetics
B. Second-order Cybernetics
C. Third order Cybernetics
D. Fourth order Cybernetics
E. None of the above

Answer 18

A

Question 19

Which best defines the focus of family therapy
A. Most of the family therapies tend to be brief
B. Family therapy tends to be solution-focused
C. The focus is on here-and-now interactions in the family system
D. Family therapy is generally action-orientated
E. All of the above

Answer 19

E

Question 20

Within the field of family therapy, _____________ has been the most influential leader in the development of both gender and cultural perspectives and frameworks in family practice
A. Monica McGoldrick
B Jay Haley
C. Michelle Winer-Davis
D. John Gottman
E. Carl Whitaker

.

Answer 20

A

Question 21

Which of the following roles and functions would be most atypical for a structural family therapist
A. Joining the family in a position of leadership
B. Giving voice to the therapist’s own impulses and fantasies
C. Mapping the underlying structure of the family
D. Intervening in ways designed to transform an ineffective structure of the family
E. Being a stage director

Answer 21

B

Question 22

A family therapist poses the following question: “who seems to be the most upset when mum comes home late from work?” She is asking _________________ question
A. An intrusive
B. A thought-provoking
C. A circular or relational
D. An exception
E. A scaling

Answer 22

C

Question 23

Directives and paradoxical procedures are most likely to be used in which approach to family therapy?
A. Strategic family therapy
B. Adlerian family therapy
C. Multigenerational family therapy
D. Experiential family therapy
E. Structural family therapy

Answer 23

A

Question 24

Which approach to family therapy stresses the importance of returning to one’s family of origin to extricate oneself triangular relationships
A. Bowenian family therapy
B. Adlerian family therapy
C. Structural family therapy
D. Strategic family therapy
E. Experiential family therapy

Answer 24

A

Question 25

Which approach to family therapy stresses unlocking mistaken goals, investigating birth order and family constellation and re-education
A. Bowenian family therapy
B. Structural family therapy
C. Adlerian family therapy
D. Strategic family therapy
E. Experiential family therapy

Answer 25

C