Final Exam Practice Quiz

Question 1

During a staff meeting, a colleague describes working with a fmily by using an enactment to unbalance the current power dynamics and realign family boundaries. Which theoretical orientation is this counselor using with this family?

Answer 1

Structural Family Therapy

Question 2

This person is widely regarded as the founder of Psychodynamic Family Therapy

Answer 2

Nathan Ackerman

Question 3

If a counselor is working from a strategic family counseling perspective, which techniques would the therapist be likely to employ in his or her work with couples and families?

Answer 3

Paradoxical interventions, circular questioning, and prescribing the symptom

Question 4

A family therapist describes working w/ a couple by exploring early childhood attachment patterns, transference and countertransference in the couple’s relationship, and internal objects the partners have constructed that are informing their relational patterns in their current relationship. Which theoretical orientation is it likely that this counselor is using?

Answer 4

Psychodynamic family therapy

Question 5

During a job interview, the clinical supervisor at the agency you are interviewing with states that the agency uses a strategic family therapy approach for working with clients. Which leaders of family therapy would this interview be most likely to ask you about during this interview?

Answer 5

Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes

Question 6

Bowen used the following term to describe when schizophrenic children and their parents could not effectively differentiate because of their level of emotional bonding:

Answer 6

Mother-patient symbiosis

Question 7

A counselor is working with a family and wants to better understand how each family member experiences emotional closeness and support within the family system. The counselor is most likely to use a(n) _________ technique with this family

Answer 7

Family sculpting

Question 8

As a new counselor, you find it difficult to talk with couples openly about sex and find yourself changing the topic whenever couples verbalize sexual concerns. How should you address this issue?

Answer 8

Discuss this concern w/ your clinical supervisor

Question 9

These contribute to family wellness:

Answer 9

Effective and congruent communication patterns

Question 10

A family counselor using the “prescribing the symptom” technique with an adolescent might give which directive?

Answer 10

“Remain withdrawn and angry no matter what when interacting with your parents.”