Theory Terms

Question 1

Awareness of here-and-now

Answer 1

Gestalt

Question 2

Reparative experiences with therapist

Answer 2

Object Relations/Psychodynamic

Question 3

Identify unique outcomes

Answer 3

Narrative

Question 4

Emphasis on finding solutions not on discovering the cause or origins of the problem

Answer 4

Solution Focused

Question 5

Therapist is nondirective

Answer 5

Client-Centered/Humanistic

Question 6

Change occurs through action-oriented directives

Answer 6

Strategic

Question 7

Restructure the family’s organization

Answer 7

Structural

Question 8

Change occurs by learning to modify dysfunctional thought patterns

Answer 8

CBT

Question 8

Philosophical meaning in the face of anxiety

Answer 8

Existential

Question 9

Increase the client’s awareness in the present moment

Answer 9

Gestalt

Question 9

Enlist a witness

Answer 9

Narrative

Question 10

Insight-oriented

Answer 10

Object Relations/Psychodynamic

Question 11

Choosing to think and act authentically and responsibly

Answer 11

Existential

Question 12

Accessing client’s strengths and resources

Answer 12

Solution Focused

Question 13

Paradoxical interventions

Answer 13

Strategic

Question 14

Emphasis on transference and countertransference

Answer 14

Object Relations/Psychodynamic

Question 15

Systematic desensitization

Answer 15

CBT

Question 16

Exploring experience by description

Answer 16

Gestalt

Question 17

Empty chair technique

Answer 17

Gestalt

Question 18

Finding alternatives

Answer 18

CBT

Question 19

Restraining

Answer 19

Strategic

Question 19

Thought record

Answer 19

CBT

Question 20

Projection identification

Answer 20

Object Relations/Psychodynamic

Question 21

Client confronts anxiety inherent in living

Answer 21

Existential

Question 22

Mimesis

Answer 22

Structural

Question 23

Increase congruent communication

Answer 23

Satir/Communication

Question 24

Understanding multigenerational dynamics

Answer 24

Bowen

Question 25

Relaxation techniques

Answer 25

CBT

Question 26

Exception question

Answer 26

Solution

Question 27

Unbalancing

Answer 27

Structural

Question 28

Maladaptive automatic thoughts

Answer 28

CBT

Question 29

Congruence/genuineness

Answer 29

Client Centered

Question 30

Anxiety is part of the human condition

Answer 30

Existential

Question 31

Promote insight and growth through interpretation

Answer 31

Object Relations/Psychodynamic

Question 32

Miracle question

Answer 32

Solution

Question 33

Telling, talking about, and naming emotional pain

Answer 33

Existential

Question 34

Family life chronology

Answer 34

Satir/Communication

Question 35

Prescribing the symptom

Answer 35

Strategic

Question 36

Deconstruct problem-saturated stories

Answer 36

Narrative

Question 37

Honoring the pain

Answer 37

Existential

Question 38

Enactment

Answer 38

Structural

Question 39

Differentiation

Answer 39

Bowen

Question 40

Monitor thoughts and moods

Answer 40

CBT

Question 41

Scaling questions

Answer 41

Solution Focued

Question 42

Ordeals

Answer 42

Strategic

Question 43

Reduce anxiety and emotional turmoil in family system

Answer 43

Bowen

Question 44

Uses experiments

Answer 44

Gestalt

Question 45

Rearrange how people sit together in the room

Answer 45

Structural

Question 46

Establish a holding environment

Answer 46

Object realtions / psychodynamic

Question 46

Family sculpting

Answer 46

Satir/communication

Question 47

Coping questions

Answer 47

Solution

Question 48

Affirmations/compliments

Answer 48

Solution

Question 49

Everyone must accept the responsibility that comes with freedom

Answer 49

Existential

Question 50

Therapist is directive

Answer 50

Strategic

Question 51

Unconditional positive regard

Answer 51

Client-Centered/Humanistic

Question 52

Body awareness

Answer 52

Gestalt

Question 52

Empathy

Answer 52

Client Centered

Question 53

Self-actualization

Answer 53

Client centered

Question 54

Facilitate detriangulation

Answer 54

Bowen

Question 55

Exposure

Answer 55

CBT

Question 56

Understand problem’s effects

Answer 56

Narrative

Question 57

Labeling distortions

Answer 57

CBT

Question 58

Teach “I statements”

Answer 58

Satir & Bowen

Question 59

Emotional cutoff

Answer 59

Bowen

Question 60

Three-column technique

Answer 60

CBT

Question 61

Reframing family dynamic as “problem”

Answer 61

Structural

Question 62

Separate patient from problem

Answer 62

Narrative

Question 63

Schema

Answer 63

CBT

Question 64

Self-acceptance

Answer 64

Client Centered

Question 65

Write a letter to self and others

Answer 65

Narrative

Question 66

Boundary making

Answer 66

Structural

Question 67

Mindfulness

Answer 67

DBT

Question 68

Homeostasis

Answer 68

General Systems Theory