THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT - Family Therapy

Question 1

Intervention consistent with structural
family therapy to treat a child with chronic
school refusal and context of enmeshment
with mother and little involvement of
father?

Answer 1

Change seating arrangement so that father

is sitting next to mother

Question 2

Formal assessment at the start of family
therapy is delayed until the therapist has
completed?

Answer 2

Establishing a working alliance with each

pertinent family member

Question 3

Target patient population for brief strategic

family therapy?

Answer 3

School-age children with disruptive

behavior

Question 4

Type of family therapy that focuses on
discussions of expressed emotion,
dysfunctional communication, and problem
solving, to reduce illness recurrence and
repeat hospitalization?

Answer 4

Psychoeducational

Question 5

Crisis intervention model of intensive
family preservation services is best
described by?

Answer 5

Brief counseling should focus on improving communication and problem solving skills

Question 6

Goal for treatment of ODD with family

therapy?

Answer 6

Establish respectful relationship between

child and parents

Question 7

2 yo w/ right leg weakness has negative
medical workup. Therapist gives order that
child uses mother to walk at all times. What
model of family therapy?

Answer 7

Strategic