Deck 11: Marriage and Family Counseling

Question 1

Object-relations theorists believe psychosocial relationships in early childhood influence adult behavior.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Bowen believes family members resolve fusion problems best by isolating themselves from their families.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to Bowen, problem children are the result of marital conflict.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Structural family therapy arose out of Minuchin's work with juvenile delinquents and lower socio-economic minority groups.

Question 5

The disengaged family has diffused boundaries that inhibit open communication.

Question 6

Strategic therapists believe they have no need for collaborative input from families.

Question 7

A key factor in strategic therapy is therapist control.

Question 8

Satir emphasizes working with the positive or constructive elements of a dysfunctional family.

Question 9

Behavioral, cognitive-behavioral and Adlerian family counseling are used sparingly in schools because of their emphasis on pathology.

Question 10

Family counselors tend to reframe the presenting family problem in the middle stages of counseling.

Question 11

According to Dreikurs, discouraged children use their energies to direct their behaviors toward attaining social status.

Question 12

The termination stage during family counseling is usually more difficult than termination in individual counseling.

Question 13

Walters, Carter, Papp, and Silverstein, who call themselves the "Fearless Foursome," strongly support the family systems method whereby family members must separate and gain autonomy.

Question 14

In family therapy, the individual designated by the family as the person with the problem is called

A) The designated patient
B) The identified trouble-maker
C) The identified patient
D) The problem child

Question 15

A well-known proponent of object-relations theory is

A) Framo
B) Dreikurs
C) Patterson
D) Minuchin

Question 16

The multi-generational approach in family systems was developed by

A) Minuchin
B) Skynner
C) Bowen
D) Satir

Question 17

Bowen believes that fusion between members of families leads to

A) Triangulation
B) Healthy conflict resolutions
C) Differentiation among family members
D) Healthy closeness in the family

Question 18

A structural chart showing relationships in families for three generations is called a

A) Genoscripts
B) Genogram
C) Multi-generational chart
D) Multi-generational map

Question 19

Structural family therapy originated in the work of

A) Bowen
B) Satir
C) Haley
D) Minuchin

Question 20

Strategic therapy is best represented in the work of

A) Ellis
B) Haley
C) Satir
D) Bowen

Question 21

Which of the following is not a paradoxical intervention recommended by Weeks and L'Abate?

A) Reframing
B) Redirection
C) Reinforcement
D) Escalating

Question 22

A technique developed by Satir in which family members posture is called

A) Processing
B) Stances
C) Triangulation
D) Sculpting

Question 23

Dreikurs recommends that disruptive or attention-getting behavior of children is best handled by

A) Punishing the behavior appropriately.
B) Giving immediate positive reinforcement to positive behavior.
C) Having children experience the natural consequences of their behavior.
D) Using cognitive restructuring to show children the illogic in their behavior.

Question 24

Gestalt family therapy is best represented in the work of

A) Kempler
B) Fritz Perls
C) Laura Perls
D) Gendlin

Question 25

Family counselors tend to be most confrontative in the

A) Initial stages of counseling
B) Middle stages of counseling
C) Ending stages of counseling
D) During termination

Question 26

Which of the following statements about changing family patterns is not true?

A) One third of children are raised by single parents.
B) Children as a rule become emotionally disturbed when mothers work.
C) Both parents work in the majority of families.
D) In dual career homes, women's stress is generally greater than men's.

Question 27

Which of the following observations about child abuse is not true?

A) Both male and female parents abuse children.
B) Many abused children develop resiliency if support is available.
C) Most sexual abuse of boys occurs within the family.
D) Most instances of abuse are not reported.

Question 28

Family counselors tend to reframe the family problem during:

A) The last stage of counseling.
B) Just before termination
C) The middle stage of counseling.
D) The initial stage of counseling.

Question 29

In which stage of counseling are family grief and shame most likely to arise?

A) Initial stage.
B) Middle stage.
C) Final stage.
D) Termination

Question 30

A family therapist who emphasized the social-cultural impact on family was:

A) Bowen
B) Satir
C) Adler
D) Haley

Question 31

What are the major features of family systems therapy? How do they differ from earlier family therapy?

Question 32

Select one of the following systems theories and describe its major characteristics: multi-generational, strategic therapy, Satir's process model or structural therapy.

Question 33

Outline the stages in family counseling discussed in the text. Give major tasks in each stage and types of techniques most likely used.

Question 34

Terence Real and Carol Gilligan developed a couples therapy model called Relational Recovery Therapy. Describe the process. What is unique about it?

Question 35

What is the central theme of Rigazio-DiGilio's systemic cognitive developmental therapy (SCDT) model of family therapy? What causes family dysfunction? How do counselors help families reduce dysfunction?