Deck 13: Narrative Therapy

Question 1

As clients are talking, narrative therapists listen for ________________________.

A) underlying emotions
B) solutions
C) the problem-saturated story
D) optimism and hope

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Narrative therapists use _______________ to help clients build different relationships with their problems.

A) externalizing questions
B) internalizing questions
C) conventional questions
D) paradoxical questions

Answer 2

A

Question 3

If a group of teenagers creates a subculture with different beauty standards, sexual norms, vocabulary and friendship rules that are found in the adult culture, this is an example of a __________________________.

A) dominant discourse
B) gender discourse
C) supportive discourse
D) local discourse

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Instead of replacing the problem story with a problem-free story, narrative therapists help their clients to ________________________________.

A) redefine client's problems as opportunities
B) find new ways to view, interact with, and respond to problems in their lives by redefining the role of problems
C) help clients to realize how others have "wronged" them
D) speak out loud their beliefs about the problem therefore realizing how absurd they are

Question 5

According to narrative therapy, we create the meaning of life events using available _________________, such as societal stories, sociocultural practices, assumptions, and expectations about how we should live.

A) rules
B) schemas
C) dominant discourses
D) cultural narratives

Question 6

Therapists may ask any of the following questions to meet the client apart from the problem EXCEPT:

A) "What do you do for fun?"
B) "Tell me about your friends and family."
C) "What is important to you in life?"
D) "When did the problem first enter your life?"

Question 7

A narrative therapist is working with a 17-year-old client, Amy, and her mother regarding Amy's struggles with an eating disorder. As therapy has progressed and the therapist has worked with Amy to separate the problem from herself, the therapist might phrase a middle phase goal in therapy in which of the following ways?

A) Increase food intake from less than one time daily to 3 times daily in 6 weeks.
B) Reduce the rigid patterns that fuel the anorexic behavior.
C) Increase instances of resistance in response to anorexia's directions to not eat.
D) Reduce the negative contact between Amy and the anorexia.

Question 8

A common goal of narrative therapy is to increase a client's sense of _________, the sense that they influence the direction of their lives.

A) efficacy
B) strength
C) agency
D) hope

Question 9

All of the following are phases of narrative therapy EXCEPT:

A) meeting the person.
B) listening.
C) connecting person with problem.
D) enacting preferred narratives.

Question 10

"What effects does the anxiety have on your life and relationship?" is an example of a/an _________________________.

A) internalizing question
B) externalizing question
C) conventional question
D) deconstructive question

Question 11

The role of the therapist in narrative therapy is often described as ____________.

A) coeditor
B) director
C) author
D) guide

Question 12

Clara, a 13-year-old girl who typically cuts herself when she feels anxious, decides one night to call a friend instead of cut. When she tells this to her therapist, her therapist labels this as an example of _________________.

A) a problem-saturated story
B) a unique outcome
C) a gender discourse
D) an exception

Question 13

______________________ exist in our heads, our closer relationships, and marginalized communities.

A) Dominant discourses
B) Schemas
C) Local discourses
D) Cognitive distortions

Question 14

___________ help clients to further "unpack" their stories to see how they have been constructed, identifying the influence of dominant and local discourses. These typically target problematic beliefs, practices, feelings, and attitudes.

A) Constructive questions
B) Externalizing questions
C) Conventional questions
D) Deconstructive questions

Question 15

Externalization can have which of the following beneficial effects?

A) It can increase unproductive conflict and blame between family members.
B) It can invite people to unite in a struggle against the problem to reduce its negative influence.
C) It can reduce blame on the client.
D) I can encourage constant, unhelpful interaction with the problem.

Question 16

Similar to solution-based therapists, postmodern therapists optimistically focus on ____________________________.

A) problem solving
B) client strengths and abilities
C) changing behavior
D) family relationships

Question 17

Relative influence questioning is composed of two parts: mapping the influence of the problem and mapping the influence of the persons.

Question 18

In narrative therapy, the process or intervention of separating the person from the problem is known as _______________________.

A) deconstruction
B) mapping
C) personalization
D) externalization

Question 19

From a narrative perspective, _______________ are not the problem; problems are the problem.

A) families
B) symptoms
C) cultures
D) people

Question 20

Narrative therapy includes a set of predefined goals that can be used with all clients.

Question 21

How might a narrative therapist utilize a unique outcome in therapy?

Question 22

How might a narrative therapist separate the person from the problem?

Question 23

In narrative therapy, letters are used for each of the following purposes EXCEPT:

A) to solidify preferred narratives.
B) to emphasize client agency.
C) to consolidate gains in therapy.
D) to scrutinize the problem story.

Question 24

What are the differences between dominant and local discourses?

Question 25

Narrative therapy is often the therapy of choice for working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning clients because it helps to deconstruct the _______________ discourses that are often the greatest suffering in GLBTQ clients.

A) minority
B) local
C) heterosexist
D) gay-affirmative

Question 26

____________ moves clients from that which is familiar to that which is novel.

A) Externalizing
B) Psychoeducation
C) Scaffolding
D) Curiosity

Question 27

If a narrative therapist said to a client, "Would it be okay if I ask you some questions about your sex life?", the therapist is using what technique?

A) empathetic understanding
B) situating comments
C) permission questions
D) paradoxical questions

Question 28

The following are guidelines for narrative reflecting teams EXCEPT:

A) team members participate in a monologue.
B) comments should be offered in a tentative manner.
C) comments are based on what actually occurs in the room.
D) reflections should be kept short.

Question 29

Narrative therapists privilege ____________ questions over __________ questions (such as "What were you feeling?") in order to promote a sense of personal agency.

A) intentional state; internal state
B) internal state; intentional state
C) external; internal
D) internal; external

Question 30

In what ways is narrative therapy an ideal modality in working with diverse populations?

Question 31

Name and describe two interventions utilized in narrative therapy.