Deck 10: Couples and Family Counseling 

Question 1

_____________ concentrates on making changes in systems, whereas _______________ and __________________ primarily focus on intrapersonal and interpersonal changes

A) group counseling; individual counseling; family counseling
B) individual counseling; family counseling; group counseling
C) family counseling; individual counseling; group counseling
D) none of the above

Answer 1

family counseling; individual counseling; group counseling

Question 2

Which term refers to those persons who are biologically and/or psychologically related through historical, emotional, or economic bonds and who perceive themselves to be a part of a household?

A) Kinship bond
B) Group
C) Culture
D) Family

Answer 2

Family

Question 3

__________________ is the name given to the stages a family goes through as it evolves over the years

A) Individual life cycle
B) Family Feedback Cycle
C) Family life cycle
D) All of the above

Answer 3

Family life cycle

Question 4

Which of the following is a critical task of an unattached adult, according to the family life cycle?

A) Differentiation from family of origin
B) Adjusting career demands
C) Coping with energy drain and lack of privacy
D) Dealing with increased activities and time demands

Question 5

Which of the following is an emotional issue for families with a school-age child?

A) Increasing flexibility of family boundaries to allow independence
B) Allowing child to establish relationships outside the family
C) Accepting exits from and entries into the family
D) Letting go of children and facing each other again

Question 6

All of the following are stage-critical tasks for retired adults, according to the family life cycle, except

A) Maintaining individual and couple functioning
B) Supporting middle generation
C) Rebuilding the marriage
D) Coping with death of parents

Question 7

_______________ refers to family environments in which members are overly dependent on each other or are undifferentiated.

A) Triangulation
B) Close-knit
C) Enmeshment
D) Role-disjointed

Question 8

An adolescent pulled in two directions because he is trying to please two parents who disagree with each other is experiencing

A) enmeshment
B) triangulation
C) role confusion
D) None of the above

Question 9

What percentage of married couples in the United States are pursuing dual careers?

A) under 15%
B) under 25%
C) over 50%
D) over 78%

Question 10

______________ are more likely to experience conflict between their work and family roles than are _________________.

A) Working men; working women
B) Working women; working men
C) Nonworking women; working women
D) Nonworking men; working men

Question 11

What percentage of single-parent families are headed by mothers?

A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 85%
D) 98%

Question 12

All of the following are ways in which counselors can be effective when working with gay or lesbian couples and families except

A) not assuming that the reason for therapy has to do with sexual orientation
B) assuming that the underlying reason for therapy is sexual orientation
C) being knowledgeable about political, social, and legal implications of being a lesbian or gay family
D) Being able to refer clients to places of support in the community

Question 13

Which of the following are the two dimensions of the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems?

A) family uniqueness and family togetherness
B) family cohesion and family adaptability
C) family homogeneity and family adaptability
D) None of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is a vertical stressor?

A) current work or marital relationship problems
B) accidents
C) life cycle transitions
D) dealing with family secrets

Question 15

Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning couples counseling?

A) Treating one spouse for one or two sessions before seeing the couple together is an appropriate practice that leads to greater rapport and commitment.
B) Treating one spouse for one or two sessions initially doesn't affect couples counseling.
C) It is crucial, in almost all cases, that clinical mental health counselors see both members of the couple from the beginning
D) None of the above is accurate.

Question 16

Which of the following would be considered an object in the theory of object relations?

A) past experiences
B) a significant other
C) unresolved issues
D) None of the above

Question 17

______________, the expression of pent-up emotion, is a must according to object relations theory.

A) Catharsis
B) Countertransference
C) Transference
D) Dream interpretation

Question 18

Which of the following theories stresses learning through modeling and imitation?

A) object relations theory
B) social learning theory
C) rational-emotive behavioral theory
D) Bowen family systems theory

Question 19

In Bowen family systems theory, _______________ is undifferentiated emotional togetherness.

A) cutoff
B) triangulation
C) fusion
D) sensorimotor fixation

Question 20

Which of the following is an objective of the Bowen family systems approach?

A) an attempt to create an individuated person with a healthy self-concept who can couple and not experience undue anxiety every time the relationship becomes stressful.
B) to get couples to try new behaviors because their old behaviors are not working.
C) to help couples challenge and change their belief systems about activating events.
D) none of the above.

Question 21

Which of the following therapies fosters the development of more secure attachment styles in couples by focusing on emotions?

A) Rational-emotive behavior therapy
B) Strategic-structural therapy
C) Emotionally focused therapy
D) None of the above

Question 22

Which of the following describes nonsummativity?

A) The family is greater than the sum of its parts.
B) The same origin may lead to different outcomes, and the same outcomes may result from different origins.
C) Family functioning is based on both explicit and implicit rules
D) The ability of a family system to modify its functioning to meet the changing demands of external factors

Question 23

Which of the following describes morphogenesis?

A) The family is greater than the sum of its parts.
B) The same origin may lead to different outcomes, and the same outcomes may result from different origins.
C) Family functioning is based on both explicit and implicit rules
D) The ability of a family system to modify its functioning to meet the changing demands of external factors

Question 24

In which approach to family counseling do family counselors describe family members' communication in terms of nonproductive roles such as placater or distractor?

A) psychodynamic family counseling
B) experiential family counseling
C) behavioral family counseling
D) structural family counseling

Question 25

In which approach to family counseling do counselors join with the family in a position of leaders and attempt to formulate a structure in their minds of the family?

A) psychodynamic family counseling
B) experiential family counseling
C) behavioral family counseling
D) structural family counseling

Question 26

A counselor working with a family believes that the second child in the family is largely responsible for the dysfunction occurring in the family system. Therefore, the counselor focuses much of his attention in family counseling on confronting the second child and trying to change his "maladaptive behaviors." Based on this information, it appears the counselor is going against which concept?

A) Nonsummativity
B) Morphogenesis
C) Homeostasis
D) None of the above
Essay Question

Question 27

Discuss the main principles of two couples counseling theories. Specifically, describe how each theory conceptualizes problems within the relationship and how those problems can be addressed through counseling.

Question 28

Discuss the main principles of two family counseling approaches. Specifically, describe how each theory conceptualizes problems with the family system and how those problems can be addressed through counseling.