Deck 3: Basic Techniques of Family Therapy

Question 1

The goal of a first interview with a family is to develop an alliance with the family and:

A) To determine if medication is indicated
B) To get a detailed picture of the identified patient
C) To develop a tentative hypothesis about the what is maintaining the problem
D) To consider whether or not to take the case

Answer 1

To develop a tentative hypothesis about the what is maintaining the problem

Question 2

Challenging linearity means:

A) Asking how others are involved in the presenting problem
B) Asking for a chronology of the presenting problem
C) Asking for a family history
D) Asking family members for a circular explanation of the presenting problem

Answer 2

Asking how others are involved in the presenting problem

Question 3

All but which of the following is not part of exploring a family's structure?

A) Subsystems
B) Boundaries
C) Family rules
D) Triangles

Answer 3

Family rules

Question 4

According to the authors, the best way to develop cultural sensitivity is____________

A) To have therapists with similar backgrounds to clients
B) To ask questions
C) To study cultural and ethnic traditions
D) To accept how clients wish to relate within their own families

Question 5

In cases of common couple violence most feminist therapists think it best

A) To treat couples together
B) To treat them separately
C) To see them together and separately
D) To refer the case to a systemic couples therapist

Question 6

According to the authors a therapist should focus on --------

A) A family's strengths and weaknesses
B) The presenting problem
C) The family life cycle stage of the family
D) The bio-psycho-social milieu

Question 7

The authors suggest developing a tentative hypothesis about a family's problem:

A) After exploring the presenting complain
B) After the first session
C) After the initial phone call
D) During the first few sessions

Question 8

At termination a family therapist should __________

A) Explore the therapeutic relationship
B) Resolve the therapeutic relationship
C) Focus on the things the family has learned
D) Focus on what the family has been doing

Question 9

The authors recommend____________

A) A brief follow-up a few weeks after termination
B) Asking family members how they will handle challenges in the future
C) Allowing families to determine when therapy should end
D) All of the above

Question 10

What are the pros and cons of insisting that the entire family attend the initial consultation?

Question 11

What is the "problem-determined system"? Give a couple of examples.

Question 12

What is essential to accomplish in the first session in order to establish a productive therapeutic alliance with a family?

Question 13

How can a therapist effectively challenge linear attributions of blame? Give a couple of examples.

Question 14

Why is it important for a clinician to develop a therapeutic hypothesis, and what are some of the elements that such a formulation should include?

Question 15

What is the danger of a therapist taking too active and directive a role in the middle stages of a family's treatment?

Question 16

Why is traditional couples considered potentially dangerous in the treatment of cases involving marital violence?

Question 17

What are some of the arguments in favor of treating violent partners together in couples therapy?

Question 18

What are the first priorities in treating cases involving child sexual abuse?