Deck 13: Narrative Therapy

Question 1

In narrative therapy, families are asked about ________, times when they have had some control over the problem that have been obscured by their problem-saturated story.

A) unique outcomes
B) examples of self-leadership
C) exceptions
D) invisible loyalties

Answer 1

unique outcomes

Question 2

The narrative technique of ________ enables family members to distance from their problem by externalizing it, and thus experiencing their control over the problem.

A) creating self-leadership
B) family rituals
C) reauthoring
D) the invariant prescription

Answer 2

reauthoring

Question 3

Narrative therapy consists of a series of questions designed to

A) identify the locus of the problem
B) assess the function the problem serves for the family
C) clarify the family's power over the problem
D) all of these choices

Answer 3

clarify the family's power over the problem

Question 4

Reflecting teams are used by which family therapists?

A) Bowen family therapists
B) narrative therapists
C) structural family therapists
D) Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes

Question 5

Unlike the cybernetic metaphor, which focuses on self-defeating patterns of ________, the narrative metaphor focuses on self-defeating ________.

A) culture(s); emotion(s)
B) cognition(s); behavior(s)
C) emotion(s); cognition(s)
D) behavior(s); cognition(s)

Question 6

The narrative approach first founds its way into psychotherapy in the hermeneutic traditions in

A) psychoanalysis
B) gestalt therapy
C) feminism
D) client-centered therapy

Question 7

According to narrative theory, therapists should not

A) take a collaborative, listening position with clients
B) help people separate from the dominant cultural narratives
C) consider the larger historical and political context
D) search for flaws in the family system

Question 8

Narrative therapists ________ problems in order to free the family and individual family members from blame.

A) re-story
B) externalize
C) prescribe
D) reframe

Question 9

According to narrative therapy, by maintaining a dominant story of their problems, family members fail to see ________ their problems.

A) the paradox in
B) their contributions to
C) exceptions to
D) underlying causes of

Question 10

The narrative school applied Michel Foucault's ________ analysis of societies to an understanding of individuals and families as dominated by oppressive, internalized narratives.

A) political
B) social psychological
C) gender-based
D) cultural

Question 11

Narrative therapists search the family's history for ________, in their efforts to separate them from their problems.

A) multigenerational patterns
B) miracle outcomes
C) sparking outcomes
D) none of these choices

Question 12

In order to fortify gains made in narrative treatment, ________ are organized to discuss how to facilitate the client's success in countering the effects of their problem story.

A) nurturing teams
B) reflecting teams
C) multiple family groups
D) none of these choices

Question 13

In order to externalize a problem, whether it's an internal experience, a syndrome, or a relationship pattern, the narrative therapist must

A) prescribe it
B) personify it
C) ignore it and focus on unique outcomes
D) ask the miracle question

Question 14

What is a "reflecting team?" What are the benefits to using a reflecting team in family therapy?

Question 15

What types of clients and client problems are best suited for narrative models of treatment? Is this approach effective only with high functioning clients, or can it be used effectively to treat more serious problems (e.g., substance abuse, sexual abuse, or severe mental illness)?

Question 16

Describe the technique of "externalizing" and illustrate using a clinical example.

Question 17

Is it necessary to reject systems thinking in order to practice a narrative approach? What might be some advantages and disadvantages of trying to incorporate systemic thinking into narrative therapy?

Question 18

What is a "unique outcome?"

Question 19

Define and give an example of each of the following narrative questions: deconstruction questions, open space questions, preference questions, story development questions, and meaning questions.