Deck 14: Collaborative Therapy

Question 1

Anderson offered all of the following guidelines for the use of reflecting teams with clients EXCEPT:

A) talk from an expert perspective.
B) use only with the client's permission.
C) give the client permission to listen or not to listen.
D) comment on what is seen or heard, not what is observed.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When thinking of the client as expert in the collaborative therapy, it may be helpful to think of the client as holding more expertise in the area of __________and the therapist as holding more expertise in the area of __________.

A) process/content
B) stories/interventions
C) interventions/stories
D) content/process

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The overall goal of collaborative therapy is to increase the clients' sense of __________ in their lives: the sense that they are competent and able to take meaningful action.

A) strength
B) power
C) agency
D) self-esteem

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Explain the concept of "not knowing" as used in collaborative therapy.

Question 5

Collaborative therapists focus on the __________ of therapy.

A) content
B) process
C) structure
D) solutions

Question 6

In the process of collaborative reflecting teams, the goal is to develop diverse strands of conversations so that the client can choose what resonates and what does not. This is achieved by having the reflecting team do which of the following?

A) The team observes the client behind a one way mirror and consults only with the therapist.
B) The team sits in the therapy room with the therapist and client throughout the session.
C) The team offers their evaluation and diagnosis of the client while the client is listening.
D) The team discusses the client offering multiple perspectives as the client listens.

Question 7

The collaborative approach works effectively with diverse clients because the therapist avoids making assumptions and strives to work from within the client's reality.

Question 8

If a client lives in daily fear of having another psychotic episode after not having one for over 10 years and says that it is her illness that keeps her from moving forward in life, the therapist may ask a question such as: "That's interesting. You say you haven't had an episode in 10 years, so hallucinations don't seem to be plaguing you these days. But it does sound like the worry about hallucinations is the problem at this point. Do you think of this as part of the original problem, or is it a new problem that only developed after the first was resolved?" What intervention is the therapist employing?

A) Sharing inner dialogue
B) Making an appropriately unusual comment
C) Mutual puzzling
D) Being public

Question 9

Collaborative therapists invite clients to provide feedback about which therapeutic processes work best for them.

Question 10

When a collaborative therapist uses the term inner talk, he or she is referring to the _______________________________________________________.

A) conversation each individual is having within, during a conversation
B) thoughts that a client is fearful to share with the therapist
C) talk among the members of the "inner circle" of the family
D) recurring self-talk

Question 11

________________ questions, used in collaborative therapy come naturally from the dialogue of therapy rather than from professional theory.

A) Unusual
B) Contagious
C) Conversational
D) Conditional

Question 12

When a teenage client shares that he is planning on fighting another student after school and the collaborative therapist responds by sharing concerns for his safety, the therapist is being _________________.

A) open
B) supportive
C) professional
D) public

Question 13

All of the following would be considered non-collaborative in collaborative therapy EXCEPT:

A) a monologue.
B) using pejorative descriptions of clients.
C) offering opinions.
D) two-way dialogical conversations.

Question 14

When Andserson and Goolishian radically proposed: "The client is the expert", they meant the _________________________________________________.

A) therapist has no opinion of the client
B) client's thoughts, ideas, and opinions are valued
C) therapist does not have a role in the therapeutic process
D) client is the expert in the direction therapy should take

Question 15

Which of the following short descriptions best describes the therapeutic relationship in collaborative therapy?

A) a directive relationship
B) a hierarchical relationship
C) a loving partnership
D) a conversational partnership

Question 16

_____________ refers to the therapist's sincere interest in clients' unique life experiences and the meanings that are generated from these experiences.

A) Withness
B) Curiosity
C) Expertise
D) Empathy

Question 17

In collaborative therapy, what does it mean when the problems "dissolve"?

A) Participants in therapy find traditional solutions to their problems or issues during the course of therapy.
B) Participants no longer have problems or issues to discuss in therapy.
C) Participants do not hold on tightly to their problems or issues.
D) Participants understanding of their problems or issues evolves through the dialogue of therapy.

Question 18

In collaborative therapy, outer talk refers to which of the following?

A) The spoken conversation in therapy
B) Negative self-talk
C) Positive self-talk
D) Client conversations about what happens in therapy with people outside of therapy

Question 19

In collaborative therapy, therapists take a not knowing stance. What does this mean?

A) The therapist does not prepare for the session prior to meeting the client.
B) The therapist believes he can fill in the gaps in the client's story.
C) The therapist does not know what the outcome of therapy will be.
D) The therapist does not assume they understand the client's experience before the client tells them about it.

Question 20

The purpose of appropriately unusual comments is to _____________________.

A) disorient the person's traditional form of thought
B) point out the obvious
C) clearly fit within the clients worldview while offering a new perspective
D) passively disrupt a person worldview

Question 21

What are some general guidelines for reflecting teams?

Question 22

How can collaborative therapy be used effectively in working with intercultural couples?

Question 23

How has collaborative therapy been used to effectively treat psychosis?

Question 24

Describe the key components of the therapeutic relationship according to collaborative therapy.