Question 1

Shane goes to therapy as part of a court mandate. According to solution-focused therapy he is a _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Client in a visitor relationship 
B)  Client in a forced relationship 
C)  Client in a complainant relationship 
D)  Client in a customer relationship 
A)  Client in a visitor relationship 
B)  Client in a forced relationship 
C)  Client in a complainant relationship 
D)  Client in a customer relationship A

Question 2

What is the role of the client in Solution Focused Therapy?

Accepted Answer

Because individuals' lives are so diverse, it is difficult to recommend the same solution for all clients. Whereas science and medicine use convergent thinking, the helping professions should use divergent thinking (de Shazer et al., 2007). Problems should be examined in terms of the various discourses affecting the client.
Solution-focused therapy declares that clients can construct their own solutions to problems. Therapists do not see themselves as experts at scientifically assessing client problems and then intervening. On the contrary, the solution-focused clinician strives to be expert at exploring clients' frames of reference and identifying whatever perceptions they have about living better lives (DeJong & Berg, 2002). Because the therapist is using clients' frames of reference, it becomes less useful to concentrate on resistance.

Question 3

Which of the following is the continuation question?

Accepted Answer

A)  Are you willing to continue to work in therapy towards your goals? 
B)  Do you believe that continuing therapy will lead to improvement in your life? 
C)  What do you want to continue to have happen in your life? 
D)  What behaviors are you exhibiting that maintain your problems? 
A)  Are you willing to continue to work in therapy towards your goals? 
B)  Do you believe that continuing therapy will lead to improvement in your life? 
C)  What do you want to continue to have happen in your life? 
D)  What behaviors are you exhibiting that maintain your problems? C

Question 4

Discuss the client in a "complainant relationship".

Accepted Answer

The client in a complainant relationship

Question 5

What are the four guidelines put forth by DeJong and Berg (2002) for giving feedback to clients?

Accepted Answer

-Agree with what is important to the cli

Question 6

Which four factors result in client change according to solution-focused therapy?

Accepted Answer

-Extratherapeutic factors such

Question 7

Describe the client in a "customer relationship".

Accepted Answer

In this instance, the therapist has deve

Question 8

Problems often have a single good solution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Give an example of a client in a visitor relationship.

Accepted Answer

Typically, he or she is there involuntar

Question 10

A client in a complainant relationship needs help recognizing that their problem can be solved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which is an idea that would be supported by a solution-focused therapist?

Accepted Answer

A)  We are more likely to change when the therapist focuses on what we are doing right than what we are doing wrong. 
B)  The therapist is the expert at producing solutions to problems 
C)  Diagnosis is essential to treatment 
D)  Understanding a client's personality is key to change 
A)  We are more likely to change when the therapist focuses on what we are doing right than what we are doing wrong. 
B)  The therapist is the expert at producing solutions to problems 
C)  Diagnosis is essential to treatment 
D)  Understanding a client's personality is key to change

Question 12

The best approach for a client in a visitor relationship is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Refer them to someone with whom he or she may have better rapport 
B)  Conduct motivational interviewing to convince them of the value of therapy 
C)  Offer possible solutions to their problem 
D)  Compliment them for even bothering to come to therapy 
A)  Refer them to someone with whom he or she may have better rapport 
B)  Conduct motivational interviewing to convince them of the value of therapy 
C)  Offer possible solutions to their problem 
D)  Compliment them for even bothering to come to therapy

Question 13

When using the scaling technique, what are some of the questions you would ask?

Accepted Answer

-"Imagine a scale from 0 to 10, with 10

Question 14

For which type of clients are coping questions most important?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suicidal clients 
B)  Clients who do not see a problem 
C)  Substance using clients 
D)  Clients who are fearful of change 
A)  Suicidal clients 
B)  Clients who do not see a problem 
C)  Substance using clients 
D)  Clients who are fearful of change

Question 15

Clients improve in solution-focused therapy once they recognize what they have done wrong in the past to solve their problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The solution-focused emphasis on strengths is consistent with ideas posed in culturally competent therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What are some of the criticisms of Solution Focused therapy?

Accepted Answer

One criticism of solution-focused therap

Question 18

Which is true of using compliments in solution-focused therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  You should always give compliments about clients' personal traits 
B)  Inauthentic compliments are fine if the therapist cannot think of genuine compliments 
C)  Make compliments general so that they fit a variety of areas 
D)  The compliment should be focused on something that is important to the client 
A)  You should always give compliments about clients' personal traits 
B)  Inauthentic compliments are fine if the therapist cannot think of genuine compliments 
C)  Make compliments general so that they fit a variety of areas 
D)  The compliment should be focused on something that is important to the client

Question 19

In what book did de Shazer state that you do not have to have detailed information about a client's problems in order to solve them?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Solution-focused Therapy Manual 
B)  Keys to Solutions in Brief Therapy 
C)  Solution-Focused Therapy: Toward the Identification of Therapeutic Tools 
D)  Putting Difference to Work 
A)  The Solution-focused Therapy Manual 
B)  Keys to Solutions in Brief Therapy 
C)  Solution-Focused Therapy: Toward the Identification of Therapeutic Tools 
D)  Putting Difference to Work

Question 20

Solution focused brief therapy is usually listed as an evidence-based practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Solution-Focused Therapy

Shane goes to therapy as part of a court mandate. According to solution-focused therapy he is a _____________.

What is the role of the client in Solution Focused Therapy?

Which of the following is the continuation question?

Discuss the client in a "complainant relationship".

What are the four guidelines put forth by DeJong and Berg (2002) for giving feedback to clients?

Which four factors result in client change according to solution-focused therapy?

Describe the client in a "customer relationship".

Problems often have a single good solution.

Give an example of a client in a visitor relationship.

A client in a complainant relationship needs help recognizing that their problem can be solved.

Which is an idea that would be supported by a solution-focused therapist?

The best approach for a client in a visitor relationship is to:

When using the scaling technique, what are some of the questions you would ask?

For which type of clients are coping questions most important?

Clients improve in solution-focused therapy once they recognize what they have done wrong in the past to solve their problem.

The solution-focused emphasis on strengths is consistent with ideas posed in culturally competent therapy.

What are some of the criticisms of Solution Focused therapy?

Which is true of using compliments in solution-focused therapy?

In what book did de Shazer state that you do not have to have detailed information about a client's problems in order to solve them?

Solution focused brief therapy is usually listed as an evidence-based practice.

Introduction

Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories

Adlerian Psychotherapy

Behavior Therapy and Psychopharmacology

Cognitive Approaches to Therapy

Realitychoice Therapy

Existential Therapy

Person Centered Therapy

Gestalt Therapy

Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change Theory

The Expressive Arts Therapies

Multicultural Psychotherapy Theories

Transcultural Psychotherapy

Feminist Therapy and Lesbian and Gay Therapy

Narrative Therapy

Integrating Religiousspiritual Issues During Psychotherapy

Strengths-Based Therapy

Family Therapy Approaches

Neuroscience, Psychotherapy, and Neuropsychotherapy

Comparing and Contrasting the Theories of Psychotherapy

Integrative Psychotherapy

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