Exam 15: Constructivist Therapies

When a narrative therapist encourages her client to be both reader and author of the text of their lives,she is underscoring that the client has the:

Theories of personality and psychopathology are LEAST likely to inform which approach to psychotherapy?

Constructivist therapists emphasize the importance of language because:

Which is most likely true about narrative therapists?

Steve is a middle-aged,recently unemployed,and divorced nonresidential father of three children who presents with considerable depression,hopelessness,and lethargy.His main complaint is that he is not able to get out of bed in the morning.A narrative therapist is most likely to begin therapy by:

According to narrative therapists,the therapeutic relationship is:

Constructivism is best understood as a philosophical approach that:

Like most narrative therapists,Michael White,a pioneer of narrative therapy,integrates which processes of change in his therapy work?

After an initial consultation,a solution-focused therapist is likely to decide whether and when the client's next session should occur based on:

In solution-focused therapy,the therapist is regarded as most expert about:

The criticism that,while constructivist therapies have attempted to defend the individuality of persons,they have reduced the process of therapy to a single method akin to literary criticism is most likely to be leveled by:

When constructing therapy goals,solution-focused therapists are LEAST likely to emphasize which of the following?

Solution focused therapists respect the client by assuming that:

Basic assumptions characteristic of solution-focused therapies would include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is LEAST true about the therapeutic relationship in narrative therapy?

A solution oriented therapist will tend to use which of the following methods most frequently?

The text authors predict that the future of constructivist therapies will include:

Miriam is a 42-year-old married mother who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis - a neurological disorder that often leads to motor weakness,speech disturbance,and cognitive symptoms.She presented with considerable depression,particularly related to her loss of sensation in her feet and difficulty walking independently.In addition to empathic listening,a constructivist therapist most likely would: