Exam 13: Narrative and Collaborative Approaches

According to narrative counselors,the following statement: "A 'happy' and 'good' person,should get married,get a stable,high-paying job,have kids,get a nice car,buy a house,volunteer at your child's school,and build a white-picket fence," is an example of:

The counseling relationship in Collaborative language systems is best described as a ________________; a process of being with the client,respecting the client's knowledge and expertise,and responding in a collaborative and dialogical mode.

Which of the following statement regarding narrative counseling approaches is most accurate?

What role does curiosity play in collaborative counseling?

__________________ is the term used to describe when stories or subplots in which the problem-saturated story do not play out in its typical way with no dramatic ending or particularly notable outcome.

The not-knowing in collaborative counseling refers to how counselors think about what they (think they)know and the intent with which they introduce this knowing (expertise,truths,etc)to the client.This is an attempt to avoid ______________________.

What is the philosophic stance of a collaborative counselor and how does it affect the therapeutic relationship?

Elan is a 19-year-old Native American who recently lost his best friend in a drunk-driving accident.His friend was driving while under the influence on his way home from Elan's house when he hit a tree and was killed upon impact.Due to his extreme guilt,Elan did not initially drink for several months following the accident.Now that he has resumed drinking,he is drinking more than ever before,although he does not drink on days he has to go into work.He says that his friend's spirit is haunting him and he is considering contacting a medicine man whom his mother knows to help deal with the spirit.As a narrative counselor,what is a unique outcome you might help Elan to see?

In the broadest sense,the goal of Narrative Counseling is to help clients enact their preferred realities and identities.Which of the following is an example of a goal meeting this criteria?

Collaborative counselors believe that:

Each of the following are in line with the purpose of collaborative reflecting teams EXCEPT:

Which of the following is an example of an externalizing question?

Collaborative counselors work from a social constructionist,postmodern perspective,which maintains that our realities are constructed in _______________ and through relationships.

Couples who choose not to have children; same-sex relationships; immigrant families wanting to preserve their roots are all examples of _________________________.

When a narrative counselor wants to separate the problem,such as depression,from the person,they might ask a question such as:

A monological conversation in collaborative counseling leads to a therapeutic __________,at which point the counseling discussion no longer generates useful meanings or understandings.

Goals in narrative counseling focus on clients enacting preferred narratives which involves increasing clients' sense of ______________,the sense that they influence in the direction of their lives.

Similarly to solution-based counselors,postmodern counselors focus on the client's ________________.

In Narrative Counseling,the counselor helps clients create more balanced descriptions of the events of their lives to enable clients to build more accurate and appreciative descriptions of themselves and others.This process is referred to as:

Asking questions such as: "What do you do for fun? What do you like about living here?" allows the narrative counselor to ________________________________________.