Deck 17: Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling

Question 1

From a systems perspective, family therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach that focuses on altering interactions.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In family therapy, reframing can involve:

A) Operationalizing
B) Emphasizing complementarity
C) Denominalizing
D) All of these.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is not a defiance-oriented directive?

A) Symptom increase
B) Symptom decrease
C) Restraining
D) Symptom retention

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Defiance-oriented directives are typically offered for:

A) Families who are resistant.
B) Families who are proactive.
C) Changes in the relationship before and after a precise event.
D) Specific interactive behaviors.

Question 5

The parts of Jay Haley's initial interview include:

A) Presession planning.
B) Joining.
C) Genograms.
D) Presession planning and Joining.

Question 6

Who was not a member of the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto?

A) Jay Haley
B) Don Jackson
C) Salvador Minuchin
D) Virginia Satir

Question 7

Jay Haley held that family dysfunction is often caused by behavioral sequences that are rigid, repetitive, and functionally autonomous.

Question 8

Directives can be categorized as either (a) complianceâ€'oriented or (b) defiance oriented.

Question 9

Counseling couples or families is restricted to those with a specific degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Question 10

Structural Family Therapy holds that a person's behaviors are a function of their relations with others.

Question 11

Match the term with its definition.
-Jay Haley

A)Conjoint Family Therapy.
B)Transgenerational Family Therapy.
C)Strategic Family Therapy.
D)Structural Family Therapy.
E)Experiential Family Therapy.

Question 12

Match the term with its definition.
-Carl Whitaker

A)Conjoint Family Therapy.
B)Transgenerational Family Therapy.
C)Strategic Family Therapy.
D)Structural Family Therapy.
E)Experiential Family Therapy.

Question 13

Match the term with its definition.
-Murray Bowen

A)Conjoint Family Therapy.
B)Transgenerational Family Therapy.
C)Strategic Family Therapy.
D)Structural Family Therapy.
E)Experiential Family Therapy.

Question 14

Match the term with its definition.
-Salvador Minuchin

A)Conjoint Family Therapy.
B)Transgenerational Family Therapy.
C)Strategic Family Therapy.
D)Structural Family Therapy.
E)Experiential Family Therapy.

Question 15

Match the term with its definition.
-Virginia Satir

A)Conjoint Family Therapy.
B)Transgenerational Family Therapy.
C)Strategic Family Therapy.
D)Structural Family Therapy.
E)Experiential Family Therapy.