Deck 11: Emerging Approaches Emphasizing Emotions and Sensations

Question 1

Which of the following statements is not true according to narrative therapy?

A)A person has one true self.
B)Narrative therapy promotes people's liberation from constraining definitions.
C)Narrative therapy is phenomenological.
D)Personal realities are absolute.

Answer 1

A person has one true self.

Question 2

Narrative therapists believe that stories supporting the dominant theme

A)must be changed.
B)are responsible for dysfunction.
C)are the ones most easily accessed.
D)are irrelevant because they provide no new information.

Answer 2

are the ones most easily accessed.

Question 3

"Landscapes of consciousness" refers to

A)actions of the subject of a story.
B)values, feelings, and beliefs.
C)all material from a person's conscious mind.
D)the setting in which a story takes place.

Answer 3

values, feelings, and beliefs.

Question 4

"Landscapes of action" refers to

A)behaviors that keep appearing in a person's stories.
B)an action plan for accomplishing a client's goals.
C)a treatment plan created by a clinician.
D)behaviors that lead to a client's presenting problem.

Question 5

The purpose of mapping, according to narrative therapy, is to

A)promote understanding of people's family history.
B)help people understand how their problems are linked to their stories.
C)trace the evolution of people's stories.
D)show connection between the clinician's stories and those of the client.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOT true of solution-focused brief therapy?

A)SFBT therapists use the miracle question to determine treatment goals.
B)SFBT therapists would agree that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
C)SFBT therapists would view actualization as a viable treatment goal.
D)SFBT therapists sometimes involve a client's relative or friend in treatment.

Question 7

Which of the following concepts best reflects solution-focused brief therapy?

A)Small changes are often all that are necessary for a client to progress.
B)Understanding the function of the presenting problems in the client's life is important.
C)There usually is one right, logical solution to the problem.
D)The way a problem developed provides the key to its solution.

Question 8

The basic message of feminist therapy

A)is that women are superior to men.
B)devalues the traditional roles of women.
C)is applicable to both genders.
D)is not constructivist.

Question 9

Clinicians practicing feminist therapy typically are

A)objective and structured.
B)collaborative and encouraging.
C)interpretive and analytical.
D)focused on developmental issues and patterns.

Question 10

Which of the following concepts is not typically addressed by feminist therapy?

A)relational power
B)gender role strain in men
C)power imbalances
D)identification with fairy tale heroines

Question 11

Choose one theory addressed in Chapter 11 and describe the following for that theory:
●basic principles
●strategies, techniques, and /or treatment approaches
●assumptions about problem causation and resolution
●unique terminology, if any
●application to various diagnostic and/or cultural groups
●role of the therapist and the nature of the therapeutic alliance
●strengths, limitations, and contributions

Question 12

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of externalization of problems. Choose one treatment approach you have studied and explain how it does or does not encourage externalization.

Question 13

Explain the primary goal and strategies of the stages of solution-focused brief therapy:
a) identifying a solvable complaint, b) establishing goals, c) designing an intervention, d) developing strategies, e) identifying and emphasizing positive new behaviors and changes, f) stabilization, g)termination.

Question 14

Dan, age 53, is a successful corporate executive who generally has been very satisfied with his life. He and his wife are happily married and have two children who are in their twenties. Dan states that lately he has been feeling "like something is missing" and he finds his work less fulfilling than it used to be. Dan said that now that his children are older they don't seem to need him as much, and he wonders if that has something to do with his feelings.
Choose the treatment approach in Chapter 11 that you believe would be most useful in helping Dan. Provide a rationale for your choice and explain how you would proceed in treating Dan via your chosen approach.

Question 15

Define five of the following terms from Chapter 11. Identify a theory with which each is associated.
●externalizing
●gender role strain
●landscapes of action
●landscapes of consciousness
●identifying exceptions
●collectivist culture
●phenomenological
●relational power
●therapy-demystifying strategies
●morality of care
●revisioning
●therapeutic documents
●solution talk

Question 16

Nargess sought treatment because she feels like she is on a treadmill and has no time for herself. When she gets home from work, her children are waiting to talk with her and she must prepare dinner. After cleaning up the kitchen, she helps her children with homework and completes several household chores. She goes to bed exhausted and begins the entire cycle again the next day. Choose one therapy style from Chapter 11 and design a plan for helping Nargess.