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All of the following are considered communication theorists EXCEPT: A: Watzlawick B: Satir C: White D: Haley - ANSWER C: White White focused on meaning where communication therapists focused on behavior. During a session with a couple a husband states to the therapist that his wife often nags and belittles him. The therapist's intervention is to give the wife homework in which she is to only say positive things to her husband and abstain from any negative comments. When she appears to be negative or belittling to her husband he is to put his hand up and say "Stop". A feminist therapist would be critical of the above technique because it: A: Gives the husband more power B: Appears to be hierarchical C: Is therapist driven D: All of the above - ANSWER D: All of the above Feminists draw techniques from other schools of family therapy such as the Narrative approach, with a sensitivity to those that are especially empowering and client driven. In this case, the therapist would work together to question imbalances of power between members and the effects these imbalances have on all family members. A feminist therapist might then work with the couple to develop new stories using a collaborative approach. Jose and Maria bring their son, Joe, to counseling because of poor academic performance and behavior. A: externalize the problem B: rearrange family members to imply alliance shifts. C: use genogram construction to help the family identify family-of-origins patterns consciously. D: coach the family on improving its problem-solving skills - ANSWER D: Coach the family on improving its problem solving skills. The strategic family therapist defines the focus of treatment as the family and its interactive process, paying particular attention to the family's process of problem solving. During the process of treatment, Mr. Medieros recognizes how he was victimized by his parents, and that past generations were also victimized by their parents. In recognizing this he began to see his parents less as monsters and more as struggling human beings, themselves acting out invisible loyalties. Therefore, he was able to block the trans-generational pattern of destructive entitlement and allowed the positive transmission of relational resources. The process by which he earned entitlement by dealing with his own issues with his own parents is called: A: A family projection process B: relational ethics C: societal regression D: exoneration - ANSWER D: exoneration Exoneration is a process by which the therapist attempts to help the client see the positive intent and inter-generational loyalty issues that motivate the behavior of members of previous generations. Harmonious relationships are more difficult to achieve for gay and lesbian couples because: A: they are more inherently pathological than straight couples B: of shame C: our society presents them with far more obstacles D: they have more individual problems. - ANSWER C: our society presents them with far more obstacles Mary feels threatened by the arrival of her baby sister so she pouts and becomes temperamental. When Mary acts out this way, her father thinks she is regressing and tries to get her to act her age by punishing and criticizing her. Father's harshness confirms Mary's belief that her sister is displacing her. The therapist suggests that when Mary behaves this way, the father should ignore her. If this suggestion worked, it would be a good example of: A: positive feedback B: first-order change C: second-order change D: negative feedback - ANSWER B: first order change when only the behaviors or interactions when a system change, this is first order change, as opposed to second order change, where the rule governing the behavior must change. A couple comes to therapy because their three-year-old daughter is "out of control". During the session the wife begins complaining that her husband is never homes and she is left to deal with her daughter's behavior. An initial goal that a Structural Family Therapist working with this family might set is to: A: inquire about inter-generational themes. B: help the couple function together as a cohesive executive subsystem C: hypothesize as to why the daughter is so "out of control". D: look for disabling international sequences. - ANSWER B: help the couple function together as a cohesive executive subsystem. Minuchin believes that the most important of all the general goals for families is the creation of an effective hierarchical structure. Inquiring about intergenerational themes is Trans-generational, look for disabling interactional sequences is Strategic, and hypothesize as to why the daughter is so "out of control" is Milan systemic. A Milan-Systemic therapist would define the purpose of circular questioning as: