Carl Whitaker - Answers Symbolic-experiential therapy is an experiential family therapy model that was
developed by ___________________________.
emotional process - Answers Symbolic-experiential therapy focuses on ___________________ and
family structure.
the session content goes into depth or covers necessary areas. - Answers The founder of symbolic-
experiential therapy believed therapists need to win the battle for structure because they are
responsible for setting up a program for change and need to ensure a structure for change is in place. All
of the following factors contributing to the structure for change EXCEPT:
Therapists should never work harder than their clients. - Answers Which of the following statements
most accurately summarizes the battle for initiative?
Absurdity allows the therapist to play with otherwise serious matters. - Answers Which of the following
is true of absurdity as it is used in symbolic-experiential therapy?
use of authenticity - Answers If a symbolic-experiential therapist is feeling annoyed in session and
chooses to convey this to her client, this is considered ______________________.
True - Answers Symbolic-experiential therapists strive to be responsible to the family without being
responsible for them.
Cotherapist - Answers The founder of symbolic-experiential therapy believed strongly in the use of
_________________ to provide a balance of support and challenge.
the therapist focuses primarily on the family's behavioral interactions rather than their emotional
system. - Answers All of the following are true of the trial of labor, which refers to the assessment
process of symbolic-experiential therapy, EXCEPT:
resourceful - Answers Symbolic-experiential therapists view families as highly resilient and
____________.
establish effective parental hierarchy and sever cross-generational coalitions. - Answers The three
primary goals that symbolic-experiential therapists have for all clients include all of the following
EXCEPT:
Interpersonal boundaries and transgenerational boundaries - Answers Symbolic-experiential family
therapists accomplish the goal of increasing family cohesion and the authenticity of family relationships
by focusing on what two key areas?
The therapist will know that the client is making progress towards self- actualization when the client is
no longer experiencing symptoms at the individual level and they are able to function in most areas of
, daily life. - Answers How might a therapist know that the client has achieved personal growth and
successfully navigated developmental tasks, thereby achieving self-actualization?
breaking down parental hierarchy. - Answers Interventions utilized in symbolic-experiential therapy
include all of the following EXCEPT:
affectively confront the family to interrupt rigid patterns - Answers If a symbolic-experiential therapist,
working with a family says to the father, "When did you divorce your wife and marry your daughter?"
the therapist is attempting to ______________________________________________.
Structural, strategic, intergenerational, and narrative - Answers Internal family systems theory is an
integrative theory, which combines elements of which theories?
internal family therapists see some parts of the system as good and others as bad; the goal of therapy is
to separate them out - Answers All of the following are true of internal family systems EXCEPT:
collaborative - Answers Internal family systems use a(n) _______________ approach to building
relationships with clients based on the assumption that all people have a highly competent self at their
core.
Transference/countertransference - Answers According to internal family systems, a part of the client
may react to the therapist as if the therapist was someone from the client's past OR the same can
happen to the therapist where the therapist responds to a client based on another past relationship.
This concept known as:
The parts remove the Self from leadership to safeguard it - Answers According to internal family
systems, the Self is considered the seat of consciousness and is considered the natural leader of the
internal family system. When problems occur, what happens to the Self?
An oppressed group kept from the conscious mind at any cost - Answers Exiles are best described as:
Managers - Answers The controller, the perfectionist, the dependent one, the passive pessimist, and the
worrier are all examples of what subpersonality?
Polarization - Answers ______________________ occurs when parts assume leadership rather than the
self assuming leadership, for the purpose of protecting the self.
enmeshment between parts - Answers Effective family leadership results in the balance of each of the
following EXCEPT:
Polarization and enmeshment - Answers When an internal family systems therapist is assessing the
relationship between parts of individuals in relationships, they are looking for what types of patterns?
manager-exile polarizations. - Answers Conflicts that result when one person is overwhelmed by their
painful exiles and the other responds with their managers to help caretake are referred to as: