Working with a couple to enhance their relationship before they get married
Which couples therapy approach focuses primarily on negotiating pleasant behaviors and teaching
problem solving and communication skills? -
Which couples therapy approach focuses on the dual perspectives of intrapsychic processes and
interpersonal processes? -
When treating cases of infidelity, it is important for therapists to assess for the ___ context, as this may
define how a couple view unfaithfulness. -
when adolescents have a reasonably realistic understanding of their intellectual abilities, social
skills, and personal emotional responses in interrelationship with others.
when a therapy works with a couple that is legally married to improve their relationship
when a counselor works with two individuals to improve their relationship as a dyad. The couple
may be married or unmarried, gay, straight and have carious levels of commitment to each other
Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
viewing one's marriage and spouse to be better than they actually are
Vertical stressors are related to current events, are developmental and continually unfolding. True or
false? -
vertical stressors -
Useful family characteristics for coping with stress include all of the following except:
universal, selective, indicated
universal prevention -
undifferentiated family ego mass -
two individuals arguing over and interacting in regard to a third person instead of attending to their
relationship
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
to help build attachment and connectedness
thoughts, feelings, processes in a person
There are two levels of change, first-order and second-order. First-order change is characterized by: -
There are three preventative approaches to working with couples. They are: -
There are currently two associations accrediting marriage and family therapy training programs: -
therapeutic conversations model -
theory that describes the interconnected elements of a system in which a change in one element
affects all of the other elements
the use of didactic lectures, visual aids, books, handouts, discussions to hep couples learn about the
pitfalls and possibilities of marriage
The three time dimensions referred to as the "life course" are: -
, The three least prevalent types of families in American culture are nuclear, single parent, and blended.
True or false? -
The systems theory developed by Ludwig Von Bertanlanffy had less reliance on ____ and more
emphasis on ____. -
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in 2013 that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) was unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. True or false? -
the study of family life including developmental and situational factors that affect or change the
life of families
The purpose of mystification is to simultaneously send two seemingly contradictory messages, leading
to confusion. True or false? -
the process of learning small gradual steps; often referred to as successive approximation
The process of helping families or couples settle disputes or dissolve their relationships in a
nonadversarial way is called: -
the physical and psychological factors that separate people from one another and organize them
the phenomenon of lower marital quality, more negative communication, less dedication, and
higher rates of divorce for couples who cohabitated before marriage
The overall goal of marriage enrichment, education, and enhancement programs is to -
The only woman pioneer in the early days of family therapy was: -
the nonmaterialization of an expected occurrence (e.g., the failure of a couple to have children).
the name for conjoint couple therapy devised by Carl Whitaker
The most popular family therapy approaches in the 1970s were experiential family therapy, structural
family therapy and strategic family therapy. True or false? -
the meaning or significance of the event for the family
The ideal time for premarital counseling is 4 to 12 weeks before the wedding date. True or false? -
the idea that the general systems approach of Bateson (cybernetics) must be incorporated in its
truest sense into family therapy with an emphasis on "second order cybernetics". Stresses the impact of
the family therapist's inclusion and participation in family systems
the idea that actions are part of a causal chain, each influencing and being influenced by the other.
The following family therapy pioneer utilized touch and nurturing of family members, emphasizing
self-esteem, compassion, and affective congruence: -
The first family therapy license was granted in Michigan in 1963. True or False? -
The family life cycle is useful in studying famlies from a ___ perspective. -
the family a person was born or adopted into
the extent to which participation in one domain affects participation in another domain
The Double ABCX Model differs from the ABCX Model in some significant ways including: -
the cybernetics of cybernetics. stresses the impact of the family therapist's inclusion and
participation in family systems
the concept that couples stay healthy or get healthier by actively participating in certain activities,
usually in connection with other couples
the actions taken by some families to mask what is going on between family members, usually in
the form of giving conflicting and contradictory explanations of events
the ability to take calculated risks without knowing the exact consequences
the ability of a family to be flexible and change
term first used to describe Stuart's initiatives in behavioral couple therapy
tendency to resist change and keep things as they are, in a state of equilibrium
systems theory -
symmetrical relationship -
Symmetrical interaction is based on: -
superficial change
Which couples therapy approach focuses primarily on negotiating pleasant behaviors and teaching
problem solving and communication skills? -
Which couples therapy approach focuses on the dual perspectives of intrapsychic processes and
interpersonal processes? -
When treating cases of infidelity, it is important for therapists to assess for the ___ context, as this may
define how a couple view unfaithfulness. -
when adolescents have a reasonably realistic understanding of their intellectual abilities, social
skills, and personal emotional responses in interrelationship with others.
when a therapy works with a couple that is legally married to improve their relationship
when a counselor works with two individuals to improve their relationship as a dyad. The couple
may be married or unmarried, gay, straight and have carious levels of commitment to each other
Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
viewing one's marriage and spouse to be better than they actually are
Vertical stressors are related to current events, are developmental and continually unfolding. True or
false? -
vertical stressors -
Useful family characteristics for coping with stress include all of the following except:
universal, selective, indicated
universal prevention -
undifferentiated family ego mass -
two individuals arguing over and interacting in regard to a third person instead of attending to their
relationship
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
to help build attachment and connectedness
thoughts, feelings, processes in a person
There are two levels of change, first-order and second-order. First-order change is characterized by: -
There are three preventative approaches to working with couples. They are: -
There are currently two associations accrediting marriage and family therapy training programs: -
therapeutic conversations model -
theory that describes the interconnected elements of a system in which a change in one element
affects all of the other elements
the use of didactic lectures, visual aids, books, handouts, discussions to hep couples learn about the
pitfalls and possibilities of marriage
The three time dimensions referred to as the "life course" are: -
, The three least prevalent types of families in American culture are nuclear, single parent, and blended.
True or false? -
The systems theory developed by Ludwig Von Bertanlanffy had less reliance on ____ and more
emphasis on ____. -
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in 2013 that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) was unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. True or false? -
the study of family life including developmental and situational factors that affect or change the
life of families
The purpose of mystification is to simultaneously send two seemingly contradictory messages, leading
to confusion. True or false? -
the process of learning small gradual steps; often referred to as successive approximation
The process of helping families or couples settle disputes or dissolve their relationships in a
nonadversarial way is called: -
the physical and psychological factors that separate people from one another and organize them
the phenomenon of lower marital quality, more negative communication, less dedication, and
higher rates of divorce for couples who cohabitated before marriage
The overall goal of marriage enrichment, education, and enhancement programs is to -
The only woman pioneer in the early days of family therapy was: -
the nonmaterialization of an expected occurrence (e.g., the failure of a couple to have children).
the name for conjoint couple therapy devised by Carl Whitaker
The most popular family therapy approaches in the 1970s were experiential family therapy, structural
family therapy and strategic family therapy. True or false? -
the meaning or significance of the event for the family
The ideal time for premarital counseling is 4 to 12 weeks before the wedding date. True or false? -
the idea that the general systems approach of Bateson (cybernetics) must be incorporated in its
truest sense into family therapy with an emphasis on "second order cybernetics". Stresses the impact of
the family therapist's inclusion and participation in family systems
the idea that actions are part of a causal chain, each influencing and being influenced by the other.
The following family therapy pioneer utilized touch and nurturing of family members, emphasizing
self-esteem, compassion, and affective congruence: -
The first family therapy license was granted in Michigan in 1963. True or False? -
The family life cycle is useful in studying famlies from a ___ perspective. -
the family a person was born or adopted into
the extent to which participation in one domain affects participation in another domain
The Double ABCX Model differs from the ABCX Model in some significant ways including: -
the cybernetics of cybernetics. stresses the impact of the family therapist's inclusion and
participation in family systems
the concept that couples stay healthy or get healthier by actively participating in certain activities,
usually in connection with other couples
the actions taken by some families to mask what is going on between family members, usually in
the form of giving conflicting and contradictory explanations of events
the ability to take calculated risks without knowing the exact consequences
the ability of a family to be flexible and change
term first used to describe Stuart's initiatives in behavioral couple therapy
tendency to resist change and keep things as they are, in a state of equilibrium
systems theory -
symmetrical relationship -
Symmetrical interaction is based on: -
superficial change
