Postmodern Therapy question well answered 2023/2024

Postmodern Therapysocial constructionism - correct answer Is a psychological expression of this postmodern worldview; it values the client's reality without disputing whether it is accurate or rational. Our knowledge about realities is: - correct answer Socially constructed. Ie - a person is depressed when she adopts a definition of self as depressed. Without the cultural conditions that accept the concept of depression, talking about a person with depression would mean nothing. In postmodern thinking, forms of language and the use of language in stories create: - correct answer Meaning The postmodern view incorporates: - correct answer - reality is based on the use of language - reality is socially constructed - each individual experiences their own unique reality - (NOT reality is objectively defined) In the view of the postmodern therapist, the most essential element of therapy is: - correct answer the collaborative therapeutic relationship. Social constructionism explains how values are transmitted through language by the social milieu and suggests that individuals are constantly changing with the ebb and flow of the influences of all of the following: - correct answer - Family - Culture - Society - (NOT behavior) From a social constructionist perspective, change begins with: - correct answer deconstructing the power of cultural narratives (and then proceed to the construction of a new life of meaning) Of the following, what is an interest that social constructionists tend to share? - correct answer generating new meaning in the lives of individuals The criterion of the self, which dominated MODERNIST search for human essence and truth: A. Is being replaced by postmodernists with the concept of socially storied lives. B. Is also a key concept of postmodern approaches. C. Is more relevant in the narrative approach than it is in solution-oriented therapy. D. Has proven to be completely irrelevant to all counselors and therapists practicing today - correct answer A. MODERNISTS believe in the ability to describe objective reality accurately and assume that it can be observed and systematically known through the scientific method. (T/F) - correct answer True A limitation of the postmodern approaches is: A. Therapists require extensive training in providing brief therapy. B. Inexperienced therapists may over rely on techniques and appear mechanistic. C. The use of open ended questioning. D. Its lack of applicability to group counseling. - correct answer B. Even science is not free from the influences of such processes of social construction. (T/F) - correct answer True In social constructionism, the therapist adopts a collaborative or consultancy stance. - correct answer Understanding narratives and deconstructing language processes (discourses) are the focus for both understanding individuals and helping them construct desired change. All social constructionist theories emphasize listening to clients without judgement or blame, affirming and valuing them. (T/F) - correct answer True