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Skills of a person who will be a good marriage and family therapist ✔Correct Answer-- Good
interpersonal skills combined with emotional maturity
- Ability to convert research to practice
- Lifelong learning capacity and drive
- Done their own work
- Plan to address their own issues
- Creativity in career and development
- Org. skills and business sense
- Capable of embracing code of ethics
- Communication and presentation skills
Therapists are galvanized _____________ _________________. ✔Correct Answer-Vomit buckets
Two kinds of people who don't do well as therapists ✔Correct Answer-Researchers and flakes
Client Expectations ✔Correct Answer-- You will bring my partner back
- You will get us back together
- You will agree the marriage is not reconcilable
- You will give me more support for my case
- You will listen only
- You will tell me what to do
- You will not confront me on my issues
Goals of Marriage and Family Therapy ✔Correct Answer-- Comprehensive assessment
- Joining with the couple or family
- Working for the relationship
- Establishment of goals and creation of contract
- Therapist assessment of capacity to work with client
- Establish and maintain admin control
- Identification of key factors impacting clients (addictions, traumas, etc)
- Encouragement of resistant or non-participating clients
- Developing a fervency to work through the problems
Joining ✔Correct Answer-process of getting into client's system and learning their world
Therapist assessment of capacity to work with client ✔Correct Answer-Training (I have the
necessary training)
Issues (I'm comfortable addressing specific things)
Therapist (Does anything invalidate my work with them)
Why do some clients change and others don't? ✔Correct Answer-- They own and embrace their
situation
- I know my swamp and I'll keep it
- Energy: a passion and drive to work through the issues
, - Openness to new info and influence
- Will: they make up their mind, they will give themselves a new way of life
- Internal time clock goes off
Behavioral Model of Attraction ✔Correct Answer-1. Sampling and Estimation (radar of attraction)
2. Bargaining (exchanging for access)
3. Commitment (Benefits - Costs = Comparison/Satisfaction level)
4. Institutionalization (marriage etc)
Therapist functions ✔Correct Answer-Interprets
Clarifies
Informs
Understands
Positive Relationship Model
Constructs alternatives
To will courage
Listening and speaking skills
Modification of behavior
Reduction of hostility
Time for healing with support
Referral information
Another model of attraction (circle thing) ✔Correct Answer-The Look (template of attraction)
Eros (sexual attraction)
Interests
Values/Beliefs/Faith
Three stages of object relations theory ✔Correct Answer-1. Romance (soul mate, feel like i've
known them forever)
2. Power struggle (made a commitment and expectations roll out)
3. Maturity (recognize that no single person is going to be able to meet all of my needs)
Mistrust Issues Processes ✔Correct Answer-1. Flirtation/quick attachment
2. Fusion - Date
3. Vetting (looking for ways to disqualify person)
4. Scenarios (basically sabotages situations)
Story of the Courtship (options) ✔Correct Answer-Progressively up
Progressively down
Roller coaster
Pre-Marital Counseling Goals ✔Correct Answer-- Clarify and examine the relationship
- Provide information and training
- Set the stage to help them later on
- May lead to personal counseling or further work later on
Three positive outcomes to premarital counseling ✔Correct Answer-Decide to get married
Decide to delay
Decide not to get married