Counseling Theories Exam
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Narrative therapy created by - Answer✔✔ -Michael White
Michael White's interest in post-modernism brought him in
close contact with social constructionism which may be
described as:
a. How values are determined genetically
b. How values are transmitted through parenting alone
c. How values are transmitted through language by the social milieu
d. All of these - Answer✔✔ -c. How values are transmitted through language by
the social milieu
All but which of the following likely affected Michael White's
approach to therapy?
,a. His wife's involvement in feminism and social justice work
b. His younger days protesting the Vietnam War
c. The way he was treated, when depressed, by the mental health system
d. His early training in a systems approach to therapy
e. His rebellion against his psychoanalytic training - Answer✔✔ -*e. His rebellion
against his psychoanalytic training
The main reason that narrative therapists often focus on social
issues is because they believe:
a. Social issues are embedded in our intrapsychic nature
b. Issues of power and oppression are passed down through culture and society
c. People project their problems onto society
d. Society is responsible for all problems - Answer✔✔ -*b. Issues of power and
oppression are passed down through culture and society
One function of the narrative therapist is to try to understand clients'
________________while assisting them in making choices regarding
establishment
of counter-narratives in order to live a more satisfying life style.
a. Dominant narratives
b. Inner world
c. Origination of concerns
d. Unique method of communication - Answer✔✔ -*a. Dominant narratives
,One important mechanism a narrative therapist often uses to deconstruct
the problem-saturated narrative and create new narratives is:
a. Examining truths
b. Vocalization and dehumanization
c. Externalizing the problem
d. Two of these - Answer✔✔ -c. Externalizing the problem
_______________and Michael White co-authored books and
focused on children and adolescents in their work.
a. David Epston
b. John Winslade
c. Steve de Shazer
d. Kim Berg
e. Karl Tomm - Answer✔✔ -a. David Epston
Narrative therapy may be described as:
a. Deterministic
b. Anti-deterministic
c. Optimistic
d. Pessimistic
e. Both deterministic and optimistic - Answer✔✔ -*b. Anti-deterministic *c.
Optimistic
, Relative to the view of human nature of narrative therapy,
which is not accurate?
a. Reality is created through one's "internal voice"
b. There's a focus on where people want to go
c. It is anti-deterministic
d. It is based on the nature of language and discourse
e. Realities are socially constructed - Answer✔✔ -*a. Reality is created through
one's "internal voice"
Freedman and Combs (1996) describe the Narrative approach by
proposing a view of human nature based on all but which of the
following premises:
a. Realities are constructed by internal cognitive structures
b. Realities are organized and maintained through narrative
c. Realities are constituted through language
d. There are no essential truths - Answer✔✔ -*a. Realities are constructed by
internal cognitive structures
. In the typical scientific framework, truth is discovered, and in the
postmodernist framework, truth is _______________.
a. Revealed
b. Constructed
c. Qualitatively studied
d. Concealed
Study Guide – Practice
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Answers. GRADED A+. Latest
2026/2027 Update
Narrative therapy created by - Answer✔✔ -Michael White
Michael White's interest in post-modernism brought him in
close contact with social constructionism which may be
described as:
a. How values are determined genetically
b. How values are transmitted through parenting alone
c. How values are transmitted through language by the social milieu
d. All of these - Answer✔✔ -c. How values are transmitted through language by
the social milieu
All but which of the following likely affected Michael White's
approach to therapy?
,a. His wife's involvement in feminism and social justice work
b. His younger days protesting the Vietnam War
c. The way he was treated, when depressed, by the mental health system
d. His early training in a systems approach to therapy
e. His rebellion against his psychoanalytic training - Answer✔✔ -*e. His rebellion
against his psychoanalytic training
The main reason that narrative therapists often focus on social
issues is because they believe:
a. Social issues are embedded in our intrapsychic nature
b. Issues of power and oppression are passed down through culture and society
c. People project their problems onto society
d. Society is responsible for all problems - Answer✔✔ -*b. Issues of power and
oppression are passed down through culture and society
One function of the narrative therapist is to try to understand clients'
________________while assisting them in making choices regarding
establishment
of counter-narratives in order to live a more satisfying life style.
a. Dominant narratives
b. Inner world
c. Origination of concerns
d. Unique method of communication - Answer✔✔ -*a. Dominant narratives
,One important mechanism a narrative therapist often uses to deconstruct
the problem-saturated narrative and create new narratives is:
a. Examining truths
b. Vocalization and dehumanization
c. Externalizing the problem
d. Two of these - Answer✔✔ -c. Externalizing the problem
_______________and Michael White co-authored books and
focused on children and adolescents in their work.
a. David Epston
b. John Winslade
c. Steve de Shazer
d. Kim Berg
e. Karl Tomm - Answer✔✔ -a. David Epston
Narrative therapy may be described as:
a. Deterministic
b. Anti-deterministic
c. Optimistic
d. Pessimistic
e. Both deterministic and optimistic - Answer✔✔ -*b. Anti-deterministic *c.
Optimistic
, Relative to the view of human nature of narrative therapy,
which is not accurate?
a. Reality is created through one's "internal voice"
b. There's a focus on where people want to go
c. It is anti-deterministic
d. It is based on the nature of language and discourse
e. Realities are socially constructed - Answer✔✔ -*a. Reality is created through
one's "internal voice"
Freedman and Combs (1996) describe the Narrative approach by
proposing a view of human nature based on all but which of the
following premises:
a. Realities are constructed by internal cognitive structures
b. Realities are organized and maintained through narrative
c. Realities are constituted through language
d. There are no essential truths - Answer✔✔ -*a. Realities are constructed by
internal cognitive structures
. In the typical scientific framework, truth is discovered, and in the
postmodernist framework, truth is _______________.
a. Revealed
b. Constructed
c. Qualitatively studied
d. Concealed
