Marriage and Family
the family -
✅a married couple brings their two children to counseling for behavioral problems. The 14 year
old daughter stays out late and their 17 year old son is using drugs. according to most marriage and
family therapists the identified patient would be
only tell his wife is he gives you permission -
✅you are seeing a husband and wife for marriage counseling. during one of the sessions you
decide to see them separately. the husband tells you he has seen an attorney because he is filing for
divorce. he has not told his wife and indicates that he will not do so. you feel the wife has a right to
know this because it will help her plan for the future. you should
this is unethical -
✅you are supervising a licensing candidate who is primarily interested in marriage and family
counseling. you are very attracted to her and have sex with her. according to ethics guidelines
experiencing marriage and family problems -
✅the fastest growing clientele for professional counselors are persons
Circular / Reciprocal Causality (E.g., Dynamics of Family Members) -
✅family counselors generally believe in
Norbert Wiener
1940's -
✅cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists. it is usually associated with the work of
Homeostasis -
✅a family that is stable and reaches an equilibrium is in a state of
stability and change/morphostasis and morphogensis -
✅adaptability is the ability of the family to balance
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, aspirational ethics -
✅a family wants to see you for counseling, however they have a very limited income and cant
afford to pay. you therefore agree to see the family for free. the term that best describes your actions
would be
Virginia Satir -
✅experiential conjoint family therapy is closely related to the work of
you try to please everybody out of a fear of rejection -
✅virginia Satir felt that a major goal of therapy was to improve intrafamily communication.
according to Satir, four basic patterns prevented good communication under stress. These defensive
postured or stress positions are: placating, blaming, being overly reasonable, and being irrelevant.
placating means
will sacrifice others to feel good about himself
will often say "if it werent for you..."
will point the finger at others to avoid dealing with their own issues
"all of the above" -
✅the placater is a people pleaser under stress while the blamer
is likely to engage in the defense mechanism of intellectualization -
✅the person who becomes overly reasonable (or the responsible analyzer)
will distract the family from the problem via constantly talking about irrelevant topics -
✅according to Virginia Satir, the individual displaying an irrelevant style
Ludwig von Bertalanffy -
✅Virginia Satir is considered a leading figure in experiential therapy. _________ is sometimes
called the dean of experiential family therapy
Carl Whitaker's interaction with the family could best be described as -
✅joining the family and experiencing it as if he were a family member
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the family -
✅a married couple brings their two children to counseling for behavioral problems. The 14 year
old daughter stays out late and their 17 year old son is using drugs. according to most marriage and
family therapists the identified patient would be
only tell his wife is he gives you permission -
✅you are seeing a husband and wife for marriage counseling. during one of the sessions you
decide to see them separately. the husband tells you he has seen an attorney because he is filing for
divorce. he has not told his wife and indicates that he will not do so. you feel the wife has a right to
know this because it will help her plan for the future. you should
this is unethical -
✅you are supervising a licensing candidate who is primarily interested in marriage and family
counseling. you are very attracted to her and have sex with her. according to ethics guidelines
experiencing marriage and family problems -
✅the fastest growing clientele for professional counselors are persons
Circular / Reciprocal Causality (E.g., Dynamics of Family Members) -
✅family counselors generally believe in
Norbert Wiener
1940's -
✅cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists. it is usually associated with the work of
Homeostasis -
✅a family that is stable and reaches an equilibrium is in a state of
stability and change/morphostasis and morphogensis -
✅adaptability is the ability of the family to balance
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, aspirational ethics -
✅a family wants to see you for counseling, however they have a very limited income and cant
afford to pay. you therefore agree to see the family for free. the term that best describes your actions
would be
Virginia Satir -
✅experiential conjoint family therapy is closely related to the work of
you try to please everybody out of a fear of rejection -
✅virginia Satir felt that a major goal of therapy was to improve intrafamily communication.
according to Satir, four basic patterns prevented good communication under stress. These defensive
postured or stress positions are: placating, blaming, being overly reasonable, and being irrelevant.
placating means
will sacrifice others to feel good about himself
will often say "if it werent for you..."
will point the finger at others to avoid dealing with their own issues
"all of the above" -
✅the placater is a people pleaser under stress while the blamer
is likely to engage in the defense mechanism of intellectualization -
✅the person who becomes overly reasonable (or the responsible analyzer)
will distract the family from the problem via constantly talking about irrelevant topics -
✅according to Virginia Satir, the individual displaying an irrelevant style
Ludwig von Bertalanffy -
✅Virginia Satir is considered a leading figure in experiential therapy. _________ is sometimes
called the dean of experiential family therapy
Carl Whitaker's interaction with the family could best be described as -
✅joining the family and experiencing it as if he were a family member
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