2025 ATI Mental Health Progression Practice Detailed Answer Key
You are supervising a licensing candidate who is primarily interested in marriage and family counseling.
You are very attracted to her and want to have sex with her. According to ethical guidelines ... -
Answerthis is unethical (Q903)
The fastest growing clientele for professional counselors are persons experiencing ... - Answermarriage
and family problems. (Q904)
Family counselors generally believe in ____ causality. - Answercircular/reciprocal (Q905)
Cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists. It is usually associated with the work of ... -
AnswerNobert Wiener (Q906)
A family that is stable and reaches an equilibrium is in a state of ... - Answerhomeostasis (Q907)
Adaptability is the ability of the family to balance ... - Answerstability & change AKA morphostasis &
morphogenesis (Q908)
A family wants to see you for counseling; however, they have a very limited income and can't afford to
pay. You therefore agree to see the family for free (i.e. pro bono). The term that best describes your
actions would be ... - Answeraspirational ethics (Q909)
Experiential conjoint family therapy is closely related to the work of ... - AnswerVirginia Satir (Q910)
Virginia Satir felt that a major goal of therapy was to improve intrafamily communication (i.e.,
communicating between family members). According to Satir, four basic patterns prevented good
communication under stress. These defensive postures or stress positions are: placating, blaming being
,overly reasonable, and being irrelevant. Placating means... - Answeryou try to please everybody out of a
fear of rejection. (Q911)
The placater is a people-pleaser under stress while the blamer will ... - Answersacrifice others to feel
good about himself, often say "if it weren't for you...", and will point the finger at others to avoid dealing
with his/her own issues. (Q912)
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 ... - Answerthe family (Q901)
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 ... - Answeronly tell his wife if he gives you
permission. (Q902)
The person who becomes overly reasonable ... - Answeris likely to engage in the defense mechanism of
intellectualization (Q913)
According to Satir, the individual displaying an irrelevant style will ... - Answerdistract the family from
the problem via constantly talking about irrelevant topics (Q914)
Virginia Satire is considered a leading figure in experiential family therapy. ____ is sometime called the
dean of experiential family therapy. - AnswerCarl Whitaker (Q915)
Carl Whitaker's interaction with the family could best be described as ... - Answerjoining the family and
experiencing it as if he were a family member. (Q916)
According to Whitaker, a cotherapist is ... - Answerhelpful (Q917)
Psychotherapy of the absurd is primarily related to the work of ... - AnswerCarl Whitaker (Q918)
A behavioristic marriage and family therapist is counseling the entire family together. She turns to the
18-year-old son who is attending community college and says, "You must complete your sociology essay
, before you can use the family car and go out with your friends." Which theorist is primarily guiding her
intervention strategy? - AnswerDavid Premack's principle or law (Q919)
A behavioristic marriage and family counselor is counseling the entire family together. She turns to the
18-year-old son who is attending community college and says, "I know you like to play golf. Therefore,
every time you cut the grass your father will take you to play golf. I am going to have you and your dad
sign a contract that you agree with this policy." Which principle is primarily guiding her strategy? -
Answerquid pro quo (Q920)
A male is supervising a female counselor for state licensing. He tells her that he will continue to
supervise as long as she has sex with him. This is an example of ... - Answerquid pro quo (Q921)
A behavioristic family counselor suggests that the family chart the number of times that 6-year-old Billy
says "no" when he is told to do something. The baseline of the chart would refer to ... - Answerthe
period before the behavior modification begins. (Q922)
The family counselor explains to Mrs. Smith that the next time that 9-year-old Sally hits her little brother
she must sit in the family room by herself. The counselor is using ... - Answertime-out, a procedure that
most behaviorists feel is a form of extinction. (Q923)
Mrs. Chance tells a family therapist that she pays all the bills, does all the cleaning, and brings in 90% of
the family's income. Moreover; Mrs. Chance is convinced that her husband does not appreciate her or
show her affection. According to the behavioristic principle of family therapy known as reciprocity ... -
Answerthere is a good chance that Mrs. Chance will consider leaving the marriage. (Q924)
A couple is having sexual problems that stem from anxiety. A marriage counselor who is a strict
behaviorist would most likely ... - Answerrely on systematic desensitization procedures. (Q925)
A family counselor notices that the husband in a blended family is having obsessive sexual thoughts
about a woman living down the street. A strict behaviorist would most likely... - Answerpractice thought
stopping (Q926)
You secure a job as the executive director of a family counseling agency. As you go through your files,
you discover that five years before you took the job the agency selected 100 families and counseled
them using a strict behaviorist model. The agency took the next group of 100 families and counseled
You are supervising a licensing candidate who is primarily interested in marriage and family counseling.
You are very attracted to her and want to have sex with her. According to ethical guidelines ... -
Answerthis is unethical (Q903)
The fastest growing clientele for professional counselors are persons experiencing ... - Answermarriage
and family problems. (Q904)
Family counselors generally believe in ____ causality. - Answercircular/reciprocal (Q905)
Cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists. It is usually associated with the work of ... -
AnswerNobert Wiener (Q906)
A family that is stable and reaches an equilibrium is in a state of ... - Answerhomeostasis (Q907)
Adaptability is the ability of the family to balance ... - Answerstability & change AKA morphostasis &
morphogenesis (Q908)
A family wants to see you for counseling; however, they have a very limited income and can't afford to
pay. You therefore agree to see the family for free (i.e. pro bono). The term that best describes your
actions would be ... - Answeraspirational ethics (Q909)
Experiential conjoint family therapy is closely related to the work of ... - AnswerVirginia Satir (Q910)
Virginia Satir felt that a major goal of therapy was to improve intrafamily communication (i.e.,
communicating between family members). According to Satir, four basic patterns prevented good
communication under stress. These defensive postures or stress positions are: placating, blaming being
,overly reasonable, and being irrelevant. Placating means... - Answeryou try to please everybody out of a
fear of rejection. (Q911)
The placater is a people-pleaser under stress while the blamer will ... - Answersacrifice others to feel
good about himself, often say "if it weren't for you...", and will point the finger at others to avoid dealing
with his/her own issues. (Q912)
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 ... - Answerthe family (Q901)
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 ... - Answeronly tell his wife if he gives you
permission. (Q902)
The person who becomes overly reasonable ... - Answeris likely to engage in the defense mechanism of
intellectualization (Q913)
According to Satir, the individual displaying an irrelevant style will ... - Answerdistract the family from
the problem via constantly talking about irrelevant topics (Q914)
Virginia Satire is considered a leading figure in experiential family therapy. ____ is sometime called the
dean of experiential family therapy. - AnswerCarl Whitaker (Q915)
Carl Whitaker's interaction with the family could best be described as ... - Answerjoining the family and
experiencing it as if he were a family member. (Q916)
According to Whitaker, a cotherapist is ... - Answerhelpful (Q917)
Psychotherapy of the absurd is primarily related to the work of ... - AnswerCarl Whitaker (Q918)
A behavioristic marriage and family therapist is counseling the entire family together. She turns to the
18-year-old son who is attending community college and says, "You must complete your sociology essay
, before you can use the family car and go out with your friends." Which theorist is primarily guiding her
intervention strategy? - AnswerDavid Premack's principle or law (Q919)
A behavioristic marriage and family counselor is counseling the entire family together. She turns to the
18-year-old son who is attending community college and says, "I know you like to play golf. Therefore,
every time you cut the grass your father will take you to play golf. I am going to have you and your dad
sign a contract that you agree with this policy." Which principle is primarily guiding her strategy? -
Answerquid pro quo (Q920)
A male is supervising a female counselor for state licensing. He tells her that he will continue to
supervise as long as she has sex with him. This is an example of ... - Answerquid pro quo (Q921)
A behavioristic family counselor suggests that the family chart the number of times that 6-year-old Billy
says "no" when he is told to do something. The baseline of the chart would refer to ... - Answerthe
period before the behavior modification begins. (Q922)
The family counselor explains to Mrs. Smith that the next time that 9-year-old Sally hits her little brother
she must sit in the family room by herself. The counselor is using ... - Answertime-out, a procedure that
most behaviorists feel is a form of extinction. (Q923)
Mrs. Chance tells a family therapist that she pays all the bills, does all the cleaning, and brings in 90% of
the family's income. Moreover; Mrs. Chance is convinced that her husband does not appreciate her or
show her affection. According to the behavioristic principle of family therapy known as reciprocity ... -
Answerthere is a good chance that Mrs. Chance will consider leaving the marriage. (Q924)
A couple is having sexual problems that stem from anxiety. A marriage counselor who is a strict
behaviorist would most likely ... - Answerrely on systematic desensitization procedures. (Q925)
A family counselor notices that the husband in a blended family is having obsessive sexual thoughts
about a woman living down the street. A strict behaviorist would most likely... - Answerpractice thought
stopping (Q926)
You secure a job as the executive director of a family counseling agency. As you go through your files,
you discover that five years before you took the job the agency selected 100 families and counseled
them using a strict behaviorist model. The agency took the next group of 100 families and counseled
