__________ is based on the subjective descriptions that family members use to define themselves and the interactions that occur in everyday life.
A. Assessment
The emergence of feminist and postmodern models in therapy has moved the field of family therapy toward more egalitarian, collaborative, cooperative, co-constructing relationships
true
Conducting an assessment is one of the phases of the mutilayered perspective in family therapy.
true
Experiential family therapy relies on the expert use of directives aimed at changing dysfunctional patterns.
false
In assessing families, what question(s) might a structural-strategic therapist ask?
(???)
? "What were the routines that made up your early life, and what rules governed these routines?"
? "Who was aligned with whom--and what did they use that alignment to achieve?"
? "What rules and boundaries were set around each subsystem?"
? "What we
__________ is/are determined by the practitioner's orientation or by a collaborative process between family and therapist.
D. Specific goals
Within the field of family therapy, ________________ has been the most influential leader in the development of both gender and cultural perspectives and frameworks in family practice.
B. Monica McGoldrick
In terms of assessment, it is useful to inquire about family perspectives on issues inherent in each of the layers.
true
All change in human systems starts with understanding and accepting things just as they are.
true
A family systems perspective holds that individuals are best understood through assessing the interactions between and among family members.
true
The focus of family therapy includes all of the following except?
A. Family therapy is not generally action-oriented.
A basic assumption within the family system is.
D. an individual's problematic behavior grows out of the interactional unit of the family as well as the larger community and societal systems
One of the strengths of the systemic perspective in working from a multicultural framework is
D. that many ethnic and cultural groups place great value on the extended family
By the late 1970s, the most used models in family systems therapy
B. structural-strategic approaches
The systemic therapist may do all of the following except.
D. focus on the cause, purposes, and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes involved in the client's problems.
Which of the following is not a key general movement of the multilayered approach to family systems therapy?
B. conducting empirical research to evaluate outcomes
Understanding family process is almost always facilitated by "how" questions
true
A family therapist poses the following question: "Who seems to be most upset when mom comes home late from work?" She is asking _________________ question.
D. a circular or relational
The central principle agreed upon by family therapy practitioners, regardless of their approach, is
C. that the client is connected to living systems.
To __________ is to form a set of ideas about people, systems, and situations that focus meaning in a useful way.
A. hypothesize
Which of the following roles and functions would be most atypical for a structural family therapist?
B. giving voice to the therapist's own impulses and fantasies
Which model emphasizes communication and emotional experiencing?
B. Human validation process model
The family therapist's skill in communicating understanding and empathy through active listening lays the foundation for an effective working relationship.
true
The trend today is toward reliance on a single theory of family therapy rather than using an integrative approach.
false
A multilayered approach to family therapy is best supported by a collaborative therapist-client relationship in which mutual respect, caring, empathy, and a genuine interest in others is primary.
true