Although feminist therapy addresses social and political issues pertaining to gender-role stereotyping, this apporach does not address most other forms of oppression
F
One of the goals of feminist therapy is to help women understand how sexist and oppresive societal beliefs and practices influence them in negative ways
T
A criticism of feminist therapy is that it was developed by white, middle
class, heterosexual women
T
Therapist self-disclosure is reaely used in feminist therapy
F
Gender-role analysis involves a cooperative exploration by client and therapist of the impact of gender on the client's distress
T
In feminist therapy, cients are viewed as active participants in redefining themselves in the context of the therapeutic relationship, rather than the therapist being
viewed as the best or 'expert' source
T
Feminist therapy is an approach that is applicable to women but not to men
F
Instead of being diverse, feminist practice is a single and unified approach to therapy
F
Women now are assuming positions of leadership in government and business, and this can be intepreted to mean that women no longer have difficulty making life decisions
F
It is probably accurate to say that in toeday's society barriers no longer stand int eh way of gender equity
F
Which branch of feminist therapy provides a model for critiqueing the value of other traditional and feminist approaches
A postmodern feminism
All of the following are considered aspects of the 'third wave' of feminism perspectives except for
D Cultural feminism (2nd wave)
All of the following are ways feminist therapy differs from traditional therapy except for
E accepting the premise that diagnosis is a basic prerequisite for effective treatment
Which of the following interventions is least likely to be used by a feminist therapist?
A analysis and interpretation of transference
Which
of the following is considered to be a major contribution feminists have made to the field of counseling
A paving the way for gender-sensitive practice
The principle of 'the personal is political' implies that women's problems are
D mainly socially, cultrually, and politically caused
All of the following are considered to be constructs of feminist theory except being
A androcentric
The feminist philosophy that emphasizes the differences bewteen women and men and views the goal of therapy as being the infusion of cooperative values in society is
B cultural feminism
The feminist philosophy that emphasizes helping indivdiual women overcome the limits and constraints of their socialization problems is
C liberal feminism
this approach to feminism focuess on mulitple oppressions and ahs the goals of transforming social relationships and institutions
D social feminism
Feminist therapists use self-disclosure to
E all of the above
Part of the feminist critique of assessment and diagnosis is that these procuedres
E all of the above
Which of the following is not considered to be a basic principle of feminist therapy
A definitions of psychological distress and mental illness are based on teh DSM
What perspective calls for feminist theory to include an analysis of mutliple identities and their relationship to oppression
E lesbian feminism
Which of the following statements about feminist therapy is not true
A the model underlying practice tends to be static
Narrative therapists believe new stories take hold only when there is an audience to appreciate and support such stories
T
One of the functions of a narrative therapist is to ask questions of the client, and, based on teh answers, generate further questions
T
The effective application of narrative therapy is primarily a
function of a therapist being polished int eh use of techniques
F
Narrative practitioners encourage clients to avoid being reduced by totalizing descriptions of their identity
T
Narrative therapists pay more attention to a client's past than they do to the client's present and future
F
In solution focused therapy, gathering extensive information about a problem is a necessary step in
helping cleints find a solution to the problem
F
Solution focused therapists assist clients in paying attention to the exceptions to their problem pattersns
T
Solution focused therapists use questions that presuppose change, posit mulitple answers, and remain goal directed and future oriented
t
In solution focused therapy, the role of the client is to create solutions based on his/her
internal resources
T
Because solution focued therapy is designed to be brief, it is essential that therapists teach clients specific strategies for understanding their problems
F
Which of the following is true of narrative therapy and solution focused therapy
D the client is an expert on his or her own life
A major goal of narrative therapy is to
- B invite clients to describe their experience in new and fresh language,
- and in doing this open up a new version of what is possible
All of teh folowing are true of narrative therapy except for
E accepting the premise that diagnosis is a basic prerequisite for effective treatment
Which of the following interventions is least likely to be used by a narrative
therapist
C power analysis and intervention
Which of these techniques is not used in solution focused therapy
A lifestyle assessment
A major strenght of both solution focused and narrative therapies is the
B use of questioning
Two of teh major foudners of Solution focused breif therapy are
D
Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer
Tow of the major founders of narrative therapy are
B Michael White and David Epston
The therapeutic process in solution focused brief therapy involves all of the following ecept for the notion
D that therapists are experts in assessment and diagnosis
Which of the following is not a basic assumption guiding the
practice of solution focused breif therapy
A using techniques in therapy is a way of discounting clients' capacity to find his or her own way
In solution focused therapy, which kind of relationship is characterized by the client and therapist jointly identifying a problem and solution to work toward
B customer type relationship
pretherapy change is a solution focused therapy technique
that
B asks clients to address changes that have taken place form the time they made an appointment to the first therapy session
Which of these solution focused therapy techniques involves asking clients to describe life without the problem
a the miracle question
a the miracle question
In narrative therapy, the process of finding evidence to bolster a new view of the person as competent enough to have
stood up to or defeated the dominance or oppression f the problem refers to
A the esearch for unique outcomes
Which of the following statements about creating alternate stories is not true
A the narrative therapist analyzes and interprets themeaning of a client's story
In family systems, The trend today is toward reliance on a single theroy of family therapy rather than using an
integrative approach
F
the emergence of feminist and postmodern perspectives has moved the field of family therapy toward more egalitarian, collaborative, and coconstructing relationships
T
Experiential family therapy relies on teh expert use of directives aimed at changing dysfunctional patterns
F
A multi-lensed approach to family therapy is best supported by a collaborative
therapist-client relationship
T
COnduting an assesment is one of the phases of the multi-lensed perspective in family therapy
T
Understanding family process is almost always facilitated by 'how' questions
T
In terms of assessment, it is useful to inquire about family perspectives on issues inherent in each of the lenses
T
The multi-lensed process of
family therapy is similar to 'blueprints for therapy' as propposed by a metaframeworks model
T
The teleological lens is concerned with the study of final causes, goals, endpoints and purposes
T
Reframing is the art of putting what is nown in a new more useful persepctive
T
Which of the following family therapy models makes the most use of genograms, dealing with family of origin issues,
and dtriangulating relationships
C Bowenian multigenerational family therapy
Which of the following approaches ost often employs a co-therapist model, makes use of self-disclosure, uses the therapists self as change agent, and frequently uses confrontation
B experiential family tehrapy
Which of the following is not a key general movement of the multi-lensed approach to fmaily
system s therapy
C conducting emprirical research to evaluate outcomes
Differentiation of the self is the cornerstone of which theory?
C Bowenian family therapy
Which of the following lenses addresses these questions: what goals do you have for yourself and for other people in the family? What purposes do you seem to have for how they behave?
C the
teleological lens
What lens raises these types of questios: How does a typcial day go? Are there processes and patterns thtat characterize current or past transitions for the family? What routines support your daily liveing?
E sequences
What lens deals with these questions: Are the parents effective leaders of the family? How do the children respon to parental leadership? Is the process of leadership balnced
or imbalanced? Does it lead to harmony or conflict?
B organization lens
What lens most addresses these questions: Where is the family in the family life cycle and how are they ahndling transitions? What relational processes have been developed over time nad how have they changed through transitional periods?
E developmental lens
what best defines the focus of family therapy
E all of the above
Which of the following is not one of the 8 lenses of family systems therapy
A cognitive behavioral lens
Which of the follwing roles and functions owuld be most atypical for a structural family therapist
E giving voice to the hterapists own impulses and fantasies
Which of the folliwng is least associated
with experiential family therapy
C it is therapists task to plan a strategy for solving the problems of each family member
Directives and paradoxical procedures are most likely used in which approach to family therapy
structural family therapy
A strategic fmaily therapy
Which approach to family therapy stresses the improtance of returning to ones family of origin to extricate
oneslef from traingular relationships
E Bowenian
Which approach to family therapy stresses unlocking mistaken goals, investigating birth order and family constellation, and reeducation?
D Adlerian
Key concepts of Solution-Focused Therapy are illustrated by techniques, including: basic assumptions; the miracle question; exception questions; scaling questions and; presupposing change.
Which of the following is true of narrative therapy and solution-focused therapy? The client is an expert on his or her own life. A major goal of narrative therapy is to: invite clients to describe their experiences in new and fresh language, and in doing this open up a new vision of what is possible.
