Ch 16 Group and Family Therapy – Flashcards
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The _____ approach to psychotherapy has been adapted for use with groups of clients (rather than individual clients).
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-behavioural -psychodynamic -cognitive
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_____ has emerged as a leading figure in the interpersonal approach to group therapy.
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Irvin Yalom
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According to Irvin Yalom, group therapy is most successful when group therapists
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take advantage of the fact that clients will display their problematic interpersonal tendencies toward other members of the group.
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Irvin Yalom's approach to group psychotherapy has been labeled ____
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interpersonal
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Irvin Yalom
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believes an individual's disorder is a byproduct of his disturbed way of getting along with other people.
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____ is one of the 11 therapeutic factors for group psychotherapy according to Irvin Yalom.
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Instillation of hope
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_____ is one of the 11 therapeutic factors for group psychotherapy according to Irvin Yalom
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A) Altruism B) Universality
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_____ is NOT one of the 11 therapeutic factors for group psychotherapy according to Irvin Yalom.
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International factors
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In group therapy, a client's experience that "we're all in the same boat" best describes the therapeutic factor labeled by Irvin Yalom as ____
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universality
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____ plays the same role in group therapy that the therapeutic relationship/alliance plays in individual therapy.
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Group cohesiveness
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According to Yalom, _____, or learning from in-group interpersonal experiences, is at the heart of group therapy.
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interpersonal learning
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In group therapy, the term social microcosm refers to the idea that
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The relationship tendencies that characterize clients' problematic relationships in their personal lives will also characterize the relationships they form with fellow group members.
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Group therapists typically encourage clients toward examining
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here-and-now relationships with fellow group members.
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. In group therapy, the group typically and ideally contains about _____ members.
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7
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Therapy groups may either be ____, allowing individual members to enter or leave at any time, or _____, requiring members to enter and finish therapy together.
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Open-enrollment; closed-enrollment
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Which of the following is true regarding group therapy?
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None of the above
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Which of the following statements is true of group therapy?
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One advantage of having cotherapists is the ability to foster recapitulation of the family group.
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More than any other form of therapy, _____ therapy is characterized by a systems approach to understanding psychological problems.
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family
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Regarding the causes of psychological problems, _____ therapists tend to endorse a linear model of causality, whereas _____ therapists tend to endorse a circular model of causality.
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individual; family
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Although psychological symptoms may appear maladaptive, they are often in fact adaptive within the family environment of the individual. Family therapists refer to this idea as _____.
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functionalism
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The genogram is an assessment technique used most often by _____ therapists
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Family
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A _____ is a paper-and-pencil method of creating a family tree that incorporates detailed information about the relationships among family members.
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genogram
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Which of the following is NOT one of the seven stages through which typical intact middle-class American families proceed?
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resignation and acceptance of death
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The notions of family structure, subsystems, and boundaries are important components of the type of family therapy practiced by _____
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Salvador Minuchin
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Two parents in conflict with one another each make efforts to recruit their child to their side in order to support their position in the conflict. According to family therapists, this exemplifies _____.
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triangulation
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Exception questions, such as "When was this not a problem for you?" or "When was this not so bad?" and the formula-first session task, in which clients consider what aspects of their lives they want to remain the same, are important components of _____.
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solution-focused therapy
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A basic premise of _____ therapy is that by "editing" the "life stories" clients tell themselves, clients can improve their mental health.
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Narrative
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The Conflict Tactics Scale assesses _____.
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abuse and violence within families
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The Conflict Tactics Scale
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includes questions about how individuals behave when disagreements arise.
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When providing psychotherapy services to a family,
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the ground rules for confidentiality should be established with all family members during the initial consultation.
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A therapist frequently asks clients these questions: "Are your problems present every hour of every day? When they are not so bad, what have you done to make them better?" These questions suggest that this therapist is most likely following which approach to therapy?
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Solution-focused
