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A behavior therapist working with a client would most likely

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begin with a comprehensive assessment

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All of the following are characteristics of behavioral approaches except for

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behaviors therapy requires treating every client with a particular dysfunctional behavior with identical treatments

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The theorist associated with dialectical behavior therapy is

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Marcia Linehan

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Which of the following therapies is not considered part of the "third wave" of behavior therapy?

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systemic desensitization

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Which of the following is unique to behavior therapy?

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a theoretical basis in learning theory

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Which of the following is not a misconception about behavior therapy

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a good working relationship between the therapist and the client is seen as necessary, though not sufficient, in order for effective therapy to occur

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One of the criticisms of behavior therapy is

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it can be overly mechanistic

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important components of systematic desensitization include

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both creating a fear hierarchy and use or progressive muscle relaxation techniques

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Examples of _____ include reading, writing, driving a car, and eating with utensils

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operant conditioning

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Contemporary behavior therapy places emphasis on

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all birth order and family constellation

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Behavior therapy is grounded

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the principles of learning

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mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches

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have received empirical support as an effective form of therapy

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in behavior therapy it is generally agreed that

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the client should decide the treatment goals

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Which is not true as it is applied to behavior therapy?

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insight is necessary for behavior change to occur

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According to most behavior therapists, a good working relationship between client and therapist is

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a necessary, but not sufficient, condition of behavior to occur

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Applied behavior analysis makes use of

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operant conditioning techniques

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Which of the following is not a key concept of behavior therapy

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emphasis is on the role of insight in treatment.

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Dialectical behavior therapy

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is a promising blend of behavioral and psychoanalytic techniques

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Which is not true of dialectical behavior therapy?

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DBT is a blend of Adlerian concepts and behavioral techniques

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An exposure-based procedure that involves imaginal floding, cognitive restructuring, and the induction of rapid, rhythmic eye movement aimed at treatment experiences is called

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eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

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Prolonged/intense- exposure either in real life or in imagination to highly anxiety-evoking stimuli is called

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flooding

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A limitation of traditional behavior therapy is its

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de-emphasis on the role of feelings in therapy

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Contemporary behavior therapy place emphasis on

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the interplay between the individual and the environment

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Which is not true as it applies to multimodal therapy?

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great care is taken to fit the client to a predetermined type of treatment

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Which of the following is not considered one of the basic characteristics of contemporary behavior therpy

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the therapy is an experiential and insight-oriented approach

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REBT stresses that human beings

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think, feel, and behave simultaneously

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Who among the following is not associated with the cognitive behavioral school of therapy?

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Rollo May

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In working with a client, Albert Ellis would likely use

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behavioral, cognitive, emotive

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According to Albert Ellis, a warm, and personal client/therapist relationship

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neither necessary nor sufficient for change to occur

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Beck's cognitive therapy emphasizes the use of

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both the Socratic method and cognitive restructuring

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Which of the following is not one of Beck's cognitive distortions?

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Jumping to conclusions

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REBT techniques include all of the following methods except for

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lifestyle assessment

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Donal Meichenbaum's cognitive behavior modification is especially designed

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creating coping skills

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In Beck's cognitive therapy, the therapist and client work together to uncover and examine faulty interpretations. This process is known as

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collaborative empiricism

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Rational emotive behavior therapy stresses

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thinking, judging, analyzing and doing

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REBT stresses

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thinking, critically analyzing and doing

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REBT is based on the philosophical assumption that human beings are

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potentially able to think rationally but have a tendency toward irrational thinking

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REBT stresses that human beings

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think, emote and behave simultaneously

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REBT views neurosis as the result of

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irrational thinking and behaving

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In cognitive behavioral group therapy

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there is some reasearch that shows that this approach is effective for treating a wide range of emotional and behavioral problems

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REBT contends that people

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do not need to be accepted and loved

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According to REBT, we develop emotional disturbances because of

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our beliefs about certain events

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According to REBT a personal client-therapist relationship is

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neither necessary nor sufficient for change to occur

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In cognitive therapy the assumption tis that psychological problems stem from processes such as

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faulty thinking, making incorrect inferences on the basis of inadequate or incorrect information, failing to distinguish between fantasy and reality, negative automatic thoughts

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Cognitive therapy is based on the assumption that

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Cognitions are the major determinants of how we feel and act

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In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to

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identify and test clients misconceptions and faulty assumptions

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The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms or categorizing experiences in either-or-extremes is known as

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polarized thinking

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Beck's cognitive therapy differs from Ellis' REBT in that Beck emphasizes

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a Socratic dialougue, helping clients discover their misconceptions by themselves, working with the client in collaborative ways, more structure in the therapeutic process

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Beck's cognitive therapy has been most widely applies to the treatment of

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depression

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In Meichenbaum's self-intructional therapy, which of the following is given primary importance?

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the role of inner speech

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Which of the following is not a belief held by Glasser?

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insight is the key to behavior change

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The "P" in the WDEP system stands for

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planning

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Exploring a clients quality world helps them identify

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both how well they are current doing meets their needs and their hopes and dreams for how they would like to live

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A reality therapist working with a drug addicted client is likely to view the clients addiction as

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the result of the choices the client made

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Choice theory tends to focus on

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doing and thinking

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of reality therapy?

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paying attention to "sparkling events" that are contradict problem-saturated stories

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The view of human nature underlying reality therapy is that

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we have need for power, freedom and fun, love and belonging, and need for survival

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Reality therapy was designed originally for working with

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youthful offenders in detention facilities

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Once clients make an evaluation about their behavior and decide how they want to change, the reality therapist expects them to

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both develop specific plans to change behavior and make a commitment to carry out plans in daily life

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Choice theory posits that we are born with five genetically encoded needs that drive us all of our lives. These five needs are

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survival, love and belonging, power, freedom and fun

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The founder of reality therapy is

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William Glasser

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According to this approach, insight

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is not necessary for producing behavior change

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The view of human nature underlying reality therapy is

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we have a need for identity, to feel loved and to love others, and feel worthwhile to ourselves and others.

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Which is not a key concept of reality therapy?

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unconscious motivation

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Which of the following is not true or reality therapy?

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Working through the transference relationship is essential for therapy to occur

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Regarding the goals of reality therapy

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it is the clients responsibility to decide goals

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Concerning the role and place of making evaluations in reality therapy

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clients should make an evaluation concerning their own behavior

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Which statement is not true of reality therapy?

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It focuses on attitude change as a prerequisite for behavior change

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Reality therapy was designed originally for

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youthful offenders in detention centers

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Which of the following would not be used by a reality therapist?

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analysis of the transference relationship, hypnosis, search for causes of current problems

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Which of the following statements is true as it applies to choice theory?

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we are motivated completely by internal forces, and our behavior is our best attempt to get what we want

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According to Glasser, all of the following are basic psychological needs except for

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competition

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Choice theory tends to focus on

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doing and thinking

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Sometimes it seems as though people actually choose to be miserable. Glasser explains the dynamics of depressing as being based on

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keeping anger under control, getting others to help us and excusing our unwillingness to do something more effective

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All of the following are procedures in reality therapy that are said to lead to change except for

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the therapist's evaluating of the clients behavior

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Clients in feminist therapy would likely explore

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power structures, role that relationship and connectedness serves in our lives, issues of oppression, cultural forces influencing behavior

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Which of the following techniques would a feminist therapist be least likely to employ?

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interpreting transference, shame attacking excersises

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Of the following which intervention would a feminist therapist probably consider most essential?

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social action

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The feminist approach

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does not conduct functional assessment of a specific problem, conduct a lifestyle analysis and is culturally insensitive

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In feminist therapy, the therapeutic relationship characterized by

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an egalitarian relationship

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The concept in which the individuals personal problems have social and political causes refers to

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the personal is political

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THe idea that a woman's sense of self depends largely on how she connects with others refers to

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relational-cultural theory

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Ethnocentrism is the idea that

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ones own cultural group in superior to others and that other groups should be judged based on ones own standards

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A theory that uses male-oriented constructs to draw conclusions about human nature is

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androcentrism

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A technique whereby the counselor changes the perspective on looking at an individual's behavior, shifting from an intrapersonal to an interpersonal definition of a client's problem is

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reframing

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Which branch of feminist therapy provides a model for critiquing the value of other traditional and feminist approaches?

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postmodern feminism

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All of the following are considered aspects of the the "third wave" of feminist perspectives except for

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cultural feminism

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All of the following are ways feminist therapy differs from traditional therapy except for

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accepting the premise that diagnosis is a basic prerequisite for effective treatment

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Which of the following interventions is least likely to be used by a feminist therapist?

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analysis and interpretation of transference

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Which of the following is considered to be a major contribution feminist have made to the field of counseling?

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paving the way for gender-sensitive practice

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The principle of the "personal is political" implies that women's problems are

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mainly socially culturally and politically caused

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All of the following are considered to be constructs of feminist theory except being

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androcentric

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The feminist philosophy that emphasizes the differences between women and men and views the goal of therapy as being the infusion of cooperative values in society is

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cultural feminism

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The feminist philosophy that emphasizes helping individual women overcome the limits and constrains of their socialization problems is

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liberal feminism

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This approach to feminism focuses on multiple oppressions and has the goals of transforming social relationships and institutions

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social feminism

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Feminist therapists use self-disclosure to

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equalize the client-therapist relationship, establish informed consent

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Part of the feminist critique of assessment and diagnosis is that these procedures

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based on sexist assumptions, reinforce gender-role stereotypes

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Which of the following is not considered to be a basic principle of feminist therapy?

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definitions of psychological distress and mental illness are based on the DSM

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What perspective calls for feminist theory to include an analysis of multiple identities and their relationship to oppression?

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lesbian feminism

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Which of the following statements about therapy is not true

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the model underlying practice tends to be static

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Regarding group work, solution-focused brief therapists

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employ the use of questioning

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According to the text narrative therapy groups have been especially effective in

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school settings

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Which on of the following interventions is associated with narrative therapy?

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externalizing conversations

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All of the following are components of solution-focused brief therapy except for

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functional assessment

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A solution-focused brief therapist would likely be the most interested in knowing

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how the client has solved problems in the past

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Postmodern therapists consider diagnosis

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problem-focused view of clients

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Which of these solution-focused therapy techniques involves asking clients to rate how well the solution they have generated solved their problems?

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scaling

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Narrative therapists place a high degree of emphasis on the clients

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use of language

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From a social constructionist perspective, reality is

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both subjective and context dependent and socially constructed

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Which of the following is true of narrative therapy and solution-focused therapy?

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the client is an expert on his or her own life

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A major goal of narrative therapy is to

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invite clients to describe their experience in new and fresh language, and in doing this open up a new vision of what is possible

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Which of the following are true of narrative therapy except for

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accepting the premise that diagnosis is a basic prerequisite for effective treatment

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Which of the following interventions is least likely to be used by a narrative therapist?

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power analysis and intervention

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Which of these techniques is not used in solution-focused therapy?

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lifestyle assessment

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A major strength of both solution-focused brief therapy are

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use of questioning

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Tow of the major founders of solution-focused brief therapy are

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Insoo Kim Berg and Steve deShazer

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Two of the major founders of narrative therapy are

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Michael White and David Epston

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The therapeutic process in solution-focused brief therapy involves all of the following except for the notion

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that therapists are experts in assessment and diagnosis

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Which of the following is not a basic assumption guiding the practice of solution-focused brief therapy?

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using techniques in therapy is a way of discounting a clients capacity to find his or her own way

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In solution-focused therapy, which kind of relationship is characterized by the client and therapist jointly identifying a problem and a solution to work toward?

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customer type relationship

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Pretherapy change is solution-focused therapy technique that

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asks clients to address changes that have taken place from time they made an appointment to the first therapy session

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Which of these solution-focused therapy techniques involves asking clients to describe life without the problems

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the miracle question

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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 of the problem refers to

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the search for unique outcomes

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Which of the following statements about creating alternative stories is not true

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the narrative therapist analyzes and interprets the meaning of a clients story

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Ruth seems unable to define herself separately from her husband and her children. In family systems terminology Ruth need the examine her process of

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differentiation

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Ruth and John are generally unable to discuss emotionally charged issues in their own relationship. They focus on their rebellious daughter Jennifer as the problem. This is known as

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triangular relationships

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The family therapist working with Ruth makes use of an organized map, or diagram that demonstrates one's family over three generations. This technique is known as

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genogram

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Structural family therapy is associated with

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Salvador Minuchin

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Which of the following are not goals of Bowen's multigenerational family therapy?

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bringing about structural change by creating an effective hierarchical structure

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Limitations of the family systems approach include

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the tendency for individual clients to be seen solely as a part of the system instead of as unique persons

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Which of the following statements about family therapy is false?

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family therapists today tend to rely on a single theory and are moving away from integrative approaches

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All of the following goals of Whitaker's experiential family therapy approach except for

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resolving presenting problems by focusing on behavioral sequences

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Which of the following is least associated with experiential-symbolic family therapy?

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it is the therapists task to plan a strategy for solving the problems of each family member

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The central goal of ____ is to resolve a family's presenting problem or symptoms by focusing on changing its current behavioral sequences

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Haley's strategic family therapy

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Which of the following family therapy models makes the most use of genograms, dealing with family-of-orgin issues and detraingulating relationships?

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Bowenian multigenerational family therapy

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Which of the following approaches most often employs co-therapist model, makes use of self-disclosure, uses the therapists self as change agent and frequently uses confrontation?

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Experiential family therapy

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Which of the following is not a key general movement of the multilenses approach to family systems therapy?

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conducting empirical research to evaluate outcomes

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Differentiation of the self is the cornerstone of which theory?

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Bowenian family therapy

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Which of the following lenses addresses these question: 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?

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the teleological lens

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What lens raises these kinds of questions: how does a typical day go? What routines support your daily living?

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sequences

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What lens deals with these questions: are the parents effective leaders of the family? HOw do the children respond to parental leadership?

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the organization lens

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What lens most address these questions: where is the family in the family life circle and how are they handling transitions?

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the developmental lens

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What best defines the focus of family therapy?

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family therapists tend to be brief, solution-focused, and here and now

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Which of the following is not one of the eight lenses of family systems therapy discussed in this chapter

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the cognitive behavioral lens

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Which of the following roles and functions would be most atypical for a structural family therapist?

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giving voice to the therapists own impulses and fantasies

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Which of the following is least associated with experiential family therapy?

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It is the therapists task to plan a strategy for solving problems of each family member

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Directives and paradoxical procedures are most likely to be used in which approach to family therapy?

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strategic family therapy

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Which approach to family therapy stresses the importance or returning to ones family or origin to extricate oneself from triangular relationship

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Bowenian family therapy

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Which approach to family therapy stresses unlovking mistaken goals, investigating birth order and family constellation and reeducation

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Adlerian family therapy

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Mindfulness practives on

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experimental learning and client discovery

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Which of the following is not a part of stress inoculation training?

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exception questions

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Meichenbaum focuses on helping clients become aware of their self-talk and the stories they tell about themselves

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self instructional training

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In reality therapy our quality world is likely

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picture album

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A family therapist poses the following questions: Who seems to be the most upset when mom comes home late from work? She is asking ___ questions?

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a circular or relational

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The antidote to stress communication, according to Satir, is ____ in which members are emotionally, honest speak for themselves, stay grounded or centered and are able to share their feelings and ask for the help they need

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congruence

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An axiom of choice theory is that

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although the past may have contributed to a current problem the past is never the problem

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The goal of feminist theory is to empower all people to create a world of equality that is reflected at which of the following level?

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individual and interpersonal, institutional, national, global

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Feminist therapist refer to

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distress rather psychopathology

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