Theory III – Flashcards
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A Bowen therapist working with an individual family member in treatment is most likely to do which of the following?
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Work with a genogram & Model how to take an "I" position
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An increase in chronic anxiety in the nuclear family system will tend to _________________ less differentiated families, while it will ___________________ more highly differentiated families.
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Cause an increase in symptoms in/ be absorbed by
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According the Bowen theory, the flight from an unresolved emotional attachment to one's parents is known as:
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Emotional Cutoff
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In Bowen theory, this is a process wherein the projection of varying degrees of immaturity to different children in the same family occurs. The child who is most involved in the family emerges with the lowest level of differentiation, and passes on problems to succeeding generations.
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multigenerational transmission process
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This Bowenian term describes the level of emotional "stuck-togetherness" or fusion in the family.
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nuclear family emotional process
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A paradoxical technique that forces a patient to either give up a symptom or admit that it is under voluntary control is known as:
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prescribing the symptom
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Basic change in the structure and functioning of a system is known in general systems theory as:
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second-order change
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Though many schools of family therapy now believe that the real problem in families is some form of underlying family pathology, ___________ family therapists deny that underlying dynamics are the cause of symptomatic behavior.
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strategic
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The idea that because the mind is so complex, it's better to study people's input and output (e.g., behavior and communication) than to speculate about what goes on in their minds is known as:
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paradox
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A method of interviewing developed by the Milan associates in which questions are asked to highlight differences among family members, is known as:
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circular questioning
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. Action and insight are the primary vehicles of change in family therapy. The __________ school emphasizes behavioral change and eschews insight as a medium for change.
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strategic
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A family therapist who begins a session by greeting individual family members by name and asking for each person's view of the problem is demonstrating which strategy?
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joining
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Structural therapists attempt to alter the family's view of reality by:
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realigning boundaries between individuals and subsystems
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The primary treatment goal of structural family therapy is to
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alter the family structure
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. Structural family therapists use _________ to observe and then change transactions that make up family structure.
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enactments
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In order to discern a family's structure two things are necessary: a theoretical system that explains structure and:
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live observation
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Structural family therapists are _______________, because they believe symptoms in one member are expressive of the entire family structure.
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functionalists
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The goal in structural family therapy when working with enmeshed families is to:
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differentiate individuals and subsystems by strengthening the boundaries around them
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An interaction stimulated in structural family therapy in order to observe and then change transactions which make up family structure is called:
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an enactment
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. _____________ is another method of modifying interactions, which structural therapists use to help family members employ more functional alternatives already in their repertoire of skills.
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shaping competence
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Experiential family therapists believe _________ is/are the primary cause of dysfunction in families.
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unexpressed emotion
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Experiential therapy differs from most systems approaches with respect to its emphasis on ____________ versus techniques that specifically facilitate interaction.
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expanding experience
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The goals of experiential family therapy would not include
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restructuring of the family system
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A collection of beliefs based on a distortion of historical reality and shared by all family members, which help shape the rules governing family functioning are known as:
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family myths
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Within experiential therapy, the ______________ is believed to be the essential healing force in the psychotherapeutic process, whereby the therapist establishes caring, person-to-person relationships with each family member while modeling openness, honesty, and spontaneity.
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existential encounter
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A non-verbal experiential technique, in which family members position themselves in a tableau that reveals significant aspects of their perceptions and feelings, is known as:
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family sculpting
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An important concept in experiential family therapy--defined as the process of developing and fulfilling one's innate, positive potentialities
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self-actualization
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Experiential family therapy is designed to:
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facilitate emotional experiencing in family members
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. Unlike Bowenians, experiential therapists will ________________ then behave in alternately provocative and supportive ways in order to help families learn to express honest emotion.
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raise the level of anxiety in the family
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Experiential therapists typically use _____________ to help minimize countertransference responses to family members in session.
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co-therapists
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Early in the development of solution focused therapy, all clients were given the same assignment, ______________, in which clients are asked to observe what happens in their life/relationships that they want to continue
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formula first-session task
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Relabeling a family's description of behavior to make it more amenable to therapeutic change is called:
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reframing
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The ____________ school of family therapy views resistance as an activation of the protective side of family members.
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MRI
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Solution-focused therapy focuses primarily on:
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reinforcement history
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. Solution-focused therapy draws heavily on:
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social constructionism
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Solution-focused therapists use "scaling questions" to
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quantify outcomes
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Which is Not a method for identifying automatic thoughts?
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Socratic Questioning
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Case Conceptualization consists of 7 domains, which of the following is Not one of the domains?
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External support System
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Graded Task Assignments (GTA) is a method for making overwhelming tasks seem more manageable. T or F
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True
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______Are defined as basic templates or rules for information processing that underlie the more superficial layer of automatic thoughts
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Schemas
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Good Socratic questions can often help patients see inconsistencies in what areas?
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Core beliefs, appreciate the impact of schemas on emotions and behaviors, and change process
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In depression, automatic thoughts often center on themes of hopelessness, low self-esteem and failure T or F
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True
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It is important for clients to be able to accurately label cognitive errors each time T or F
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False
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CBT has been shown to be effective for a wide range of conditions, anxiety Disorders, eating disorders and can add effects of medication in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar
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True
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Psychoeducation is primarily directed at teaching the core concepts of CBT
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True
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Activity assessments are given to clients in CBT. Which is not a rationale for activity assessments?
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Clients over report their activity level and tool allows the clients to accurately measure their activity level
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According to CBT theory, which of the following is not a type of schema?
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Dramatic
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Which of the following is not a form of psychoeducation that a clinician could use to help a client learn about CBT?
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Activity-scheduling
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a simple exercises to which the therapist and patient choose one or two concrete actions that appear to be immediately doable and are likely to improve mood or esteem
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behavioral activation
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A more systematic method of recording and shaping behavior
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Activity Scheduling
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Helps patients organize a step by step plan to manage difficult or challenging tasks or to reverse patterns of procrastination and avoidance
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Graded task assignment
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Helping patients relive important events in their imagination to get in touch with the thoughts and feelings that they had when the events occurred
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Imagery
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Which is not a column on the thought change records form?
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Pleasurable activity
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Schemas are often latent or below the surface of everyday thinking, awareness of core attitudes may erode quickly if we do not reinforce it. According to proper CBT etiquette, an appropriate reaction to this statement is
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Keep track of core beliefs by developing and maintaining a personal schema list
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Behavioral interventions are directed primarily at stopping avoidance, reducing emotional arousal and moderating dysfunctional cognitions that amplify anxiety. T or F
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True
