LPC Couples and Family Counseling 2

Question 1

Salvador Minuchin described 'enmeshment' in family systems as a boundary style characterized by:

Accepted Answer

Diffuse boundaries where family members are overly involved and individual autonomy is underdeveloped

Answer

Enmeshment describes diffuse boundaries where members are overly intertwined, limiting individual autonomy and differentiation, often seen as over-closeness or lack of privacy.

Question 2

Strategic family therapy, associated with Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes, uses which of the following distinctive techniques?

Accepted Answer

Paradoxical directives and prescribing the symptom

Answer

Strategic family therapy uses paradoxical directives (e.g., prescribing the symptom) to disrupt entrenched patterns, leverage resistance, and create systemic change.

Question 3

Virginia Satir's communication theory identifies which mode as reflecting self-blame and self-deprecation under stress?

Accepted Answer

Placating

Answer

In Satir's model, the placating stance involves agreeing with others, self-deprecating, and blaming oneself in an attempt to maintain peace and avoid conflict.

Question 4

In couples counseling, Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love identifies the three components of complete (consummate) love as:

Accepted Answer

Passion, intimacy, and commitment

Answer

Sternberg's theory identifies passion (physical attraction), intimacy (emotional closeness), and commitment (decision to maintain the relationship) as the three components of love.

Question 5

Narrative family therapy, developed by White and Epston, works to help families by:

Accepted Answer

Externalizing problems and co-authoring preferred identity narratives

Answer

Narrative family therapy externalizes the problem as separate from the person, explores 'unique outcomes,' and co-creates preferred stories that support new family identities.

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LPC Couples and Family Counseling 2