MFT Family Therapy Models 4

Question 1

In Bowenian therapy, a therapist who maintains a non-anxious presence and avoids being triangulated is demonstrating:

Accepted Answer

Differentiation of self

Answer

A differentiated therapist can remain emotionally connected without being pulled into the family's reactive emotional system or triangulation patterns.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the role of the therapist in Collaborative Language Systems therapy (Harlene Anderson)?

Accepted Answer

Co-creator of meaning through dialogue, taking a 'not-knowing' stance

Answer

In Collaborative Language Systems therapy, the therapist takes a 'not-knowing' position and engages as a conversational partner who co-creates new meanings with clients.

Question 3

A therapist is working with a family in which the adolescent son's school failure appears to stabilize the parents' shaky marriage. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

The identified patient serving a homeostatic function

Answer

When a symptom in one family member regulates tension in the larger system, the symptomatic member is called the 'identified patient' serving a homeostatic function.

Question 4

In the MRI (Mental Research Institute) Brief Therapy model, 'more of the same' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The family's attempted solutions that inadvertently maintain the problem

Answer

MRI theorists argued that problems persist because families apply the same failed attempted solutions repeatedly, making the problem worse.

Question 5

Which technique is most associated with the work of Virginia Satir in Experiential Family Therapy?

Accepted Answer

Family reconstruction

Answer

Family reconstruction is Satir's psychodramatic technique that helps clients re-experience and reinterpret significant family-of-origin events.

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MFT Family Therapy Models 4