RPT Family Systems & Parent Consultation 2

Question 1

In Adlerian play therapy, parent consultations primarily focus on:

Accepted Answer

Educating parents about the child's mistaken goals and encouraging democratic parenting

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Administering psychological assessments to parents

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Providing filial therapy home play session training

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Reviewing the child's trauma history in clinical detail

Question 2

The family systems concept describing the degree of emotional bonding between family members is:

Accepted Answer

Cohesion

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Triangulation

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Enmeshment

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Scapegoating

Question 3

When a child is drawn into parental conflict and used to stabilize or redirect tension between two adults, this is called:

Accepted Answer

Triangulation

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Parentification

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Scapegoating

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Role reversal

Question 4

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), developed by Landreth and Bratton, is a structured protocol consisting of how many sessions?

Accepted Answer

10

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6

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12

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16

Question 5

In family systems theory, 'enmeshment' describes:

Accepted Answer

Excessive emotional closeness with blurred individual boundaries

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A healthy level of family closeness and emotional bonding

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The process of assigning specific roles to each family member

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A coalition between two family members directed against a third

Question 6

Ecosystemic play therapy primarily focuses on:

Accepted Answer

The child within the context of multiple interacting environmental systems

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The child's intrapsychic dynamics in isolation

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Filial therapy training as the primary intervention for parents

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Behavioral modification techniques drawn from learning theory

Question 7

During a parent consultation, a parent discloses information suggesting the child is being abused by another family member. The play therapist must:

Accepted Answer

Follow mandated reporter laws and report the suspected abuse to authorities

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Keep the information confidential under the therapeutic relationship

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Consult with a supervisor before taking any action

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Confront the alleged abusing family member directly in a family session