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The English family comes to see a therapist. The 14-year-old daughter is presented as the identified patient. The parents explain that she does not respect family values. When the therapist asks what they mean by that, the mother explains that the girl sometimes leaves the dinner table before the others are finished eating, only listens to rap music, and dresses in a peculiar fashion. The girl, however, gets good grades, has a part-time job, and has no history of drug or alcohol use. Father says, "I'm afraid she's going to become a single parent!" What is the therapist's intervention? |
explain that the girl's behavior might be normal for her age group. The information in the case study suggests that the girl's behavior is probably "normal" for her age group (i.e., in spite of her parents? concerns, she gets good grades, has a job, etc.). Thus, you should first educate the parents about normal or expected adolescent behavior. |
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areas of difference between therapist and client would be most influential in therapy |
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Demystify the therapeutic process |
In working with a new client, a feminist therapist establishes a collaborative working relationship partly by revealing some of her true feelings and selectively sharing her experiences in order to: |
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" refers to the tendency for any system to react toward restoring the status quo in the event of change.______ is automatically disturbed as individuals in a family grow into new developmental stages or get better after having had depressive or other symptoms. Therefore, when someone recovers, to restore a homeostatic balance, family members may either sabotage the recovered member's improvement or become symptomatic themselves. |
Homeostasis |
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According to the concept of "homeostasis," if a married woman's depressive symptoms improve, we can expect that which of the following will be most likely to occur? |
depressive symptoms in her husband |
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Proponents of Alfred Adler would agree that the emphasis in family therapy should be on: |
educating the parents about the goals of their children's behaviors |
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According to research, how many marriages suffer from sexual dysfunction? |
50% |
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The Kelley family comes to see you after a suicide attempt by their fifteen-year-old daughter Susan. The parents, Megan and William are shocked that this could have happened. They say that they have been trying for years now to create a successful future for Susan. When you ask Susan what happened she says that she has no control in her life. She tells you that after her dad started traveling for work a year ago all she does is fight with her mom. Megan says that things have been challenging since William started traveling but she believes that young women should learn to overcome challenges in life. You have been seeing this family for several sessions. As a contextual therapist what would be a primary goal in helping this family? |
Deepen the conversation by shifting the dialogue to insight which will allow the family members to start to take accountability for their actions. |
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The Smiths, parents Joanne, 38, and Bob, 42 and children Lorraine, 18, and Randy 16, have been in family therapy with you for two months. Joanne is tearful and says that she isn't sure family therapy is helping because Randy's behavior is worse. Since coming to therapy, Randy has become verbally confrontational toward Lorraine. During her disclosure Bob remains stoic and detached. The principle of homeostasis helps to explain how |
Joanne’s developing depression could serve the purpose of avoiding a potentially disruptive marital conflict |
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Key features of group leaders are reflected in the acronym: |
C harming H onset Acceptable Self disclosing Empathic |
