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THERAPY THEORIES Quiz - TDC Flashcards

1
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A/an __________ therapist would join the family system to blend in with the family and adapt
their affect, style, and language.

A

Structural Family

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As a/an __________ therapist, you may use a therapeutic paradox as an intervention when
working with families.

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Strategic

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A/an __________ therapist would utilize positive reinforcement in order to increase the frequency of a behavior by rewarding that behavior.

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Behavioral

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A/an __________ therapist would utilize the empty chair technique as an intervention with
clients.

A

Gestalt

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A/an __________ therapist would observe the feedback loops that occur in the family system.

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Cybernetics

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A/an __________ therapist would use self-disclosure as a way to demystify therapy and equalize the power imbalance in the therapeutic relationship.

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Feminist

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One of the main goals of a/an __________ therapist is detriangulation.

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Bowenenian

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A/an __________ therapist would utilize brief, goal-directed therapy that focuses the
conversation toward developing solutions rather than on the problems.

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Solution-Focused

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A/an __________ therapist believes in the concept of multidirectional partiality and the idea that a well-functioning family is not necessarily free of symptoms but is relationally
balanced.

A

Contextual

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As a/an __________ therapist, you would help clients examine their story and look at other ways the story could be told or understood differently.

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Narrative

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Emotion regulation and mindfulness are types of interventions that a/an __________ therapist
would use.

A

DBT

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A/an __________ therapist would use mirroring as an intervention tool with couples.

A

Imago

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A/an __________ therapist assists families in navigating the healthcare system and accepts
that there is an identified patient within the family.

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Medical Family Therapy

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A/an __________ therapist believes that increased self awareness, released blocked resources and improved communication must occur in order to help facilitate change.

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Human Validation Process Model
(Satir)

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A/an __________ therapist may use socratic questioning to explore a client’s maladaptive
thoughts or beliefs.

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CBT

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As a/an __________ therapist, you believe that there is no identified patient within the family
system, but rather the family system is the problem and thus the prime focus.

A

General Systems

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17
Q

Activating stress or conflict within a family system to facilitate change and assist a family in
moving out of conflict is an intervention that a/an __________ therapist would use.

A

Symbolic-Experiential

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17
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Teaching couples about flooding and training them to take their pulse as a way to decrease
conflict is an intervention that a/an __________ therapist would use.

A

Gottman

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In __________, the therapist is viewed as a process consultant and believes that emotion is an
agent of change.

A

EFT

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A/an __________ therapist would utilize basic centering techniques, problem-solving skills,
pattern work, and role-playing as interventions.

A

Constructivist

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A/an __________ therapist believes that stable relationships are characterized by a ratio of
negative to positive behaviors of 1:5.

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Gottman

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A/an __________ theorist believes in the therapeutic goal of increasing balance and harmony between the sub-personalities or parts that exist in the internal system.

A

Internal Family Systems

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A/an __________ theorist believes that problems are socially constructed through language and become a narrative that the client has agreed to believe.

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Collaborative Language

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A/an __________ therapist believes that the ability to trust and depend on another via a
secure attachment cultivates autonomy and confidence.

A

Attachment Theory

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A/an __________ therapist believes that psychopathology develops from early childhood
experiences.

A

Psychoanalytic

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Q
  1. Painful intercourse/sexual pain disorder _________________________________
A

Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder

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  1. According to Piaget, this begins around 8 months of age and allows a child to recognize that
    objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight________________
A

Object Permanence

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Q
  1. This recovery model proposes the idea of taking small steps towards reducing risky
    behavior_________
A

Harm Reduction

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28
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  1. A process by which unacceptable impulses are expressed as their opposites_______
A

Reaction Formation

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29
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  1. A directive style that focuses on a client’s ambivalence about changes, names it, and helps
    to resolve it ____________
A

Motivational Interviewing

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30
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  1. An emotional dependency on sexually-oriented internet and internet-related sites___________
A

Cybersex Addiction/Dependence

31
Q
  1. A situation in which an individual experiences an overwhelming event that upsets one’s
    psychological equilibrium or baseline level of functioning________
A

Crisis

32
Q
  1. This served as the philosophic foundation on which the MFT field was built and emphasized
    tangible or knowledgeable sets of observable facts________________________________
A

Modernism

33
Q
  1. A crisis precipitated by normal stress during the course of life________
A

Maturational Crisis

34
Q
  1. A crisis precipitated by a sudden traumatic event that is unexpected______
A

Situational Crisis

35
Q
  1. A defense process where an individual will displace unacceptable instincts for constructive
    and socially acceptable behaviors____________
A

Sublimation

36
Q
  1. The ability of an instrument to measure what it was designed to measure; the degree to
    which correct inferences can be based on the results of an instrument________________
A

Validity

37
Q
  1. Intensely arousing stimuli, which may include fetishes, suffering, humiliation of oneself or
    one’s partner, pedophilia, and exhibitionism_____________
A
  1. Paraphilia
38
Q
  1. The postmodern school that includes models such as narrative, solution-focused, and
    collaborative language systems________________________________
A

Social Constructionist

39
Q
  1. A defense process by which plausible reasons justify an action or opinion______
A

Rationalization

40
Q
  1. A phobia defined as an aversion to, or avoidance of, genital sexual contact with a partner___
A

Sexual Aversion Disorder

41
Q
  1. A schematic diagram of the family system over three generations___
A

Genograms

42
Q
  1. Telling potential research participants about all aspects of the research that might
    reasonably influence their decision to participate________________________________________________
A

Informed Consent

43
Q
  1. Research data that comes in the form of words, pictures, narratives, and descriptions rather
    than numbers ________________
A

Qualitative Research

44
Q
  1. A measure’s ability to yield consistent results each time it’s applied_______
A

Reliability

45
Q
  1. Research in the 1950s reported the schizophrenic symptoms that stem from this pattern of
    communication in which one person receives two seemingly contradictory messages, which
    may result in confusion or schizophrenic behavior____________
A

Double Bind

46
Q
  1. Brief treatment initiated when an individual is in a crisis to help restore one’s pre-crisis
    biopsychosocial functioning_______________
A

Crisis Intervention

47
Q
  1. A group-based model of recovery that uses meetings, a sponsor, and a community setting__
A

Alcoholics Anonymous

48
Q
  1. A desensitization technique where the goal is to lower anxiety levels in couples through a
    series of exercise by replacing anxiety with pleasure during sexual intimacy; developed by
    Masters and Johnson ______________
A

Sensate Focus

49
Q
  1. A defense process where an individual distorts reality and does not acknowledge emotion__
A

Denial

50
Q
  1. Used by structural family therapists as an assessment technique that helps depict the
    family’s organizational structure_______
A

Family Maps

51
Q
  1. An understanding that the quantity, length, or number of items is unrelated to the
    arrangement or appearance of the items_________
A

Conservation

52
Q
  1. A defense mechanism in which affect is transferred from one object to another___
A

Displacement

53
Q
    1. A maladaptive pattern of using certain drugs, alcohol, medications, and toxins despite their
      adverse consequences_______________
A

Substance Abuse

54
Q
  1. Used in research, this is an average score for a set of observations____
A

Mean

55
Q
  1. This indicates the average spread of the scores from the mean____
A

Standard Deviation

56
Q
  1. The understanding by a child that actions can be reversed or objects can be changed and
    then returned to their original state__________________________________
A

Reversibility

57
Q
  1. A defense process characterized by rigor and self-denial_____
A

Asceticism

58
Q
  1. This limits the child’s understanding of cause and effect and is evidenced by magical
    thinking and animism; occurs during the preoperational stage_______
A

Precausal Reasoning

59
Q
  1. A client creates a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations and/or images. Each situation is
    then gradually faced (from least stressful to most) until the level of anxiety no longer
    interferes with pleasure__________________
A

Systematic Desensitization

60
Q
  1. The cognitive process of revising existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and
    understanding so that new information can be incorporated______
A

Accommodation

61
Q
  1. A viral infection with over 40 types that can infect the genitals, anus, and throat_____
A

Human Papillomavirus

62
Q
    1. A defense mechanism by which qualities of an external object are absorbed into one’s
      personality_____
A

Identification

63
Q
  1. The inability of a child to realize that an action can be done and undone________________________________
A

Irreversibility

64
Q
  1. The incorporation of new information into an existing schema_________
A

Assimilation

65
Q
  1. Used to evaluate a client’s current mental functioning_______
A

Mental Status Examination

66
Q
    1. Continued use, cravings, and other cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that
      occur through the use of certain drugs, alcohol, medications, and toxins_______
A

Substance Dependence

67
Q
    1. According to Piaget, this occurs around 10 months of age and allows the child to recognize
      that certain events cause other events_______
A

Causality

68
Q
    1. A variable whose changes are being measured________________________________________________
A

Dependent Variable

69
Q
  1. This limits a child’s ability to take the perspective of another person___________
A

Egocentrism

70
Q
  1. The internalization of outside events or characteristics of other people_______
A

Introjection

71
Q
    1. A commonly debated term often used to describe hypersexuality_______
A

Compulsive Sexual Behavior

72
Q
  1. A study done over time that observes trends in the same population__________
A

Longitudinal

73
Q
  1. A measured characteristic of a unit that is capable of taking on more than one value_______
A

Variable

74
Q
  1. During the 1990s, this period emphasized that there are no universal truths and only one
    point of view______
A

Postmodernism

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