COUN6232/MFT6233 Internship 3 Practicum II 200 Question Exam All Questions Solved

During the initial session with a family, a Structural therapist discovers that the father is an avid golfer. The therapist begins talking with the father about golf and about her own interest in the game. In having this conversation with the father she is using a technique known as: Select one: A. detouring. B. tracking. C. memesis. D. joining.  Joining is a maneuver described by Structural family therapy, in which the therapist is accepting and accommodating to the family in order to be accepted by the family and circumvent resistance. The other answers can be eliminated as follows: Tracking - an accommodation technique whereby the therapist follows the content of the family's communication and behavior and encourages them to continue. Memesis - the therapist accommodates to the family's style and affective range, adopting the family's timing, joviality, etc.) Detouring - two family members attempt to preserve their relationship by detouring conflict through a third person. The correct answer is: joining.   Kelly Christopherson 4/24/2021 COUN6232/MFT6233 Internship 3 Practicum II 200 Question Exam: Attempt review Question2 Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 According to Jellinekʼs theory of Progressive Phases of Alcoholism, the phase associated with gross drinking behavior, blackouts, gulping and sneaking drinks is: Select one: a. the Experimental Phase. b. the Pre-Alcoholic Phase. c. the Chronic Phase. d. the Prodromal Phase.  Jellinek has developed a progressive model for Alcoholism: Pre-Alcoholic Phase, Prodromal Phase, Crucial Phase and Chronic Phase. The Prodromal Phase begins when the drinking is no longer social but becomes a means of psychological escape from tensions, problems and inhibitions. Although the eventual problem drinker is still in reasonable control, their habits begin to fall into a definite pattern: 1. Gross Drinking Behavior: They begin to drink more heavily and more often than their friends. "Getting wasted" becomes a habit. When drunk, they may develop a "big shot" complex, recklessly spending money, boasting of real and imagined accomplishments, etc. 2. Blackouts: A "blackout," temporary loss of memory, is not to be confused with "passing out," or loss of consciousness. The drinker suffering from a blackout cannot remember things they said, things they did, places they visited while carousing the night before - or for longer periods. Even a social drinker can have a blackout. With prospective alcoholics, the blackouts are more frequent and develop into a pattern. 3. Gulping and Sneaking Drinks: Anxious to maintain an euphoric level, they begin to pass off drinks at parties and instead slyly gulp down extra ones when they think nobody is looking. They may also "fortify" themselves before going to a party to insure their euphoria. They feel guilty about this behavior and skittishly avoid talking about drinks or drinking. The correct answer is: the Prodromal Phase.   Kelly Christopherson 4/24/2021 COUN6232/MFT6233 Internship 3 Practicum II 200 Question Exam: Attempt review Question3 Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Question4 Incorrect Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 A family comes to therapy because their son has just been diagnosed as schizophrenic. The parents report that the hospital report alluded to the fact that their sonʼs schizophrenia was caused by the familyʼs dysfunction. The therapist states that schizophrenia is genetically based, and that the family had “no control over it”. This therapist is MOST LIKELY coming from which model? Select one: a. Mental Research Institute. b. Milan Systemic. c. Psychoeducational.  Discussion: The psychoeducational model was born of dissatisfaction with both traditional family therapy and psychiatric approaches to schizophrenia. Carol Anderson, Douglas Reiss, and Gerald Hogarty focused on the devastating impact of schizophrenia on family systems, rather than on the possible effects of pre-existing family characteristics on either the onset or maintenance of the syndrome. d. Strategic. The correct answer is: Psychoeducational. All of the following are examples of the initial stage of therapy except: Select one: A. identifying major conflicts. B. keeping the focus of treatment on the primary problem regardless of other issues that arise during the course of treatment. C. being so directive and controlling that the family doesn't learn to rely on and improve their own ways of relating to each other. D. developing a systemic hypothesis as part of a treatment plan.  This is an exception question. Look for the treatment element not likely to be part of the initial stages. Being directive and controlling pertains more to the middle stage of treatment, when the therapist corrects him/herself and then takes a less directive role and encourages the family to begin to rely on their own resources. (Nichols & Schwartz, 3rd. edition, p. 203.)