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NR 605/NR605 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+|
What might be a contraindication to attending groups? -
ANSWER-Clients who are unable to participate in the group's
primary task for logistical, intellectual, psychological, or
interpersonal reasons should not be included
Paranoid
Brain Injury
Acutely Psychotic
Antisocial (unless group is antisocial)
Delusional clients
Clients who pose a threat
Family therapy - ANSWER-type of therapy that seeks to improve
the functioning of a family as a unit -Types of families:
• traditional nuclear family
• single-parent
• blended
• extended
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• alternative
• institutional family
• family by choice or chosen family (provides love and support but
may not be recognized by the
legal system)
Approaches to Family Therapy - ANSWER-Systemic -Structural -
Strategic -Emotionally Focused
Family Therapy: Underlying Assumptions - ANSWER-Individuals
are best understood within the context of the family system. -The
whole family is viewed as the client. -The behavior of one family
member influences all family members and the behavior of the
family influences each member. -Symptoms are viewed as an
expression of family dysfunction. -Problematic behaviors may
serve a purpose for the family and may be unintentionally
maintained. -Attempts at change are best accomplished by
working with the family as a whole.
Systemic Approach to Family Therapy - ANSWER-
multigenerational framework • family is a complex, self-regulating
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unit that seeks to maintain homeostasis -change in functioning of
one member affects functioning of other members -Family
systems therapy seeks to change systemic factors that produce
dysfunction in the family using a psychodynamic approach • goal,
help members increase their self-differentiation, reduce emotional
turmoil
applications for systemic family therapy - ANSWER-attachment
problems -child abuse -childhood disruptive behavior disorders -
psychosexual problems -intimate partner violence -substance use
disorders -mood and anxiety disorders -adjustment to illness or
disability
systemic family therapy Therapeutic techniques - ANSWER-
promoting self-statements -transforming dysfunctional
generational patterns -decreasing anxiety and interrupting conflict
-detriangulating family members -reestablishing connections
between family members
Structural approach to family therapy - ANSWER-The structural
approach posits that symptoms and family problems are related to
a dysfunctional family organization. Problems are addressed by
NR 605/NR605 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+|
What might be a contraindication to attending groups? -
ANSWER-Clients who are unable to participate in the group's
primary task for logistical, intellectual, psychological, or
interpersonal reasons should not be included
Paranoid
Brain Injury
Acutely Psychotic
Antisocial (unless group is antisocial)
Delusional clients
Clients who pose a threat
Family therapy - ANSWER-type of therapy that seeks to improve
the functioning of a family as a unit -Types of families:
• traditional nuclear family
• single-parent
• blended
• extended
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• alternative
• institutional family
• family by choice or chosen family (provides love and support but
may not be recognized by the
legal system)
Approaches to Family Therapy - ANSWER-Systemic -Structural -
Strategic -Emotionally Focused
Family Therapy: Underlying Assumptions - ANSWER-Individuals
are best understood within the context of the family system. -The
whole family is viewed as the client. -The behavior of one family
member influences all family members and the behavior of the
family influences each member. -Symptoms are viewed as an
expression of family dysfunction. -Problematic behaviors may
serve a purpose for the family and may be unintentionally
maintained. -Attempts at change are best accomplished by
working with the family as a whole.
Systemic Approach to Family Therapy - ANSWER-
multigenerational framework • family is a complex, self-regulating
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unit that seeks to maintain homeostasis -change in functioning of
one member affects functioning of other members -Family
systems therapy seeks to change systemic factors that produce
dysfunction in the family using a psychodynamic approach • goal,
help members increase their self-differentiation, reduce emotional
turmoil
applications for systemic family therapy - ANSWER-attachment
problems -child abuse -childhood disruptive behavior disorders -
psychosexual problems -intimate partner violence -substance use
disorders -mood and anxiety disorders -adjustment to illness or
disability
systemic family therapy Therapeutic techniques - ANSWER-
promoting self-statements -transforming dysfunctional
generational patterns -decreasing anxiety and interrupting conflict
-detriangulating family members -reestablishing connections
between family members
Structural approach to family therapy - ANSWER-The structural
approach posits that symptoms and family problems are related to
a dysfunctional family organization. Problems are addressed by
