How might genograms be used in the process of assessment?
What will be an ideal response?
Genograms may be useful in assisting clients in identifying important family relationships as well as patterns of substance abuse within kinship networks. From a strengths-based perspective, genograms may also highlight patterns of wellness, sobriety, and health in kinship networks.
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In order for a therapist to communicate "accurate empathic understanding" the counselor must:
a. ? have experienced a situation very similar to the client's current predicament. b. ? clarify details and facts relevant to the client's experiences. c. ? feel a deep sense of warmth toward the client. d. ? connect emotionally to the client's subjective world.
The cognitive-behavioral model proposes __________ thinking is common to all psychological disturbances
a. Crazy b. Distorted c. Catastrophic d. Unrealistic
Small-n research designs consist of:
a. the rigorous study of several clients. b. placebo control groups. c. no-treatment control groups. d. the study of only a few target behaviors.
What is the family counselor’s approach to person-to-person relationships within the family?
a) It is very important for the counselor to focus his or her efforts on helping the family understand its complex interdependence but not to focus on subsystems. b) While generally family counselors want the family to realize its complex interdependence, sometimes the best tactic is to strengthen communication between a pair of family members, particularly the parents. c) Dyads are the easiest, most manageable structure in the family so it is natural for the counselor to focus on them. d) Family counselors try to break up subsystems in the family because they detract from the family as a whole. e) That they are secondary to the unit.