Among the treatment approaches reviewed in Chapter 20, the most frequently recommended type of therapeutic alliance is
(a) one in which the clinician and the client are collaborators.
(b) one in which the client takes the lead.
(c) one in which the clinician is fairly directive.
(d) variable depending on presenting problem.
a
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Which area of family therapy focuses on coalitions and subsystems?
a. Bowen family therapy b. Strategic family therapy c. Structural family therapy d. Adlerian family therapy
Discuss the steps a psychologists must take when there is a conflict between their ethical responsibilities, and the law, regulations, or other governing legal authority.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Across the stages of family change as members go through counseling, not all members reach points of readiness at the same time. 2. A family systems therapist tends to view the substance-abusing individual simply as the identified symptom-bearer in the family, rather than as the primary focus of attention. 3. With the drinker present, the CRAFT therapist works with the family member to change the drinker’s social environment in a way that removes inadvertent reinforcement for drinking and instead reinforces abstinence. 4. The psychodynamic viewpoint as it is applied to family practice has been strongly affected by analytic therapy as it is applied to individuals and is therefore very different from systems thought. 5. Bowenian therapy is based on the concepts of differentiation, triangulation, and multigenerational transmission processes.
List the three client characteristics that are most associated with therapeutic success
(1) (2) (3)