Poststructuralism offers a method of understanding how meanings and subject matters are constructed in

a) the therapeutic alliance.
b) the client’s defense mechanisms.
c) language.
d) intrapsychic conflict.


Ans: c) language.

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In an exchange in which one member continues to attack or accuse another member, and the other member tends to continue to defend his or her position, a(n) _____ is manifested

A) ?passive-active pattern of communication B) ?inappropriate interruption during communication C) ?fault-defend pattern of communication D) ?sarcastic demonstration during communication

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a) nearly 5 million b) nearly 8 million c) nearly 11 million d) nearly 13 million

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A family you are working with in family treatment has completed the family detoxification stage in Steinglass' four-stage model. What do you do next?

A. Prepare them for the family stabilization stage. B. Emotional stabilization is needed when alcohol is no longer an organizing factor, so you stop your treatment with them and refer them to a psychiatrist. C. Address in the most appropriate way the family's emotional instability, which follows when alcohol is no longer the organizing factor in the family system. D. Renegotiate a family detox contract, as relapse is most likely to occur right after the detoxification stage.

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