Exam 17: Cross-Theoretical Case

What are some potential downfalls of syncretism?

The benefits of cross-theoretical conceptualization include all of the following EXCEPT:

Assessing for intergenerational patterns is easiest when a therapist uses a __________.

One of the hallmarks of family therapy is the ability to assess the family's __________ related to the presenting problem.

What are some benefits of utilizing cross-theoretical conceptualization?

If a therapist postulates that "A child's symptom of school failure forces the couple, the child's parents, to work together and distracts the couple from their distressful marital relationship." the therapist has developed what about this family?

What is considered a healthy or appropriate hierarchical structure between parent and child?

Each of the following terms refers to tension between two people resolved by drawing in a third person or thing to stabilize the original dyad: triangle, covert coalition, boundries, cross-generational coalition.

Case conceptualization starts by identifying _______________ and the most salient demographic features that relate to treatment.

John Gottman's four horsemen of the apocalypse are considered key variables for assessment in couple functioning. Which of the following is a horseman?

The author of the text suggests that at the heart of therapy is the art of ____________.

The two general categories of personal/individual strengths are ____________ and __________.

To conceptualize client strengths and resources, therapists can think of strengths at all of the following levels EXCEPT:

Assessment of family structure often begins by indentifying the client or family's stage in the __________.