Exam 7: Structural Family Therapy

Based on the previous vignette, Harold, the structural family therapist working with Mikayla and Jenna takes into account that all behavior has reciprocal antecedents and describes their pattern of interaction like this: M affects J's response, which then affects M's response, ad infinitum. Harold is doing what?

When the family is ineffectual as the challenger of symptoms, the family __________________________________________.

Ecosystemic structural family therapy (ESFT), an empirically supported adaptation of structural family therapy was developed to treat which population?

Discuss the strengths and challenges of utilizing enactments in therapy.

All of the following are examples of structural goals EXCEPT:

It is not uncommon for an insufficient parental hierarchy to lead to which of the following outcomes?

Which of the following best defines a cross-generational coalition?

Intensity is an intervention best described by which of the following statements?

When parents set rules that are developmentally too strict and unrealistic with consequences that are too severe, this is considered what kind of hierarchy?

List and describe the three types of boundaries defined in structural family therapy. Describe cultural considerations related to the assessment of "healthy" family boundaries.

Alexis, a structural family therapist, had been working with a volatile couple in family therapy for a few months. During one session, she verbally questioned the assumption of the couple: "that it is better for the children if we stayed married," to determine if that belief was having the effect the couple thought it should. What intervention was Alexis using?

Minuchin used _______________ to see the family in action rather than simply relying on talking about interactions.

Structural family therapists map boundaries, hierarchies, and subsystems, which are all part of ________________________.

How does a therapist join with a family according to structural family therapy?

Which of the following is the best definition for a clear boundary?

When the parents of a 13-year-old allow their daughter to have a cell phone, but put rules in place for its use, such as requiring homework to be completed before she can use the phone and requiring that she turn the phone off by 9:00 p.m. each night, this could be considered an example of what type of parental hierarchy?

Lesbian families are generally found to have highly egalitarian parenting practices.

What is the best definition of therapeutic spontaneity?

The over/underfunctioner, the good/bad child, the understanding/strict parent, the logical/emotional partner, are examples of what kind of patterns?

Which of the following statements about using structural family therapy with diverse populations is TRUE?