Exam 4: Systemic and Strategic Therapies

Multisystemic family therapy, an evidence-based treatment developed to treat serious juvenile offenders, places emphasis on each of the following during the adolescent's treatment EXCEPT:

When a Milan therapist requests that the family not change, even though they have come in for change, the therapist is using what technique?

Which of the following best describes the basic component of a reframe?

Internalized other interviewing is a process in which a therapist:

Josiah is working with a family of six in therapy. The two oldest daughters are struggling with competition for everything-the best grades, making sports teams, and their parents' attention. Josiah works with the family over a period of time and decides to use an ordeal with the oldest daughters. Which of the following is an example of an effective ordeal?

All of the following are examples of metacommunication EXCEPT:

Strategic therapists pay attention to and respect family hierarchy. When observing the hierarchy between parents and children, when a parent makes a request and the child complies willingly, this is known as what type of hierarchy?

Milan therapists are not interested in the best or most accurate description, but rather how the multiple stories fit together-the pattern that connects. This means the therapist has a stance of which of the following?

Which of the following was a major development of Karl Tomm's IPscope therapy?

Which of the following most accurately reflects how MRI systemic therapists target change in therapy?

MRI therapists view the problematic interactional sequences in families as families attempting to do which of the following?

When working with a family in therapy, Caitlin, a strategic therapist, requests that dad disciplines the child instead of mom when the child breaks the house rules. What technique is Caitlin using with her clients?