Exam 5: Structural Family Therapies

At each state of __________, family members need to negotiate boundaries to support individual member's growth needs. It is when families do not do this that problems occur.

When a structural family therapist joins the family system, they are:

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a protective factor in families according to FFT?

Which of the following are potential missteps when working with Asian American families according to Epstein and colleagues?

When a structural therapist asks family members to change seats, has separate sessions with individuals or subsystems, or asks one member of the family to remain silent during an interaction, the therapist might be doing what kind of intervention?

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

When assessing families, FFT therapists attend to the family's cultural and community contexts. Which of the following BEST defines the term "community contexts?"

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

Mikayla and Jenna have been married for six years. They have recently decided to try therapy because they find they argue incessantly and are drifting apart emotionally. They are no longer able to spend quality time together without fighting, and both would rather spend time with friends or by themselves than with each other. They state that their arguments tend to follow the same theme time after time, regardless of what they are fighting about. Mikayla sees Jenna as "overly emotional" and states that she always breaks down during their fights. Jenna states that Mikayla never tries to understand her, that she can't share her emotions and that she'd rather be "logical" all the time. From a structural viewpoint, how might you describe this relationship pattern?

When working with enmeshed and diffused boundaries, a structural therapist will primarily see which of the following in the family's interactions?

Minuchin preferred __________ to talking about interactions because often people describe themselves as one way but behave quite differently. This allowed Minuchin to see the family in action.

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

The process of joining refers to which of the following?

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:

The parents of a 13-year-old girl allow their daughter to have a cell phone. They put in place certain rules for its use such as her homework must be done before using it, and it must be turned off by 9:00 p.m. This could be considered an example of what type of parental hierarchy?

After assessing the family structure, what is the goal for structural therapists?

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

Minuchin describes three main phases of structural therapy. What are they?

According to Minuchin, therapists must use themselves to relate to the family, varying from being highly involved to professionally detached. Which of the following words best fits with this description?

Which of the following is NOT considered a major difference between heterosexual couples and LGBT couples?