Exam 7: Intergenerational and Psychoanalytic Family Therapies

Intergenerational therapists focus squarely on a family's unique __________ rather than on environmental or general cultural factors, and they seek to identify the rules that structure the particular system.

Therapists should pay particular attention to the role of friendship relationships with LGBTQ clients, also known as:

Which of the following is considered one of the main components of Schnarch's sexual crucible model of marriage?

Jordin, an intergenerational therapist, is working with a mom and daughter in therapy. The mom feels extremely guilty about her daughter's lack of social success in college. The mom, therefore remains very involved and emotionally reactive in her daughter's life, even though her daughter is living in the dorms in another town. How might Jordin view the mother's reactivity?

Nathan and Alexander, a couple who have been in a relationship for seven years, complain of a lack of communication and a dissatisfying intimate life. Nathan says he wants more emotional and physical intimacy with Alexander, but that Alexander is happy with cuddling on the couch or doing activities such as gardening together. Alexander complains that their closeness is never enough for Nathan and that he often feels pressured to do more to make Nathan happy. David, a Bowenian therapist, might use which type of intervention with this couple to promote Nathan and Alexander differentiating more and taking responsibility for their individual needs?

In psychoanalytic family therapy, when the therapist dismisses the symptomatic child from therapy and proceeds to work with the couple to address the issues that created the need for the child's symptoms, the therapist is doing what type of intervention?

Which classic psychoanalytic concept refers to when a client projects onto the therapist attributes that stem from unresolved issues with primary caregivers (therapists use the immediacy of these interactions to promote client insight)?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the intergenerational therapy goal to decrease emotional reactivity to chronic anxiety in the system?

Intergenerational therapists focus on developing a therapeutic relationship that encourages all parties to further their differentiation process. What does this mean?

A therapist works with a couple where partner A sees partner B as "perfect" in the early parts of the relationship. When partner B no longer conforms to expectations, however, partner B becomes the enemy. The therapist might call this:

In the Bowenian approach, how does the therapist address the pathologizing interpersonal pattern (PIP) to resolve issues among families?

The greater the therapist's level of differentiation, the better able the therapist is to maintain a nonanxious presence with clients. A nonanxious presence refers to:

Object relations family therapy, family-of-origin therapy, and contextual therapy share several key concepts and practices. They include each of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe a differentiated person?

Which of the following is true regarding sibling position within families?

What does the concept of multidirected partiality in contextual family therapy mean?

A key concept in Bowen's intergenerational theory is the therapist's use of which of the following?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about research and the evidence base for Bowenian and psychoanalytic therapies?

Which therapist developed a three-stage model for working with couples that involved couples therapy, couples group therapy, and family of origin therapy?

Which of the following refers to situations in which a person no longer emotionally engages with another in order to manage anxiety?