Exam 8: Cognitive Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Couple and Family Therapies

A CBFT therapist can challenge a client's irrational beliefs in many ways. Which of the following would NOT be considered appropriate for confrontation?

Hwang and colleagues recommend that CBFT therapists working with Asian American clients to link Western psychological concepts to the client's cultural beliefs and practices. This strategy is known as:

In order for a therapist to lead a client in mindfulness practices, a therapist must:

Why do cognitive-behavioral family therapists use empathy to build the therapeutic alliance?

Positive reinforcement is strongly encouraged to increase desired behavior with children. Which of the following is NOT a good example of positive reinforcement?

When working with couples, mutual behavior exchanges can be useful to help partners negotiate relational rules. This is also known as:

Albert Ellis' A-B-C theory has been applied to working with families. In this model, what does the A-B-C stand for?

The concept of personalization is a cognitive distortion defined by which of the following?

What is the primary reason CBFT therapists use contracts?

Reinforcement refers to:

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

Cognitive-behavioral family therapies have had the greatest influence in:

In the Gottman method of couples therapy, what are love maps?

Mindfulness has been integrated into two therapy approaches that have shown great promise in treating a wide range of clinical conditions. What are they?

In which approach is it psychologically healthy to feel bad feelings as well as good feelings?

Which of the following is NOT considered a suggestion for using CBFT with Hispanic and Latino clients?

Pavlov was able to train dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell by pairing the dogs' natural response to salivate at the sight of food with a bell. When the bell was rung each time food was presented, the dog learned that the bell signaled food was coming and began salivating. After enough repetition, the dog began to salivate with just the sound of the bell. What is this called?

Which intervention-considered a hallmark of CBFT-involves teaching clients psychological and relational principles about their problems and how best to handle them?

A therapist might work with a client to help them understand their beliefs are illogical or dysfunctional using which of the following methods?

Tess is working with a couple who has reported marital problems. She is working from a CBFT perspective and thinks that it would be helpful to have a detailed and accurate account of the problems the couple wants to work on. Tess asks the couple to log the frequency, duration, and severity of specific behavioral symptoms, such as their anger, outbursts, conflict, and social withdrawal. This is known as: