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Course Transcript Questions The answer to Question 1 is found in Section 1 of the Course Content. The Answer to Question 2 is found in Section 2 of the Course Content... and so on. Select correct answer from below. Place letter on the blank line before the corresponding question.
1. What is a working definition of ‘intimacy’ that a therapist might use in conjoint therapy? 2. What are common types of marriages in which togetherness has been chosen over intimacy, causing conflict? 3. If the therapist must "risk" straining the therapeutic relationship with one partner, failure to have a strong relationship with which partner runs a greater risk of negatively affecting the outcome of conjoint therapy? 4. What are common ways couples undermine communication during infidelity issues? 5. What are common types of filters? 6. What are the ground rules for both the speaker and listener in the speaker-listener technique? 7. What are kinds of hidden issues between spouses? 8. What are key assumptions that can help couples approach learning steps to solve problems together? 9. What are the steps in the "Address with Respect" problem solving technique? 10. According to Scheinkman and Fishbane, what are important elements in the vulnerability cycle diagram? 11. What are roadblocks to friendship in marriage? 12. What are barriers to fun that couples may experience? 13. What are of the biggest roadblocks to sexuality between married couples? 14. What are key topics concerning the process of forgiveness?
Answers:
A. The parent-child, the stormy , and the "perfect". B. when two partners, secure in themselves, are able to take care of their own moods and wishes. Each acts as a separate individual, autonomous but emotionally connected to the other. C. Escalation, invalidation, negative interpretations, and withdrawal and avoidance D. Failure to have a strong therapeutic alliance with the male partner may have a more negative impact on the outcome of conjoint therapy. E. the floor, share the floor, and don’t problem solve. F. Distractions, emotional states, beliefs and expectations, differences in style, and self-protection G. All have problems, who approach problems as a team are more effective at problem solving, and rushing to find answers does not produce lasting solutions. H. control and power, caring, issues of recognition, issues of commitment, and integrity. I. Premises and beliefs, vulnerabilities, survival positions, influences from personal history, and contextual factors J. discussion, agenda setting, brainstorming, agreement and compromise, and follow-up. K. Being too busy, the opinion that fun is for kids, and conflict gets in the way. L. There’s no time, "we’re not friends, we’re married", "we don’t talk like friends anymore", the ravages of conflict, and reckless words M. Defining forgiveness, taking responsibility, and regaining trust. N. Performance anxiety and mishandled conflicts.
Questions:
15. What is one of the therapist rationales for utilizing the Couples Assessment Summary? 16. What is objective identification? 17. According to Wiener and Oxford, what are the advantages of Action Methods in comparison with exclusively verbal techniques that apply particularly well to conjoint therapy? 18. Why are intercultural marriages more susceptible to stress and have a higher frequency of divorce? 19. The Gottman technique attempts to conquer what four most common corrosive negative factors in unstable unions? 20. According to Donahey, how can therapists be change-focused when clients return for additional visits? 21. What are the steps of treatment for Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy? 22. According to Bergner, what are the barriers to a loving relationship? 23. For action modality psychotherapy, the therapist uses guided dramatic action within what type of psychodramatic structure? 24. According to Dym & Glenn, what are the three stages of couple development? 25. Sustained empathic inquiry is both the stance and method in approaching therapy with intercultural couples. What is sustained empathic inquiry? 26. Why does the invocation of separate rules or the suggestion of new problem-solving methods in relationships add fuel to the fire?
A. a process by which an individual teaches another how to behave in a pattern previously established B. One rationale for utilizing the CAS is that it provides a structured tool for the therapist to conceptualize underlying dynamics. C. frequent social and familial disapproval of these unions D. (1) better engage clients who process in visual and kinesthetic modes; (2) equalize participation for children and adults; (3) heighten awareness outside of prior verbal representations; (4) create new experiences that go beyond verbal description; (5) illustrate abstractions concretely; (6) dramatize familial role relationships; (7) effect relationship changes through role expansion; (8) offer safe ways to explore and practice new behaviors; and (9) facilitate life transitions. E. by heeding and then amplifying any references the client makes during the session to between-session improvement. F. (1) criticism (You never ... You always ... ), (2) defensiveness (Who me? I'm not defensive), (3) contempt (You're too stupid to realize how defensive you are) and (4) stonewalling (I'll just let it blow over). G. (a) an inability to understand and treat persons as persons, (b) a lack of understanding and appreciation of love itself, (c) personal needs or motives that preclude deep investment in the person of another, (d) hypercritical tendencies that interfere with respecting and admiring others, and (e) senses of personal ineligibility for the love of other persons. H. (1) lay their problems on the table (2) recognize the cycle that's keeping them emotionally distant and try to identify the needs and fears fueling that cycle (3) articulate the emotions behind their behavior (4) realize they're both hurting and that neither is to blame (5) identify and admit their emotional hurts and fears (6) begin to, acknowledge and accept me the others feeling and their own new responses to those feelings (7) are drawn together through the expression of their emotional needs (8) create new solutions to their problems (9) consolidate their new positions and cycles of behavior I. Expansion and Promise, Contraction and Betrayal, and Resolution J. warm up, enactment, and closure. K. it seems like another attempt to gain the upper hand. L. The therapist must endeavor to "understand" and interpret how each of the partners might come to think, feel, believe or behave in the ways that they do
True/False Statements: The Answer to Statement 1 is found in Section 1 of the Course Content... and so on. Enter T only for True, or F only for False for each statement below. Place letter only in the box before the corresponding statement. Do not add any periods or spaces.
True/False Statements:
1. A working definition of intimacy in conjoint therapy is when two secure partners are able to manage their own moods and wishes while remaining autonomous yet emotionally connected to one another. 2. Common types of marriages in which togetherness is chosen over intimacy include the parent-child, stormy, and “perfect” marriages. 3. Failure to establish a strong therapeutic alliance with the male partner may negatively affect the outcome of conjoint therapy more than a weak alliance with the female partner. 4. During infidelity issues, couples commonly undermine communication through escalation, invalidation, negative interpretations, withdrawal, and avoidance. 5. Common types of filters include distractions, emotional states, beliefs and expectations, differences in style, and self-protection. 6. The ground rules in the speaker-listener technique are to hold the floor, share the floor, and avoid problem solving. 7. Hidden issues between spouses may involve control and power, caring, recognition, commitment, and integrity. 8. Key assumptions that help couples solve problems together include recognizing that all couples have problems, teamwork improves problem solving, and rushing to solutions does not create lasting change. 9. The “Address with Respect” problem-solving technique includes discussion, agenda setting, brainstorming, agreement and compromise, and follow-up. 10. According to Scheinkman and Fishbane, important elements in the vulnerability cycle diagram include premises and beliefs, vulnerabilities, survival positions, personal history influences, and contextual factors. 11. Roadblocks to friendship in marriage include lack of time, the belief that married couples are not friends, reduced communication, conflict, and reckless words. 12. Barriers to fun for couples may include being too busy, believing fun is only for children, and allowing conflict to interfere. 13. Two of the biggest roadblocks to sexuality between married couples are performance anxiety and mishandled conflicts. 14. Key topics in the process of forgiveness include defining forgiveness, taking responsibility, and regaining trust. 15. One rationale for using the Couples Assessment Summary (CAS) is that it provides therapists with a structured tool for conceptualizing underlying relationship dynamics. 16. Objective identification is a process in which one individual teaches another how to behave according to a previously established pattern. 17. According to Wiener and Oxford, Action Methods are advantageous because they engage visual and kinesthetic learners, equalize participation, dramatize relationships, create new experiences, and help clients practice new behaviors safely. 18. Intercultural marriages are often more susceptible to stress and divorce because of frequent social and familial disapproval. 19. The Gottman technique targets criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling as the four most corrosive negative factors in unstable relationships. 20. According to Donahey, therapists can remain change-focused by noticing and amplifying any references clients make to improvements occurring between sessions. 21. Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy involves identifying relationship cycles, recognizing fears and needs, articulating emotions, accepting each other’s feelings, expressing emotional needs, creating solutions, and consolidating new interaction patterns. 22. According to Bergner, barriers to loving relationships include difficulty treating others as persons, misunderstanding love, personal motives that interfere with intimacy, hypercritical tendencies, and feelings of unworthiness for love. 23. In action modality psychotherapy, therapists use guided dramatic action within a psychodramatic structure consisting of warm-up, enactment, and closure. 24. According to Dym and Glenn, the three stages of couple development are Expansion and Promise, Contraction and Betrayal, and Resolution. 25. Sustained empathic inquiry involves the therapist striving to understand and interpret how each partner comes to think, feel, believe, and behave as they do. 26. The invocation of separate rules or new problem-solving methods may add fuel to the fire because it can seem like another attempt to gain the upper hand.
