Chapter 10 Collaborative and Narrative Therapies

Chapter 10  Collaborative and Narrative Therapies

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

Much like solution-based therapists, postmodern therapists optimistically focus on which of the following?
Problem solving
Facilitating hope
Family relationships
Client strengths and abilities

ANS: D
REF: Lay of the Land (p. 377)

Which of the following statements most accurately fits for collaborative therapy?
It is based on Foucault’s philosophical writings.
The therapist facilitates a dialogical process.
The interventions used are very structured.
Social justice issues are regularly included in therapy conversations.

ANS: B
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 380)

What is meant by collaborative therapy as a two-way dialogical process?
The therapist and client co-explore and co-create new understanding related to the problem.
Therapists use scripted techniques to facilitate change.
Therapists interpret what the client is saying and reflect the interpretations back to the client.
The therapist directs the meaning-making process in therapy.

ANS: A
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 380)

In collaborative therapy, therapists take a not knowing stance. What does this mean?
The therapist does not prepare for the session prior to meeting the client.
The therapist does not assume they understand the client’s experience before the client tells them about it.
The therapist does not know how to make a diagnosis.
The therapist does not know what the outcome of therapy will be.

ANS: B
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 381)

Which of the following would NOT be considered collaborative in collaborative therapy?
A monologue
Using pejorative descriptions of clients
Offering opinions
All of the above

ANS: D
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 383-384)

When a collaborative therapist asks the client questions to better understand the client’s perspective, or inquires whether the client believes the therapist is understanding what the client is saying, what type of stance is the therapist taking?
An impasse stance
A directive stance
A curious stance
A guiding stance

ANS: C
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 384)

Which of the following statements would best describe the therapeutic relationship in collaborative therapy?
A conversational partnership
A directive relationship
An empathic relationship
A loving partnership

ANS: A
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 384)

When Andserson and Goolishian radically proposed the client as the expert, what did they mean?
The therapist has no opinion of the client.
The therapist does not have a role in the therapeutic process.
The client’s thoughts, ideas, and opinions are valued.
The client knows in which direction therapy should move and dictates when.

ANS: C
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 384-385)

When thinking of the client as expert in collaborative therapy, it may be helpful to think of the client as holding more expertise in the area of __________and the therapist as holding more expertise in the area of __________.
process; content
content; process
stories; interventions
interventions; stories

ANS: B
REF: Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams (p. 384-385)