Experiential Quiz

Which of the following experiential family therapies is the leading evidence-based approach to couples therapy that uses experiential, systemic, and attachment theories?

• Symbolic-experiential therapy

• Emotionally focused therapy

• Satir growth model

• Internal family systems

Emotionally focused therapy

Each of the following therapies fall into the category of experiential family therapies EXCEPT:

• the Satir growth model.

• external family systems.

• emotionally focused therapy.

• symbolic-experiential therapy.

external family systems.

It is said that rather than focus primarily on behavioral interaction sequences, experiential family therapists focus more on the __________ layer of those interactions. 

• emotional

• intermittent

• external

• internal

emotional

Experiential therapists assert that warmth and empathy are essential to effective therapy. To foster an environment where this is evident, a therapist must:

• acknowledge that the client is the expert in their own life and the therapist is merely there to facilitate the process of self-discovery

• fully explore the amount of empathy the members of the family have for each other.

• all of these are correct

• make a strong, affective connection with clients to create a sense of safety, allowing clients to explore areas of emotional vulnerability

make a strong, affective connection with clients to create a sense of safety, allowing clients to explore areas of emotional vulnerability

According to the Satir growth model, there are five communication strategies for survival. Which of the following suggestions would be best for a therapist working with clients who have adapted the placator stance or role?

• Encourage the client to take a firm stance from the onset of therapy.

• Use therapeutic techniques, such as reflecting, to highlight hidden emotions.

• Applaud the placator; after all, they can be the easiest people to get along with.

• Use less directive therapy methods, such as multiple choice questions and open-ended reflections, to require them to voice their opinion and take a stand.

Use less directive therapy methods, such as multiple choice questions and open-ended reflections, to require them to voice their opinion and take a stand.

The importance of making contact and establishing credibility with clients, according to the Satir model, can be established by:

• asking family members to rearrange themselves in the therapy room.

• sitting or standing at the same physical level so that eye contact is easy.

• asking the family to engage in an enactment.

• using paradoxes in therapy.

sitting or standing at the same physical level so that eye contact is easy

The use of which metaphor allows Satir practitioners to use six levels of experience to help clients transform their feelings about feelings to make lasting change and more effectively meet their underlying need for love and acceptance?

• ice age

• ice cube

• iceland

• iceberg

iceberg

Symbolic-experiential therapy is an experiential family therapy model developed by:

• Richard Schwartz.

• Susan Johnson.

• Carl Whitaker

• Virginia Satir

Carl Whitaker

The therapist needs to win the battle for structure because they are responsible for setting up a program for change and need to ensure a structure for change is in place. Which of the following factors is NOT noted for contributing to the structure for change?

• The session content goes into depth or covers necessary areas

• The therapy occurs frequently enough to produce progress

• The necessary people attend therapy

• The session process will produce change

The session content goes into depth or covers necessary areas

Whitaker believed that therapists should walk away from therapy doing which of the following?

• Not having allowed therapy to transform them

• Feeling they are the same person they were when they began working with the client

• Feeling more fully in charge of the process of therapy

• Growing and becoming more fully authentic

Growing and becoming more fully authentic