Deck 14: Social Construction Models II: Narrative Therapy

Question 1

According to White,a comprehensive understanding of a person calls for:

A)thin descriptions.
B)thick descriptions.
C)intentional descriptions.
D)multistoried descriptions.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Narrative therapy was developed to help clients:

A)articulate their problems.
B)gain insight.
C)reexamine the stories that have shaped their lives.
D)reconstruct early trauma.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The belief that our view of reality is based on the stories by which we circulate knowledge about ourselves is called:

A)redundancy metaphor.
B)narrative metaphor.
C)narrative imperative.
D)redundancy imperative.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Externalizing a restraining problem is meant to:

A)help explore family dynamics.
B)understand family transaction patterns.
C)help search for past traumatic events.
D)help separate the person's identity from his or her problem.

Question 5

In externalizing conversations,narrative therapists try to help clients:

A)attach new meanings to their experiences.
B)recognize that the client with the symptom is the problem.
C)recognize that the family is the problem.
D)tell themselves they no longer have the problem.

Question 6

In working with families,narrative therapists consider themselves:

A)collaborating partners.
B)experts in family relationships.
C)cybernetic explorers.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 7

The authors contend that narrative therapy emerged from:

A)poststructuralism.
B)postmodernism.
C)structural family therapy.
D)experiential family therapy.

Question 8

Who among the following is not a forerunner of narrative therapy?

A)Meyerhoff
B)Foucault
C)Bruner
D)Ellis

Question 9

Calling another person lazy is making use of a _____________ description.

A)thin
B)thick
C)intentional
D)multistoried

Question 10

White's style is directed at all but one of the following.Which one?​

A)What the person is experiencing
B)How the problem is being experienced
C)Why the problem is being experienced
D)How the client would describe the problem

Question 11

White refers to seeking to discover a person's underlying traits as relying on:

A)thin descriptions.
B)thick descriptions.
C)intentional descriptions.
D)multistoried descriptions.

Question 12

White's narrative approach encourages families to:

A)create alternative accounts of their lives.
B)gain awareness of the origins of their problem.
C)attend to reflecting team observations.
D)develop a problem-saturated perspective.

Question 13

In narrative therapy,White helps families:

A)internalize a problem.
B)externalize a problem.
C)subjectify a problem.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 14

Narrative therapists believe our current lives are directed by the ___________ we have woven together about ourselves.

A)self-commands
B)dominant stories
C)self-reflections
D)subjugated stories

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Narrative therapists re-author people's lives.
B)The main thrust of narrative therapists is in working with anorexics.
C)Cultural stories often provide dominant narratives to a family.
D)Narrative therapists act as "editors" who work on people's self-narratives.

Question 16

Deconstruction,according to narrative therapists,refers to disassembling:

A)closed systems.
B)entropic systems.
C)family roles,rules,and hierarchies.
D)family assumptions about themselves.

Question 17

Foucault viewed language as:

A)a way of discovering reality.
B)an instrument of power.
C)dissolving problems.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 18

A common goal of narrative therapy is:

A)self-actualization.
B)anger management.
C)creating and internalizing new stories.
D)using myths and other powerful stories to impart meaning to our lives.

Question 19

White views stories that oppress people's lives through a political lens,largely due to the influence of:

A)Foucault.
B)Whitaker.
C)Jacobson.
D)Gottman.

Question 20

Narrative therapists believe we attempt to make sense of our lives through:

A)group membership.
B)self-narratives.
C)spirituality.
D)dormant stories.

Question 21

A boy who gets into mischief at school is asked "How do you feel about what Mr.Trouble has done to you?" The therapist is probably:​

A)transgenerational.
B)solution-focused.
C)narrative.
D)solution-oriented.

Question 22

Using therapeutic letters to summarize sessions is a technique introduced by:

A)Bruner.
B)Epston.
C)Meyerhoff.
D)Morgan.

Question 23

Which is not true of Madigan's league in Vancouver?

A)It is a politically active group.
B)It emphasizes that the problems addressed are rooted in one of society's dominant discourses.
C)It insists the person is not the problem.
D)It uses one-way mirrors.

Question 24

A person with a drinking problem allows two friends who have overcome a similar problem to sit behind a one-way mirror to observe him and his therapist during a session.Later,they change places.The original observers are:

A)unrevealing of their reactions.
B)interpretive.
C)hospital personnel only.
D)an outside witness group.

Question 25

_____________________ This is the process by which a new story is developed.

Question 26

White's therapeutic approach is based on:

A)making interpretations.
B)employing therapeutic questions.
C)issuing directives.
D)using paradoxical interventions.

Question 27

_____________________ In narrative therapy,those instances when the client did not experience the problem;such outcomes are intended to help contradict a client's problem-saturated outlook.

Question 28

_____________________ A postmodern procedure for gaining meaning by reexamining assumptions previously taken for granted,in the service of constructing new and unencumbered meanings.

Question 29

Redundancy letters refer to:

A)urging reluctant family members to attend sessions.
B)termination of therapy announcements.
C)urging specific family members to give up duplicate roles in the family.
D)summarizing a previous month's worth of sessions.

Question 30

Unique outcomes are:

A)therapeutic successes.
B)part of problem-saturated stories.
C)entry points for exploring alternative stories.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 31

Unique outcomes pertain to the:

A)past and present.
B)present and the future.
C)past and future.
D)past,present and future.

Question 32

Anthropologist Barbara Meyerhoff's work on _______________ has been adopted by narrative therapists.

A)possibility therapy
B)anorexia and bulimia
C)definitional ceremonies
D)unique outcomes

Question 33

"We never know from day to day what mood our daughter will be in." This statement is an example of a(n):

A)empowering story.
B)internalizing story.
C)problem-saturated story.
D)externalizing story.

Question 34

Unique outcomes typically _______________ the troubled family's dominant story.

A)contradict
B)reinforce
C)confirm
D)are unrelated to

Question 35

Outside witness groups represent:

A)reflecting teams.
B)professionals familiar with the case.
C)therapeutic leagues.
D)a jury of one's peers.

Question 36

Ellen expresses her viewpoint at a meeting,although she is shy and her self-doubt usually tries to silence her. Narrative therapists view this as a(n):

A)exception.
B)unique outcome.
C)possibility.
D)aberration.

Question 37

Outside witness groups:

A)are usually made up of extended family members.
B)help reinforce alternative narratives.
C)are often used in solution-focused therapy.
D)have no place in brief therapy.

Question 38

An example of banding together to deal with a common problem is:

A)The Possibility League.
B)The Anti-Dysphoria League.
C)The Anti Anorexia/Anti-Bulimia League.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 39

_____________________ Following therapy,letters are written to the family that summarize the sessions,invite reluctant members to attend future sessions,and address the future. This serves the purpose of extending conversations while encouraging family members to record or map out their own futures.

Question 40

_____________________ In the narrative approach,helping families view the problem or symptom as occurring outside of themselves,in an effort to mobilize them to overcome it.

Question 41

Define problem saturated narratives and the role of subjugated or marginalized narratives in helping clients from a Narrative perspective.

Question 42

Give an example of "externalizing the problem" and explain how this technique/philosophy is helpful to clients.

Question 43

Define a "unique outcome" and give an example of how it might be used in the course of narrative therapy.

Question 44

Discuss the nature of what is meant by poststructuralism and deconstructionism and how this approach is a therapeutic philosophy.

Question 45

What are the major components of a therapeutic letter?