Constructivist Therapies/Insoo Kim Berg
Henry David ThoreauInsoo Kim BergSolution-Focused TherapiesNarrative Therapies
- 1.Postmodern, constructivist perspectives take:
- A.
A very similar approach as empirical, scientific approach
- B.
A very different approach as empirical, scientific approach
- C.
An equivalent approach as empirical, scientific approach with different methods of assessment
- D.
None of the above
- 2.Tenets of constructivist theory include which of the following tenets:
- A.
Reality constructed, doesn't exist internally, and how events are interpreted
- B.
Arbitrarily constructed, doesn't exist internally, and how event really happen
- C.
Reality constructed, does exist internally, and how events are interpreted
- 3.Henry David Thoreau a Constructivist theorist stated:
- A.
It's what you look at that matters, not what you see
- B.
It's what you see that matters, and that's it
- C.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see
- D.
All of the above
- 4.Solution-Focused Therapies became one of the most influential approaches since humanistic and cognitive therapies
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Insoo Kim Berg, a Milwaukee based therapist and proponent of solution-focused therapies stated that:
- A.
- 6.Solution-focuse therapies hold which of the following assumptions:
- A.
People are basically unhealthy, incompetent, lacking capacities to construct solutions, and cannot enhance lives by focusing on solutions rather than problems
- B.
People are basically healthy, competent, have capacities to construct solutions, and can enhance lives by focusing on solutions rather than problems
- C.
People can be healthy if they become more competent by focusing on the reality of their problems
- D.
All of the above
- 7.Solution-focused proponents contend that:
- A.
Problems must be discussed as thoroughly as solutions
- B.
Problems talk is a way to a solution
- C.
Problem talk maintains a problem focus, so need to shift to solution talk
- D.
Problems need to be talked about to obtain a clearer view of solutions
- 8.Which of the following are important therapeutic processes in solution-focused therapies?
- A.
Consciousness raising, miracle question (exceptions to the problem), and having a short term assessment of problems
- B.
Consciousness raising, open-chair technique, and having a short term assessment of problems
- C.
Consciousness raising, miracle question, and having a moderate term assessment of problems
- D.
All of the above
- 9.Narrative therapy contends that:
- A.
The past can change through our retelling of it as new perspectives are added, bringing more information to viewing it
- B.
The past cannot change through our retelling of it, but can bring more problems up for the client
- C.
The past doesn't actually change through our retelling of it, it changes as new perspectives added bring more information to viewing it
- D.
All of the above
- 10.Some of the techniques used in Narrative Therapies includes:
- A.
Choosing new narratives (letter writing) and choosing new lifestyles
- B.
Choosing new narratives to add to current lifestyle
- C.
Choosing new lifestyles and keeping the same narratives
- D.
None of the above
- 11.A motto of Narrative therapy is
- A.
Make history take this
- B.
Make history rather than take history
- C.
Take history and make more history
- D.
Make history, history
- 12.The relationship of a narrative therapist can be described as
- A.
Gently transformative in guiding clients to make new narratives
- B.
Harshly transformative in guiding clients to relive old narratives
- C.
Gently transformative in guiding clients to change past narratives
- D.
None of the above
- E.
V
- 13.Empirical findings on narrative therapy show:
- A.
Very little controlled research
- B.
A lot of controlled research
- C.
Some controlled research
- D.
None of the above
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