1. The least common psychotherapeutic method of conducting marital therapy is: (a)…

1. The least common psychotherapeutic method of conducting marital therapy is: (a) Cognitive-behaviour marital therapy (b) Emotionally focused marital therapy (c) Mentalization-based marital therapy (d) Psychodynamic/psychoanalytical marital therapy (e) Systemic marital therapy. 2. Marital therapy techniques (a) Cognitive-behaviour marital therapy (b) Emotionally focused marital therapy (c) Mentalization-based marital therapy (d) Psychodynamic/psychoanalytical marital therapy (e) Systemic marital therapy 3. From the above list select the marital therapy technique with which each of the

View complete question »1. The least common psychotherapeutic method of conducting marital therapy is: (a) Cognitive-behaviour marital therapy (b) Emotionally focused marital therapy (c) Mentalization-based marital therapy (d) Psychodynamic/psychoanalytical marital therapy (e) Systemic marital therapy. 2. Marital therapy techniques (a) Cognitive-behaviour marital therapy (b) Emotionally focused marital therapy (c) Mentalization-based marital therapy (d) Psychodynamic/psychoanalytical marital therapy (e) Systemic marital therapy 3. From the above list select the marital therapy technique with which each of the following sets of characteristics is best associated: i. This marital therapy has its roots in attachment theory. ii. Key to this understanding of the couple relationship is the idea that it is a ‘phantasy’ relationship. iii. In this form of marital therapy, attention is paid to the use of language by the couple – both at the level of specific content, including the kinds of words chosen, and at the level of process or what the language is meant to do in the couple. Attention is also paid to the use of power. Therapists assume that any behaviour has a role and a meaning – there is a purpose to a behaviour, no matter how reactive it appears. iv. Therapists are active and assertive, on the basis that changing a destructive relationship requires greater energy than exists to maintain it. Therapists can take up different roles at different times – guide, teacher, confronter, referee, empathizer – and they may set homework to be done by a couple between sessions. Their aim, however, is to ensure that the couple take more and more responsibility for the quality of their relationship. Attention is paid to the balance of the therapy.

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