Author Question: Bryan is working with a couple who has reported marital problems. He is working from a CBFT ... (Read 115 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Bryan is working with a couple who has reported marital problems. He is working from a CBFT perspective, and thinks that it would be helpful to have a detailed and accurate account of the problems the couple wants to work on. Bryan asks the couple to log the frequency, duration, and severity of specific behavioral symptoms such as their anger, outbursts, conflict, and social withdrawal. This is known as what type of assessment?

a. necessary intake procedures
b. creating a contingent environment
c. baseline functioning
d. arbitrary inference

Question 2

Why do cognitive-behavioral family therapists use empathy to build the therapeutic alliance?

a. Because empathy is a curative process in and of itself
b. To integrate experiential concepts to make better therapy
c. To create rapport, allowing therapists to get to the real interventions of therapy
d. To help clients to feel more comfortable with the therapy process