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Destiiny22 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Which of the following questions might be important in deciding whether to hypothesize with families or not?

A. Does the therapist have faith in him- or herself and in the family members ability to accept an assessment based on multiple lenses?
B. How much time should be taken before the clients will have experienced enough of the therapists competence to accept the hypothesis?
C. Does the client want to be a part of the discussion or not?
D. How much of an influence is the therapist willing to have or be in the lives of the family and its members?

Question 2

John Gottman conducted a 12 year study of gay and lesbian couples. Which of the following sums up his findings?

A. When it comes to emotions, gay and lesbian couples may operate with very different principles than straight couples, who could learn a lot from gay and lesbian relationships
B. There are no cultural differences between gay/lesbian couples and straight couples that cannot be accounted for by oppressive politics
C. Gay male couples are more monogamous than straight couples both statistically and emotionally
D. Lesbian couples are slow to develop and less likely to last

frejo · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D. How much of an influence is the therapist willing to have or be in the lives of the family and its members?

Answer to Question 2

A. When it comes to emotions, gay and lesbian couples may operate with very different principles than straight couples, who could learn a lot from gay and lesbian relationships