During the initial interview, a nursetherapist has created a ...

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During the initial interview, a nursetherapist has created a genogram on a whiteboard utilizing the input of the family members. What is an advantage of using genograms in family therapy?
 
  A) Hierarchies of power can be represented graphically.
  B) Family members can identify who is most important in the immediate and extended family.
  C) A concise diagram of family relationships is produced, including significant information.
  D) Potential goals for therapy can be identified.

Question 2

A 15-year-old boy's recent problems with the law have prompted his parents to seek family therapy. In today's session, the nursetherapist has encouraged the family to consider and describe the unspoken rules, hierarchies,
 
  laws, and expectations that exist within the family. Which of the following approaches to family therapy is the nursetherapist most likely following?
 
  A) Psychoanalytic approach
  B) Structural approach
  C) Bowen approach
  D) Behaviorist approach

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
While constructing a genogram may lead to the identification of goals or the relative importance of family members, the primary benefits involve the comprehensiveness and conciseness of such diagrams and the information about individuals that they reveal and record

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
The structural approach to family therapy emphasizes the fact that families develop a set of invisible rules, hierarchies, and laws that evolve over time and are understood by all family members. This emphasis on the salience of family rules, expectations, and hierarchies is not central to psychoanalytic, Bowen, or behaviorist approach to family therapy.