Author Question: If a Satir-oriented therapist said, I believe this childs exaggerated acting out and drug use may ... (Read 41 times)

joesmith1212 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

If a Satir-oriented therapist said, I believe this childs exaggerated acting out and drug use may serve to reduce tension in his parents marriage by getting his parents to focus on him. What would the therapist be doing?

a. determining the family life chronology
b. figuring out the survival stance of the family
c. viewing the symptoms as having a role in the family system
d. using a mandala to understand the childs drug use

Question 2

The importance of making contact and establishing credibility with clients, according to the Satir model, can be established by doing which of the following?

a. Asking each persons name and how he or she prefers to be called.
b. Sitting or standing at a higher level than the client.
c. Asking family members to rearrange themselves in the therapy room.
d. Asking the family to engage in an enactment.