What does 'Glorifying the Struggle' mean?

A couple finding good in their struggle with negative events in their lives

Attachment strategies can be different depending on culture

What does Gottman recommend for couples?

Learn to effectively repair when there is an injury

What does 'Positive sentiment override' mean?

When positive thoughts override the negative

What is relationship stability?

How likely a couple is to split up or divorce

What is the primary goal of EFT?

Foster the creation of a secure bond

What are the building blocks of secure attachment?

Availability, Responsiveness, and Engagement

What is 'Negative Affect Reciprocity'?

When members of a couple respond with negativity to a negative statement

What does Empathic Conjecture mean?

Conjecturing about client emotions, understandings, and experiences

What is not part of Gottman's sound relationship house?

Learn to repair attachment injuries

What is the Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Approach?

A systemic and holistic approach where all parts are considered

What is mutual soothing in Gottman therapy?

An interactive process where one partner helps calm the other

What does a therapist do for attachment injury healing?

Help the injuring partner validate, & express remorse for the partners pain

What helps recovery from an affair?

Stop all contact between the unfaithful partner and the 3rd person.

Which of the below is normally a part of what a therapist does to facilitate the healing of an attachment injury:

Help the injuring partner validate & express remorse for the injured person

What do LGBTQ community members experience?

Experience intimate partner violence & it often goes unrecognized

What does EFT assume about couple distress?

Absorbing negative emotional states & destructive interaction patterns

The four horsemen of the apocalypse are

Interactive couple processes that predict divorce

What is part of the 9 steps in EFT?

Promoting identification with disowned needs, aspects of self & attachment

What are the three main stages of EFT?

de-escalation, restructuring, consolidation

Additive in that they build on each other

What is Step 5 of EFT?

Promote identification with emotions

What is NOT a goal of relationship education therapy?

Determine if partners should stay

What does Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy include?

Behavioral Exchange and Acceptance

What is the primary goal with domestic violence couples?

Violence prevention: eliminate the violence regardless of the problem

Best practice recommends couple therapists generally assess which of the following during the first session

Alcohol/drug use, violence, and the couple’s sex life

What indicates couples with domestic violence are not appropriate for therapy?

The non-abusing partner expresses having safety concerns about therapy

What is a primary mechanism of change in EFT?

Creating corrective experiences

What is Gottman's five to one rule refers to the ratio of

Positive to negative comments during problem solving

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Explore key concepts and techniques in couples therapy, including attachment theory, the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and the 9 steps of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

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1
Who has more stable marriages?
Religious couples
Couples that go to therapy
Couples who cohabited
Couples married short time
2
What does 'Glorifying the Struggle' mean?
Glorifying therapist's skills
A couple finding good in their struggle with negative events in their lives
All are true
Glorifying parenting struggles
3
In EFT
Attachment needs are something that we grow out of as we age
Attachment strategies can be different depending on culture
None are true
Attachment needs are specific to more affluent people
4
What do AAMFT Guidelines include?
All are included
Foundational
Relational
Systemic
Intersectional
None are included
5
What to consider in religious/spiritual therapy?
Personality flexibility/rigidity
Beliefs connected with the cultural aspects of a religion
All are true
A sense of connection with a Higher Power
Beliefs and understanding of doctrines connected with an organized religion
Belief in Higher Power
6
What does Gottman recommend for couples?
Swimming lessons for flooding
Memorize positive statements
Learn to effectively repair when there is an injury
Go on dates weekly
7
What is anger seen as in EFT?
Primary emotion
All are true
Instrumental emotion
Secondary emotion
8
What does 'Positive sentiment override' mean?
Understanding and paying attention to each other's positive emotions
None are true
When positive thoughts override the negative
Generating positive emotions to override negative emotions that
9
What does EFT Step 7 involve?
Owning disowned needs
Encouraging acceptance of each other
Asking for needs to be met
Accessing underlying emotions
10
What are men more likely to do?
Stonewall
All are true
Criticize
Be defensive
11
What is relationship stability?
The same as relationship satisfaction
How likely a couple is to split up or divorce
All are true
How satisfied people are
12
What is the primary goal of EFT?
Foster the creation of a secure bond
Help couples communicate
Elicit powerful emotions
Challenge dysfunctional cognitions
13
What are the building blocks of secure attachment?
Availability, Responsiveness, and Engagement
Changing internal models
Positive sentiment override
De-escalation and reengagement
14
What is 'Negative Affect Reciprocity'?
All are true
An inconsistent discriminator between happy and unhappy couplese
When members of a couple respond with negativity to a negative statement
When couples attend to negative statements during holidays
15
What does the Gottman Sound Relationship House not include?
All are included
Managing Conflicts
Building Love Maps
Stopping Demon Dialogues
16
What does Empathic Conjecture mean?
All are true
Reflecting emotions
None are true
Conjecturing about client emotions, understandings, and experiences
Intensifying empathic responses
17
What is not part of Gottman's sound relationship house?
Turn towards instead of away
Build love maps
Create shared meaning
Learn to repair attachment injuries
18
Can you do therapy with domestic violence?
Only if survivor is safe
Yes, always
Only if abuser is Type I
Only if abuse is occasional
19
What is not an assumption of EFT?
Partners stuck in patterns
New emotional experiences needed
Emotion is key change element
All are assumptions
20
What is withdrawer reengagement in EFT?
Stage 3 process
None are true
Stage 2 process
Stage 1 process
21
What is the Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Approach?
Not applicable to therapy
Encourages separation of care
A systemic and holistic approach where all parts are considered
Religion and biopsychosocial model
22
What is mutual soothing in Gottman therapy?
An interactive process where one partner helps calm the other
Feeling the same but different words
All are true
Both partners resolve conflict
23
What does a therapist do for attachment injury healing?
Help partner express emotions
Help partner see cycle blame
Help manage pain by focusing
Help the injuring partner validate, & express remorse for the partners pain
24
What helps recovery from an affair?
Avoid discussing the affair
Stop all contact between the unfaithful partner and the 3rd person.
All are true
Telling the injured partner that it shouldn’t hurt so much
25
Which of the below is normally a part of what a therapist does to facilitate the healing of an attachment injury:
Help the injuring partner validate & express remorse for the injured person
Help the injured partner express their reactive emotions.
Help the injuring partner view the cycle is really to blame to remove guilt
Help the injured partner manage the pain by focusing on the cycle
26
What do LGBTQ community members experience?
Rarely experience IPV because partners are equally powerful
Experience intimate partner violence & it often goes unrecognized
Experience IPV, but is usually not harmful because they are equally power
Experience some of the most severe forms of intimate partner violence
27
What factors are important for therapists with same-sex couples?
There is great diversity among same sex couples
In same sex couple, there is often relational role ambiguity
Same sex couples face societal oppression and stress
All are true
28
What does EFT assume about couple distress?
All of these
Negative affect along with positive working models
Poor affect regulation
Absorbing negative emotional states & destructive interaction patterns
Negative emotion in conjunction with traditional gender roles
None of these
29
The four horsemen of the apocalypse are
EFT de-escalation steps
Processes after divorce
Processes rejecting culture
Interactive couple processes that predict divorce
30
What is part of the 9 steps in EFT?
Promoting identification with disowned needs, aspects of self & attachment
Reframing the issue
Reframing the issue as being about what works in their relationship
All are true
31
What does attachment theory hypothesize?
Attachment is an innate motivating force from the cradle to the grave
Attachment distress can be organized along 2 continuums anxiety & avoidance
Healthy attachment relationships provide a secure base and a safe haven
All are true
32
What are the three main stages of EFT?
de-escalation, restructuring, consolidation
problem solving, reworking bonds, consolidation
de-escalation, restructuring, problem solving
de-escalation, enactment, problem solving
33
The 9 Steps of EFT:
All are true
Additive in that they build on each other
Sequential without going back
Basic steps for healing
34
What is Step 5 of EFT?
Access unacknowledged emotions
All are part of step 5
Promote identification with emotions
Facilitate expression of needs
35
What is NOT a goal of relationship education therapy?
Determine if partners should stay
Manage couples’ expectations
Improve conflict negotiation
Manage couples’ differences
36
What does Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy include?
Bonding and Cognition
Behavioral Exchange and Acceptance
All are true
Corrective Emotional Experiences
37
What is the primary goal with domestic violence couples?
Show how they argue
Violence prevention: eliminate the violence regardless of the problem
Encourage victim to leave
Live separately until resolved
38
In doing premarital therapy with African American middle-class couples, it can be helpful to focus on
Developing trust
Gender and power
Family of origin
All are true
39
Best practice recommends couple therapists generally assess which of the following during the first session
All are true
Alcohol/drug use, violence, and child sexual abuse
None are true
Alcohol/drug use, sex life, and each parent’s attachment history
Alcohol/drug use, violence, and the couple’s sex life
Absorbing negative affect
40
What indicates couples with domestic violence are not appropriate for therapy?
Perpetrator recognizes behavior
Perpetrator shows empathy
The non-abusing partner expresses having safety concerns about therapy
Perpetrator agrees to stop abuse
41
What is a primary mechanism of change in EFT?
Creating corrective experiences
Helping couples solve problems
Accessing emotions for catharsis
Cognitive insights into emotions
42
What does 'Turn toward each other' mean?
Facing each other rather than away while talking to each other in session
Connecting in small ways
Allowing your partner to influence you
All are true
43
What is the 94 million dollar question according to Sue Johnson?
Do I matter?
Does anything really matter?
How do I get an A in this class?
Do grades matter?
44
What is Gottman's five to one rule refers to the ratio of
Positive to negative comments during problem solving
The anger level that happy couples have during problem solving
The anger level that unhappy couples have during problem solving
positive to negative comments during problem solving
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What needs to heal an attachment injury?
Injured partner must feel understood
Injury must be validated
Develop coherent narrative
All are true
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What is an important goal with substance abuse couples?
Improve problem-solving skills
Improve communication skills
Build positive sentiment override
Help partner attain sobriety

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