Discussion - Applying Family, Feminist, and Transpersonal Theories

Reflect upon two personal or professional goals you might like to achieve. If you were to visit a counselor with these goals in mind, which theoretical approach might help you to achieve them? In addition, what type of counseling style might you connect with the most?
In this Discussion you use the media, Postmodern Theories, to seek the help of three counselors. As you listen to each counselor's theoretical approach, consider how each might be the most effective in addressing your unique goals. In addition, take note of the emotions that you feel while you virtually sit in the client's seat.

Note: This post does not require you to share any personal information about yourself. Though you should use personal or professional goals to assist you in selecting a theoretical orientation, you may present the ideas of your posting in a more general format.
Post by Day 3 an explanation of which approach might be most effective and explain why. Then, explain how this particular approach may help a client to achieve his or her goals. Finally, explain what it felt like to sit in the client's seat.
Respond by Day 5 to at least two of your colleagues using the following approach:

· Provide a different perspective as to why this theoretical approach might inhibit clients from reaching their goals.

QUESTION 1: The term used to describe a family system's tendency to maintain predictable interactional processes is:

a. Family project process

b. Cybernetics

c. Centripetal

d. Family homeostatis

QUESTION 2: Self-in-relation theory is the work of:

a. Sharf and Bem

b. Jordan and Surrey

c. Jean Baker Miller

d. Betty Freidan

QUESTION 3: The first person to introduce the subjects of consciousness, spiritualism, and psychical research into the mental health fields was:

a. Carl Jung

b. Abraham Maslow

c. William James

d. Sigmund Freud

QUESTION 4: The term used to describe one of the perceptual sets people use when looking at society and their place in it is:

a. Gender schema

b. Egalitarian

c. Engendered lives

d. None of the above

QUESTION 5: Which of the following family therapists is best known for his/her structural approach to treatment:

a. Satir

b. Bowen

c. Haley

d. Minuchin

QUESTION 6: The "Competencies for Addressing Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling" were developed by which of the following divisions of the American Counseling Association?

a. Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling

b. Association for Religion, Philosophy, and Spirituality in Counseling

c. American Pastoral Counselors Association

d. There is not a division of the American Counseling Association that developed these competencies.

QUESTION 7: One of the primary goals of transpersonal counseling is to:

a. Bring the client to an acceptable level of mental health

b. Bring the client to a point where he or she can begin to work on transpersonal issues

c. Take the client into the realm of transcendence, unity, and extraordinary mental health

d. None of the above

QUESTION 8: Two major disorders given a great deal of attention in feminist literature are:

a. Personality disorders and bipolar disorders

b. Borderline personality disorders and hypertension

c. Eating disorders and PTSD

d. Insomnia and PTSD

QUESTION 9: Which of the following is not a fundamental principle of feminist counselors?

a. The personal is political

b. A commitment to social change

c. A commitment to the establishment of an authoritarian relationship

d. Honoring women's experiences and appreciating their perspectives, values, and strengths

QUESTION 10: A strategy for empowering clients is to involve them in naming their problem and participating in directing the counseling process. This strategy is called:

a. Self-disclosure

b. Gender role analysis

c. Demystifying the counseling process

d. Client empowerment

QUESTION 11: Which of the following family therapists is best known for his/her strategic approach to treatment?

a. Satir

b. Bowen

c. Haley

d. Minuchin

QUESTION 12: According to transpersonalism:

a. Healthy development is marked by one's advancement from personal to transpersonal concerns.

b. Healthy development is marked by one's quality of relationships.

c. Healthy development is impossible to define.

d. Healthy development is not a goal.

QUESTION 13: Within the transpersonal states of functioning, which of the following developmental lines or stages exist?

a. cognitive

b. vision logic

c. psychic

d. all of the above

QUESTION 14: A counselor directing family members to engage in a communication game to examine how their incongruent messages lead to pain and lower self-esteem is following which approach to family therapy? A counselor directing family members to engage in a communication game to examine how their incongruent messages lead to pain and lower self-esteem is following which approach to family therapy?

a. Conjoint

b. Transgenerational

c. Narrative

d. Structural

QUESTION 15: The term _______________ means beyond the personal, ego, or self.

a. archetypal

b. transpersonal

c. reductionistic

d. monistic

QUESTION 16: The core practice of transpersonal counseling includes which of the following:

a. Mindfulness

b. Yoga

c. Biofeedback

d. All of the above

QUESTION 17: ________________ occurs when a family modifies problem behaviors yet maintains its present structure.

a. First order change

b. Second order change

c. Third order change

d. Fourth order change

QUESTION 18: A multifaceted process, occurring across the life span is called:

a. Gender role identification

b. Gender bias

c. Genderfication

d. Gender role socialization

QUESTION 19: Teasing out stressors poses a challenge for the family counselor because of the family's:

a. Mistrust of therapy

b. Many stories

c. Multigenerational issues

d. Severity of pain

QUESTION 20: Which of the following family therapists is best known for his/her conjoint approach to treatment?

a. Satir

b. Bowen

c. Haley

d. Minuchin

QUESTION 21: Although the theoretical underpinnings of transpersonal theory can be credited to a number of individuals, theories, and philosophical approaches to mental health and spiritual experience, _____________ has emerged as the primary leader of this burgeoning field.

a. Groff

b. Wilber

c. Jung

d. Maslow

QUESTION 22: The family life spiral is:

a. An example of family decline

b. A linear model

c. An example of a life stressor

d. A developmental model

QUESTION 23: Which of the following is one of the "Competencies for Addressing Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling"?

a. The professional counselor can describe the similarities and differences between spirituality and religion, including the basic beliefs of various spiritual systems, major world religions, agnosticism, and atheism.

b. The professional counselor recognizes that the client's beliefs (or absence of beliefs) about spirituality and/or religion are central to his or her worldview but cannot influence psychosocial functioning.

c. The professional counselor can identify the limits of his or her understanding of the client's spiritual and/or religious perspective and is acquainted with religious and spiritual resources, including leaders, who can join in counseling sessions with the counselor and client.

d. All of the above

QUESTION 24: ___________ wrote that Kohlberg's model of moral development was more applicable to men than women.

a. Carol Gilligan

b. Barbara Herlihy

c. Vivian Carroll McCollum

d. Nancy Chodorow

QUESTION 25: _________ attributed the difference between women and men to the fact that women are primarily responsible for early child care.

a. Carol Gilligan

b. Barbara Herlihy

c. Vivian Carroll McCollum

d. Nancy Chodorow