Chapter.8 Satir’s Human Growth Model Exam Prep 6th Edition

Chapter 8: Satir’s Human Growth Model

Multiple Choice

1. Each of the following therapies falls into the category of experiential family therapies EXCEPT:
   1. the Satir growth model.
   2. integrated family systems.
   3. symbolic-experiential therapy.
   4. emotionally focused therapy.

REF: Lay of the Land

1. Rather than focus primarily on behavioral interaction sequences, experiential family therapists focus on the __________ layer of those interactions.
   1. internal
   2. external
   3. affective
   4. verbal

REF: Lay of the Land

1. ____________ create(s) a sense of safety that allows clients to explore areas of emotional vulnerability.
   1. Self-disclosure
   2. Self-involving statements
   3. Warmth and empathy
   4. Therapist’s values

REF: Lay of the Land

1. The Satir growth model focuses primarily on which of the following?
   1. Reframing the problem
   2. Creating a sense of safety for interpersonal learning
   3. Fostering individual growth as well as improving family interactions
   4. Realigning the patterns and alliances that the family has adhered to

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Satir’s five communication stances include: congruent, placator, blamer, superreasonable, and ___________.
   1. incongruent
   2. reasonable
   3. irrelevant
   4. irreverent

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Which of the following suggestions would be best for a therapist working with a client who has adapted the placator stance or role?
   1. Encourage the client to take a firm stance from the onset of therapy.
   2. Use therapeutic techniques such as reflecting to highlight hidden emotions.
   3. Praise the placator for being adaptive.
   4. Use less directive therapy methods, such as multiple choice questions and open-ended reflections to require him/her to voice an opinion.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. When working with a client who takes on a blamer stance, the therapist should do each of the following EXCEPT:
   1. increase the client’s awareness of the thoughts and feelings of others.
   2. help the client to communicate their personal perspectives in a way that is respectful of others.
   3. placate the client by not speaking honestly and directly to them.
   4. directly confront the client when necessary.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. ___________ communicators are generally viewed as amusing, spontaneous, entertaining, or cheerful.
   1. Placator
   2. Irrelevant
   3. Blamer
   4. Superreasonable

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Satir’s six-stage model of change is best described by which of the following statements?
   1. A model that identifies the different communication stances that each family adapts through the process of therapy.
   2. A model that addresses conflict resolution and recovery in the family system.
   3. A model in which the therapist perturbs the system, shakes it up, and respects its ability to naturally reorganize itself in a more useful way.
   4. A model that highlights the inconsistencies and patterns of the family system.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Families participating in the Satir growth model often go through the six stages several times with decreased discomfort and chaos over time.
   1. True
   2. False

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. There are four primary assumptions about people and therapy according to Satir and her associates. All of the following are one of the four primary assumptions EXCEPT:
   1. people naturally tend toward positive growth.
   2. people gravitate towards stagnation unless pushed.
   3. all people possess the resources for positive growth.
   4. every person, everything or every situation impacts and is impacted by everyone and everything else.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. The more _________ therapists are, the better they can create the therapeutic warmth and humanity that characterized the work of Satir.
   1. honest
   2. congruent
   3. empathetic
   4. communicative

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. The importance of making contact and establishing credibility with clients, according to the Satir model, can be established by doing which of the following?
   1. Asking each person’s name and how he or she prefers to be called.
   2. Sitting or standing at a higher level than the client.
   3. Asking family members to rearrange themselves in the therapy room.
   4. Asking the family to engage in an enactment.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. If a Satir-oriented therapist said, “I believe this child’s exaggerated acting out and drug use may serve to reduce tension in his parent’s marriage by getting his parents to focus on him.” What would the therapist be doing?
   1. determining the family life chronology
   2. figuring out the survival stance of the family
   3. viewing the symptoms as having a role in the family system
   4. using a mandala to understand the child’s drug use

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Power struggles, parental conflicts, lack of validation, or lack of intimacy, are considered ____________ according to the Satir model?
   1. family life chronology
   2. survival stances of the family
   3. family role
   4. family dynamics

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. _______________ include the martyr, the victim, the rescuer, the good child, and the bad parent.
   1. family dynamics
   2. family life
   3. family roles
   4. characterizations

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Satir practitioners use the six levels of experience to help clients to make lasting change. The six layers include:
   1. behavior, coping, feelings, perceptions, expectations, yearnings.
   2. behavior, goals, feelings, perceptions, expectations, desires.
   3. thoughts, feelings, goals, perceptions, expectations, yearnings.
   4. thoughts, feelings, behaviors, goals, perceptions, expectations.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Satir recognized that it was important to assess self-esteem as being high or low, as is frequently done by teachers or parents.
   1. True
   2. False

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. ___________ is a better indicator of happiness than self-esteem.
   1. accomplishments
   2. self-worth
   3. self-compassion
   4. coping

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Tina, a Satir-oriented therapist, notices that her client, who often reports feeling overwhelmed, is often ill and exhausted. What might Tina be doing during her assessment of the client?
   1. Considering the specific aspects of the self that a client values and the aspects of which he/she is ashamed.
   2. Assessing the motivation behind the client’s problematic behaviors and interactions.
   3. Making a mind-body connection between her client’s emotional issue and how they are manifesting in her body.
   4. Viewing the context for the potential problems and determining the client’s potential weaknesses.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. The purpose of relational goals in Satir’s approach is:
   1. congruent communication for all family members.
   2. restructuring the family boundaries.
   3. reconfiguring the family’s interaction sequences.
   4. reducing emotional reactivity through detriangulation.

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. By being authentic, therapists provide ___________________________.
   1. a role model for how to communicate congruently
   2. an example of how not to communicate
   3. an opportunity to provide constructive feedback to the client
   4. a chance to avoid self-disclosure

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. When a client shares a troubling interaction with another, the Satir therapist uses seven questions to walk the client through the _______________.
   1. use of self
   2. perceptions versus reality
   3. ingredients of interaction
   4. dysfunctional interaction

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. If a Satir oriented therapist working in a session with a client said, “As I listen to you explain what happened to you during that argument with your boss, I am getting a sense that you were feeling frustrated. Does that sound right?” What is the therapist attempting to do with the client?
   1. understand the ingredients of the interaction
   2. soften the family rule
   3. facilitate emotional expression
   4. communication coaching

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. When a Satir practitioner working with a couple asks the partners to turn their chairs toward each other and gives a prompt such as: “Tell your partner how you feel about what happened New Year’s Eve.”, the therapist might be doing what?
   1. understanding the ingredients of an interaction
   2. coaching communication
   3. creating an enactment
   4. softening the family rules

REF: The Satir Growth Model

1. Satir used ____________ to connect with clients initially and to encourage them when they were practicing new ways of communicating.
   1. praise
   2. mirroring
   3. touch
   4. coaching

REF: The Satir Growth Model

Short Answer

1. What are some assumptions of the Satir growth model?
2. Describe two of the communication stances. Give examples to support both.
3. What are some interventions employed by Satir practitioners?
4. In what ways does Satir’s growth model utilize Rogerian techniques?
5. What are some considerations in employing Satir’s growth model with clients from a background that has different attitudes toward emotional expression?