Quiz: Postmodern Approaches
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
There are three kinds of solution-focused therapeutic relationships. The client and
therapist jointly identify a problem and a solution to work toward describes which
relationship?
Customer
Complaint
Visitor
Shopper
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
The creation of the self, which dominated the modernist search for human essence and
truth:
is being replaced by postmodernists with the concept of socially storied lives.
is also a key concept of the postmodern approaches.
is more relevant in the narrative approach than it is in solution-oriented therapy.
has proven to be completely irrelevant to all counselors and therapists practicing today.
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
From the very first solution-focused interview, the therapist is mindful of working toward:
the miracle question.
pretherapy change.
formula first session task.
termination.
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Social constructionism explains how values are transmitted through language by the
social milieu and suggests that individuals are constantly changing with the ebb and
flow of the influences of all of the following except:
family.
culture.
behavior.
society.
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
All of the following are techniques used in solution-focused therapy except for:
using the reflecting team.
scaling questions.
the miracle question.
formula first session task.
Question 6
2/ 2 pts
There are three kinds of solution-focused therapeutic relationships. The client comes to
therapy because someone else (a spouse, parent, teacher, or probation officer) thinks
the client has a problem describes which relationship?
Customer
Complaint
Visitor
Shopper
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
Narrative therapy has been found to be particularly effective with diverse client
populations for all of the following reasons except:
it was founded in a sociocultural context.
it allows clients to tell their unique stories from their perspective.
it defines problems within a social, cultural, political, and relational context.
it teaches diverse clients to replace their own narratives with ones that conform more
closely to the ideals and values of mainstream culture.
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following statements about creating alternative stories is not true?
Constructing new stories goes hand in hand with deconstructing problem-saturated
narratives.
The narrative therapist analyzes and interprets the meaning of a client’s story.
The therapist works with clients collaboratively by helping them construct more coherent
and comprehensive stories that they live by.
The development of alternative stories is an enactment of ultimate hope.
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
The solution-focused brief therapy therapeutic process rests on the foundation that
clients are:
in need of an expert.
unable to make decisions.
the experts on their own lives.
passive participants in their journey.
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
The role of the leader in solution-focused therapy groups is not:
to set the tone of focusing on solutions.
to provide clients with simple solutions to their problems.
to create a setting where the client feels resourceful and capable.
to skillfully ask questions to guide clients to finding solutions to their problems.
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