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Family Therapy Concepts and Methods Nichols 10th Edition Test Bank
Family Therapy Concepts and Methods Nichols 10th Edition Test Bank
Family Therapy Concepts and Methods Nichols 10th Edition Test Bank
Role Plays/Observations
1. Have students break into groups of 2-3. One student (a client), should describe a
problem (e.g., frequent fights with partner; difficulty getting along with co-workers;
parent of an adolescent child who is acting out; workaholic, etc.), and the others
should ask questions about what he or she has done in response to the problem.
The goal of the exercise is to discover problem-maintaining behavior, and maybe
suggest that the client try something different. Reverse roles until all students have
played both client and interviewer.
2. Divide the class into groups of 3-4 students. Ask two students to play a couple and
to choose an emotional topic for discussion, something on which they are likely to
disagree (e.g., finances, housekeeping responsibilities, frequency of visits with
parents, sex, communication problems). Instruct one or both partners to
deliberately talk about "you" and the way things "are" and "should be," rather than
saying "I think," "I wish," "I feel." Stop after 10 minutes -- observers should notice
and comment on how destructive this habit is. Next instruct each member of the
“couple” to speak in the first person singular (e.g., I feel..., I think..., My thought is
that....); making personal statements about personal matters (e.g., “I would like to
visit my family...” versus “You should want to visit with my family during the
holidays.”), and speaking directly to, not about, each other. Discuss the contrasting
experiences of the students who were role-playing across the first and second role
play. Discuss observers' perceptions of these differences. Ask students to consider
implications for treatment.
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