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answer for the question , answer should 3-4 sentences each, like a short essays. Do not reference. Answer should be in your own words.
-Nichols, M. P., & Schwartz, R. C., (2007). Family therapy: Concepts and methods (8th Ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. (ISBN# 0205543200)

You have to answer for these following questions :

1)What did Salvador Minuchin believe about the importance of hierarchy in family therapy? Where does the therapist fit into the therapeutic hierarchy?
2)Please identify and explain one way in which STRATEGIC family therapists make use of resistance in family therapy.
3)Please explain one of the major critiques of STRATEGIC family therapy, and discuss your own position on that critique.
4) Please explain how/why the PERSON OF THE THERAPIST is integral to the successful practice of EXPERIENTIAL family therapy.
5) Please explain why a temporary loss in system functioning is necessary in order for change to be achieved in family therapy, according to the EXPERIENTIAL family therapy model.
6)What do COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL therapists mean when they say that behavior is maintained by its consequences? Give an example of how this might play out in the development of dysfunction in a couple or family.
7)What is a COGNITIVE DISTORTION? Choose any of the cognitive distortions discussed in your lecture. Give an example of an instance when you either experienced or observed this distortion, and how you understand it with the knowledge you have gained from this class
8) Please explain how Attachment Theory fits into EMOTIONALLY-FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY.
9) READ THE FOLLOWING VIGNETTE. THEN, PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXTERNALIZATION FOR THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED. Donald and Tina decided to pursue couples therapy because they had recently experienced an emotional affair. Both are fans of the online game World of Warcraft. However, in recent months, Tina has been spending more and more time online playing the game. She even forgoes sleep and sex in order to spend more time online. She has met several new friends, with whom she participates in Warcraft raids and other game-specific tasks. One of these new friends, Marty, has become more than just a friend to Tina. They have exchanged photos, have told each other I love you, and have started to talk on the phone as well as in the game. Marty lives several hours away and the two have no plans to meet in person, but Tina admits that the time and attention she is giving to Marty are taking away from her relationship with Donald. Donald feels that he has been betrayed but is desperate to make the relationship work at any cost.
10)What does a NARRATIVE therapist mean when s/he says s/he operates from a position of informed not-knowing?
11)Choose EITHER SOLUTION-FOCUSED OR MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY. Give a brief description of its general purpose and principles.
12) Based on what you have learned in this course, what is your personal belief about HOW change is achieved in couple and family therapy? What distinguishes small, temporary changes from large, lasting changes?
13)Select any two techniques from any of the models that we have discussed (each technique must be from a different model). Explain how these techniques could be used to gether in a complementary fashion within the context of an INTEGRATIVE model of therapy.
14)How is family therapy different from other forms of mental health practice?
15)Describe what insight you have gained about YOURSELF during this class. Describe what insight you have gained about YOUR FAMILY during this class. You may refer to any of the activities or assignments you completed, or just to general ideas covered in the course.
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