The primary goal of family therapy is:

The PowerPoint presentation on family therapy outlined the five key elements to include in a family case formulation. The “5 Ps” include: (Select all that Apply)

When adopting a structural approach, the PMHNP would be most likely to focus on:

The family’s ability to maintain homeostasis while adapting to change is due to the process of:

The family member who is often seen as an “outsider” in the family and the cause of the family’s problems is best described as the:

The PMHNP conducts an initial interview with a family whose 8 year-old child has suddenly started acting out at school and whose 16 year-old has run away. Parents are confused by their children’s behavior and say, “We don’t know what happened. We are a very happy family. We never disagree with each other.” The dysfunctional family process most likely to be suggested by this statement is:

In emotion-focused therapy, the PMHNP’s priority is:

The PMHNP who employs an emotion-focused family therapy approach is adopting:

Husband seeks out counseling to deal with a problem in the marital relationship; however, his wife does not want to participate. The family systems therapist uses following rationale in deciding how to respond:

In strategic family therapy, dysfunctional family behaviors are most likely to be addressed by: