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Aps 508: Marital And Family Therapy Question Paper

Aps 508: Marital And Family Therapy

Course:Alternative Dispute Resolution

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (APRIL SESSION)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
(COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY)

APS 508: MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY

DATE: Thursday 2nd September 2010
TIME: 9.00a.m – 12.00p.m

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.

1.
With the use of examples, discuss the following concepts as they are used in
marital and family therapy.

i) Circular causality

ii) The identified patient

iii) Emotional cut off

iv) Genograms

v)
Positive connotation.
[20marks]

2.
Discuss Experiential Family Therapy under the following sub headings:

a) Development of behavior disorders

b)Goals of therapy

c) Role of therapist

d) Emotionally focused couple therapy

[20marks]

3.
Mr. and Mrs. Gabala have been married for five years. However, recently, they
had been having problems and were thinking of separation and probably divorce.
They however decided to visit a family therapist to see whether they could save
their marriage. Their family therapist noticed that their communication and
interaction was characterized by a lot of cognitive distortions, which was causing
a lot of misunderstandings among them.

a)
With the use of examples, discuss five types of cognitive distortions that
couples commonly use.
[10marks]

b)
Discuss four behavioral couples’s therapy techniques that the therapist
can use to help Mr. and Mrs. Gabala.
[10marks]

4.
a)
Discuss various forms of alternative families in modern society.
[5marks]

b)
With the use of the structural theory of family therapy, discuss the
causes of pathology in alternative families.
[15marks]

5.
With the use of examples from the current Kenyan society, discuss five ways in
which the following factors can enhance and hinder effective family therapy.

a) Culture
[10marks]

b) Gender
[10marks]

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