078 – MCQ – 2022-11-12 – BWRT with Couples

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Reason for choosing this activity:

1. The Gottman method is a:*

A) top-down cognitive approach

B) bottom-up brain-based approach

C) polyvagal sensory therapy

2. The four horseman of the apocalypse includes the following problematic communication styles:*

A) Criticism, contempt, appreciation, self-soothing

B) Contempt, gentle start-up, defensiveness, stonewalling

C) Criticism, contempt, defensiveness, stonewalling

D) Defensiveness, responsibility, flooding, self-soothing

3. The Gottman intervention includes:*

A) Assessments

B) Teaching couples to self-soothe

C) Building love-maps

D) A and C

E) All of the above

4. Relationships can be negatively impacted by the following:*

A) Childhood abuse, work stress, financial stress

B) Getting a new job or a new house

C) Crime, affairs, loss, addictions

D) All of the above

E) None of the above

5. Which statement is true?*

A) Betrayal is a “zero sum” game

B) Trust does not mean that a there is the sense that “another is there for me and has my back”.

C) Kahneman’s second phase of love is building commitment

D) Kahneman’s third phase of love is building trust or mistrust

6. When couples trust each other:*

A) Both partners maximise benefits for each other during exchanges

B) They believe that “You will be there for me and I can rely on you”

C) It creates a sense of stability, predictability, security.

D) It creates suspicion and negative affect, uncertainty and anxiety

E) A, B and C

7. Consistent high levels of trust can create:*

A) Negative sentiment override

B) The negative Markov Absorbing state

C) The positive perspective

D) A situation where repair attempts don’t work

E) Quarrels that spill over into non-conflict situations

8. Infidelity risk increases when there is:*

A) Negative comparisons between the partner and other, idealised people

B) Consistent turning away from opportunities to connect with the partner

C) Not acknowledging or talking about feelings with the partner about the unhappiness

D) All of the above

E) None of the above

9. Betrayal trauma*

A) Cannot be experienced in the body, e.g., sleep disturbances, headaches

B) Cannot be experienced psychologically, e.g., feeling worthless, grief

C) Is not similar to PTSD or acute stress disorder

D) Can have social impacts

10. BWRT is*

A) A brain-based bottom-up therapeutic approach

B) Highly effective treatment to heal trauma and distress

C) Is developed by Terence Watts

D) B and C

E) All of the above

11. Which statement about the Autonomic Nervous System is true*

A) The ANS can be activated by the sympathetic and deactivated by the parasympathetic response.

B) When we are calm and relaxed, we operate in the present moment of now and feel in control.

C) The fight/flight response is activated when a person perceives a threat

D) Apathy and depression are linked to a low arousal response and thoughts focused on past regrets and hurts.

E) A and B

F) C and D

G) All of the above

12. Doing BWRT with couples must include:*

A) A formal psychometric assessment

B) A discussion about the brain

C) Data gathering about triggers and traumas

D) Plan strategy

E) Using the most appropriate BWRT protocol

F) All of the above

G) B, C, D and E

13. Which statement is false?*

A) The frontal lobe regulates emotions

B) The Limbic system is involved in attachment, bonding and connection experiences

C) The Reptilian complex is the brain’s initial alarm system to warn of a threat

D) When the Amygdala is activated, a person experiences a fight, flight, freeze or collapse response

14. When planning the therapy strategy, the following questions are important:*

A) Was there a difficult loss of a loved-one?

B) What incident brought couple to therapy?

C) When did difficulties in relationship start?

D) Were there any difficult or traumatic incidents around the time that difficulty started?

E) Were there any traumatic experiences of rejection, abandonment, betrayal, loss?

F) All of the above

15. When working with couples, the following is not true:*

A) Both partners must consent to therapy

B) The couple must be prepared for a “no secrets” policy

C) The couple must always be seen together, even when doing trauma work

D) The therapist must remain neutral and not take sides between partners

E) Couples therapy is contra-indicated when there is characterological domestic violence

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