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CR - Treating Relationship Power and Aggression Post Test

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Questions:

1.1 Why do loss of power and disintegration of self-image occur for women in relationships?
2.1 What may be two awareness increasing questions for women to consider in evaluating whether they felt they were experiencing abusive/controlling behavior in the relationship, when they felt they had gotten the “Great Catch”?
3.1 According to the National Violence Against Women Survey, what percentage of women used a knife on the victim?
3.2 What two purposes does the, Can\'t-You-Take-a-Joke tactic serve?
4.1 What are three forms of verbal abuse?
5.1 What are three feeling-validation strategies to validate a clients feelings of being abused?
6.1 What may be two overpowering feelings women experience when they feel that they can’t keep their ‘Great Catch” calm?
7.1 To assist clients with connecting the dots that abuse is happening, even though physical abuse may not be occuring, what may be some helpful concepts to include in a therapy session?
8.1 According to the National Institute of Health, what percentage of adults who were abused as children do not grow up to abuse their children?
9.1 What are three steps for the therapeutic triangular tightrope method?
9.2 What is the 2R method of questioning?
10.1 What is the reason a woman may not let her partner know that she does not respond to pain?
11.1 What may be a good technique to increase a client’s awareness of her negative self-talk?
12.1 What are some critical words and behaviors used in the ‘parent’ style of communication?
12.2 What are some words and behaviors used in the ‘adult’ style of communication?
12.3 What are some words and behaviors used in the ‘child’ style of communication?
13.1 What is the basis of the family values rationalization for staying in the abusive relationship?
13.2 What are some rationalizations to stay in an abusive relationship?

Answers:

A. Do you repeatedly replay his voice mimicking or mocking you? Do you often feel that his verbal attacks were an attempt to make you feel guilty as a means of controlling your behavior?
B. They feel they have hooked the “Great Catch”
C. Recognizable verbal abuse, using eloquent sounding words to sound superior, treating a partner like he or she is a child
D. 10.8%
E. She can never do enough, she can never do anything right
F. Repositioning of the abuser based upon client descriptions, decreasing selective forgetting, exploring excuse-making or minimizing
G. 65-85%
H. Living in the potential and not living in the reality of the present, reacting by recreating elaborate explanations to feel productive action is being taken, do \
I. Encourage clients ability to construct their truth independent of partners version of the truth, recognize, remember
J. Helping client become aware that by justifying and tolerating partners behavior she was perpetuating the problem, steer her away from self blame, steer her away from externalizing the problem and making partner the total bad guy and scapegoat
K. A dispute list
L. He is free to continue to criticize you since there is no negative consequence for his actions
M. Specific, factual, inquisitive, confident, informative
N. Domineering, judgmental, demanding, and demeaning.
O. the "tyranny of the shoulds."
P. Communication magic, hiding pain , he doesn\'t mean it, I am too sensitive
Q. It minimized his abuse under the guise that it was just a joke, he efficiently discredited the validity of her feelings
R. Creative, impulsive, fun-loving, self-centered, rebellious, aggressive

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Questions:

16.1 What are some characteristics of a controller that can help women and men identify potentially damaging relationships?
17.1 When a teenager has been in a controlling relationship for a long amount of time, what are some situations that may trigger an impulsive suicidal act?
18.1 What are some expectations, perceptions, inner rules, and underlying values that generally guide your decisions, consciously or not?
19.1 What is one way to gain more control over yourself?
20.1 What are four strategies for women who want their men to hear them?
20.2 How do men and women differ when they bond?
20.3 If a woman starts sobbing when their talking to their partner, what might this mean to the listener?
20.4 What are some examples of words women tend to use that takes the power out of their statement?
21.1 What are some tips for being clear with what you’re telling your partner?
21.2 What might be a woman’s goal for making herself “clear” to others?
21.3 Who might a client ask for feedback on how clear they really are when they communicate with others?
22.1 How may some clients feel during a conflict or pressure situation?
22.2 What may be some ways for someone to be more in control of themselves in a relationship?
23.1 What may people who have been through a controlling relationship believe?
24.1 What might someone get out of a controlling relationship?
24.2 What are some roles a client might play during an abusive relationship to maneuver through some difficult times?
25.1 What is a good way to transform a crisis into an opportunity?

Answers:

A. Sudden loss or performance failure, “blowing” an exam, having an argument with his or her parent
B. Rough treatment, quick attachment and expression, frightening temper, killing your self confidence, cutting of your support, the mean and sweet cycle, its always your fault, break up panic, no outside interest, paranoid control
C. To occasionally review your inner rules to check their usefulness to you today
D. Valuing yourself, perception of others and their value, assumptions and stereotypes
E. Women generally use more details in their conversations than men, men require clear messages as well as brief ones
F. Avoid apology, be brief, be direct – don’t hint, avoid emotional display
G. Challenged, nervous, resentful, angry, uncomfortable, hassled, confused, dumb, guilty
H. Set the climate, give the big picture, describe the steps of the task, cite resources available
I. “Those who love me also hurt me.”
J. Be in control of situation, do it yourself, be loyal, keep peace at any price
K. Caregiving role, such as the mediator, the placater, the scapegoat, the go-between, or the joker
L. Have your clients survey the past and ask themselves, “What can I learn from this that I can use in the present and perhaps carry into the future with me?” allowing them to develop a new approach to life in which they can see things from a different perspective and make new choices
M. They develop lifesaving strategies to help them get through these difficult times, they acquire special skills that they may have labeled as “bad” or “useless\
N. That they are incapable of handling a situation
O. “I kind of think that…”, “We probably should really…”, “It seems like a fairly good way to…”, “Kind of/sort of…”
P. To find out how to communicate better with this individual and with the other people in your life
Q. Members of your immediate family and your coworkers

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