Question

QUESTION 1

What was Milton Erickson's intervention with the African Violet lady?

A)		He told her to study African Violets to understand the beauty of them.
B)		He told her to hand out African Violets on the street so that she could begin to build relationships.
C)		He told her to send African Violets to people who had cause to celebrate and that she did not know.
D)		He told her to begin a business selling African Violets.

QUESTION 2

Which of the following is the continuation question?

A)		Are you willing to continue to work in therapy towards your goals?
B)		Do you believe that continuing therapy will lead to improvement in your life?
C)		What do you want to continue to have happen in your life?
D)		What behaviors are you exhibiting that maintain your problems?

QUESTION 3

In what book did de Shazer state that you do not have to have detailed information about a client's problems in order to solve them?

A)		The Solution-focused Therapy Manual
B)		Keys to Solutions in Brief Therapy
C)		Solution-Focused Therapy: Toward the Identification of Therapeutic Tools
D)		Putting Difference to Work

QUESTION 4

Which is an idea that would be supported by a solution-focused therapist?

A)

We are more likely to change when the therapist focuses on what we are doing right than what we are doing wrong.

B)

The therapist is the expert at producing solutions to problems

C)

Diagnosis is essential to treatment

D) Understanding a client's personality is key to change

QUESTION 5

Which is NOT true of solution-focused therapy?

A)		It is future oriented
B)		Therapists and clients search for the simplest solutions
C)		Big problems can be changed with small solutions
D)		The client is helped to see the flaws in their past attempt to solve problems.

Answer 1

?1. Answer: B) He told her to hand out African Violets on the street so that she could begin to build relationships.

Milton Erickson had been known or his unusual ways, becoming one of the greatest hypnotherapists. He had helped one of the women, who had been suicidal and was in her sixties. Erickson had met her in her home, and he noticed that it was dark as well as depressing. Though, she was only excited about African violets. K

He had suggested that she should be looking through the newspaper for births or graduations or engagements and he asked her to re pot cuttings of the African violets, dfeliverunv them to people present inthe announcements and condolences. She did so and helped many other people, feeling fulfilled and connected.