Jay Haley is hilarious!
A Quiz for Young Therapists - By Jay Haley
(The answers are very funny at times. I'm not saying I agree with him, but you have to give it to anyone with such a sense of humor. He reminds me of my professors, who when answering an important question relpy with a beautiful non-answer, such as, "Well, yes, it's a both/and.")
1) Should a therapist think of himself, or herself, as a skillful technician or as a humanist and philosopher?
2) In relation to being a successful therapist, what are the differences between psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists?
3) Is the goal of therapy to change people to become members of special elites or to change them to be normal like other people?
4) Should a therapist join in the madness of others or remain outside their universe?
5) Should the therapist work swiftly or leisurely?
6) Will reflecting upon himself, or herself, improve the results of a therapist?
7) When one thinks of therapy as poetry, does a skillful therapist write sonnets or free verse?
8) Will a therapist be more successful if he is curious about life's complexity or if he is single minded in his focus upon his goals?
9) Name two ideologies that handicap a therapist.
10) Should a therapist insist upon change?
11) Is it unethical to adopt the theory that change is slow and difficult and every patient must come to therapy several hours a week for many years?
12) Will a therapist be more successful if he is humble?
13) Should the therapist be a serious person?
14) What is therapy?
15) Is it true that therapy in the past consisted of someone offering an unformulated problem to a therapist unable to specify a goal who was working with an irrelevant theory in an ambiguous style to achieve an immeasurable outcome?
Click here for the answers! (to download a pdf file)
(The answers are very funny at times. I'm not saying I agree with him, but you have to give it to anyone with such a sense of humor. He reminds me of my professors, who when answering an important question relpy with a beautiful non-answer, such as, "Well, yes, it's a both/and.")
1) Should a therapist think of himself, or herself, as a skillful technician or as a humanist and philosopher?
2) In relation to being a successful therapist, what are the differences between psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists?
3) Is the goal of therapy to change people to become members of special elites or to change them to be normal like other people?
4) Should a therapist join in the madness of others or remain outside their universe?
5) Should the therapist work swiftly or leisurely?
6) Will reflecting upon himself, or herself, improve the results of a therapist?
7) When one thinks of therapy as poetry, does a skillful therapist write sonnets or free verse?
8) Will a therapist be more successful if he is curious about life's complexity or if he is single minded in his focus upon his goals?
9) Name two ideologies that handicap a therapist.
10) Should a therapist insist upon change?
11) Is it unethical to adopt the theory that change is slow and difficult and every patient must come to therapy several hours a week for many years?
12) Will a therapist be more successful if he is humble?
13) Should the therapist be a serious person?
14) What is therapy?
15) Is it true that therapy in the past consisted of someone offering an unformulated problem to a therapist unable to specify a goal who was working with an irrelevant theory in an ambiguous style to achieve an immeasurable outcome?
Click here for the answers! (to download a pdf file)
posted by Elizabeth at 12:37 PM
6 Comments:
I enjoyed that :O)
Beth
Glad you liked it. My favorite was #15.
Me too! Too funny.
B~
Was this some kind of insider therapist joke? What a nob!
It must be...I found it very funny (in a ridiculous sort of way). Jay Haley is one of the pioneers in Strategic Therapy known for his unorthodox approaches.
This was interesting to read something different from Haley. I wrote in my MRI paper that Haley believes that changing behavior changes feelings and perceptions, and not vice versa. I strongly disagree with him, because I believe change occurs both ways. Ok, this was a nice diversion, now to start my next paper. Patti
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