AMFTRB National MFT Exam:MFT National Exam:MFT
LICENSING EXAM:MFT License Exam- DSM 5:MFT
National Exam Study Guide:MFT:
What theoretical disciplines influenced the transgenerational models? -
ANSWERPsychoanalytic and object relations
How long does treatment typically last when using a transgenerational model? -
ANSWERApproximately 2 years
(Terms) insight/working through - ANSWERTransgenerational models
multigenerational transmission process - ANSWERprocess by which roles, patterns,
emotional reactivity, and family structure are passed from one generation to
another. Poorly differentiated individuals tend to marry one another, and over
several generations produce offspring who are increasingly less differentiated and as
a result suffer from severe mental disorders including schizophrenia
Family projection process - ANSWERlack of differentiation in parents often results in
one of the parents becoming dysfunctional, immature, and fused with one of the
children. COnflict in parental sub-unit is avoided, but child's emotional growth is
sacrificed. Symptoms and lack of differentiation is transmitted from parents to
children.
nuclear family Emotional System - ANSWERFused family that is unstable and unable
to cope with stress. Characterized by conflict and dysfunction that are transmitted
across generations.
triangles - ANSWERsmallest stable emotional unit in a family and describes process
by which two people recruit third person into system to mediate the level of conflict
or tension between them.
pseudo-self - ANSWERperson who is not differentiated may be fused with another
person. as a result they do not reason with their values but instead borrows values
of person with whom they are fused and commonly makes emotionally reactive
choices.
solid-self - ANSWERa person who is well differentiated and is able to function based
upon a personally defined set of values, beliefs, convictions, and life principles
Differentiation of self - ANSWERseparation of intellectual and emotional functioning,
which results in being less reactive to family system dynamics and other members
emotional states
, According to Bowen, symptoms within the family can manifest in 3 places... -
ANSWERThe marital relationship
The health of one partner (physical or mental)
In the children (or the space between the parent and child)
Bowenian Interventions - ANSWERDifferentiation of self scale
Genogram
Emotional-cutoff assessment
Person-to-person relationships
Coaching
I Position
Extension of Bowen's model - ANSWERPhilip Guerin: elaborated on genogram and
developed the displacement story intervention.
Betty Carter: extended the model to fit a feminist perspective
Monica McGoldrick: extended Bowenian model to include the role of enthnicity as a
factor in the family. Feminist. Written extensively on family life cycle. Culturally
appropriate therapy.
Strategic family therapy - ANSWERBateson, Palo Alto group, Erickson
The Palo Alto Group - ANSWERJay Haley, Don Jackson, John Weakland, William Fry
Double Bind - ANSWER1. Communication involves two or more people with an
important emotional relationship
2. Pattern of communication is repeated
3. Communication involves a "primary negative injunction" or a command not to do
something on threat of punishment.
4. Communication involves a second abstract injunction also under threat of
punishment that contradicts primary injunction
5. Third negative injunction both demands a response and prevents escape.
6. Recipient becomes conditioned to respond and sequence is no longer necessary to
maintain symptom.
What was Erickson known for? - ANSWERParadoxical intervention and hypnotherapy
What models are associated with the Strategic model? - ANSWERMRI and Haley &
Madanes
What field did the Brief Therapy Center derive from? - ANSWERMRI
What are the 6 steps of assessment and treatment from the MRI model? -
ANSWER1. Introduction to treatment setup
2. Inquiry into definition of the problem
3. Estimation of behaviors maintaining the problem
4. Setting the goals for treatment
-Explore previous attempts to solve
LICENSING EXAM:MFT License Exam- DSM 5:MFT
National Exam Study Guide:MFT:
What theoretical disciplines influenced the transgenerational models? -
ANSWERPsychoanalytic and object relations
How long does treatment typically last when using a transgenerational model? -
ANSWERApproximately 2 years
(Terms) insight/working through - ANSWERTransgenerational models
multigenerational transmission process - ANSWERprocess by which roles, patterns,
emotional reactivity, and family structure are passed from one generation to
another. Poorly differentiated individuals tend to marry one another, and over
several generations produce offspring who are increasingly less differentiated and as
a result suffer from severe mental disorders including schizophrenia
Family projection process - ANSWERlack of differentiation in parents often results in
one of the parents becoming dysfunctional, immature, and fused with one of the
children. COnflict in parental sub-unit is avoided, but child's emotional growth is
sacrificed. Symptoms and lack of differentiation is transmitted from parents to
children.
nuclear family Emotional System - ANSWERFused family that is unstable and unable
to cope with stress. Characterized by conflict and dysfunction that are transmitted
across generations.
triangles - ANSWERsmallest stable emotional unit in a family and describes process
by which two people recruit third person into system to mediate the level of conflict
or tension between them.
pseudo-self - ANSWERperson who is not differentiated may be fused with another
person. as a result they do not reason with their values but instead borrows values
of person with whom they are fused and commonly makes emotionally reactive
choices.
solid-self - ANSWERa person who is well differentiated and is able to function based
upon a personally defined set of values, beliefs, convictions, and life principles
Differentiation of self - ANSWERseparation of intellectual and emotional functioning,
which results in being less reactive to family system dynamics and other members
emotional states
, According to Bowen, symptoms within the family can manifest in 3 places... -
ANSWERThe marital relationship
The health of one partner (physical or mental)
In the children (or the space between the parent and child)
Bowenian Interventions - ANSWERDifferentiation of self scale
Genogram
Emotional-cutoff assessment
Person-to-person relationships
Coaching
I Position
Extension of Bowen's model - ANSWERPhilip Guerin: elaborated on genogram and
developed the displacement story intervention.
Betty Carter: extended the model to fit a feminist perspective
Monica McGoldrick: extended Bowenian model to include the role of enthnicity as a
factor in the family. Feminist. Written extensively on family life cycle. Culturally
appropriate therapy.
Strategic family therapy - ANSWERBateson, Palo Alto group, Erickson
The Palo Alto Group - ANSWERJay Haley, Don Jackson, John Weakland, William Fry
Double Bind - ANSWER1. Communication involves two or more people with an
important emotional relationship
2. Pattern of communication is repeated
3. Communication involves a "primary negative injunction" or a command not to do
something on threat of punishment.
4. Communication involves a second abstract injunction also under threat of
punishment that contradicts primary injunction
5. Third negative injunction both demands a response and prevents escape.
6. Recipient becomes conditioned to respond and sequence is no longer necessary to
maintain symptom.
What was Erickson known for? - ANSWERParadoxical intervention and hypnotherapy
What models are associated with the Strategic model? - ANSWERMRI and Haley &
Madanes
What field did the Brief Therapy Center derive from? - ANSWERMRI
What are the 6 steps of assessment and treatment from the MRI model? -
ANSWER1. Introduction to treatment setup
2. Inquiry into definition of the problem
3. Estimation of behaviors maintaining the problem
4. Setting the goals for treatment
-Explore previous attempts to solve
