MFT Comprehensive Exam Questions And
Answers
AAMFT Clinical Fellow -
correct answer ✅a) AAMFT
b) A credentialed member of the AAMFT; Has met the standards for
independent clinical practice.
c) 1.Clinical membership (licensure) Eligible to apply if you have a
license and reside in an accepted state.
2. Clinical membership (evaluative) Eligible to apply if you live in a
state that doesn't license mat's or does but the license isn't
accepted by the AAMFT.
Accreditation -
correct answer ✅a) Program Standards
b) Certification granted to an educational institution that meets
performance standards of an institution of accreditation. Enables
the consumer to know the quality of the program.
c) The MFT program at FU is accredited by COAMFTE
*Blended Family -
correct answer ✅a) Divorce
b) Step-families. Separate families united by marriage or coupling
which face non-normative developmental challenges of
,MFT Comprehensive Exam Questions And
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redefining/merging roles, rules, and rituals for a new family
structure
c) Redefining the role of parenting a new step-dad will have with his
new step-children.
Boundaries -
correct answer ✅a) Structural Therapy
b) Invisible lines that regulate closeness and distance and exchange
of information among family members, and between families and
the environment. Diffuse - enmeshed, Rigid - disengaged, Clear -
firm but flexible
c) A Father who distances himself from a feuding Mother/daughter
and does not get involved = Rigid
Caring Day Technique -
correct answer ✅a) Strategic (Richard Stuart)
b) A therapist tasks a problem couple to generate a list of small
positive things that they can do to show each other that they care.
c) Each member of a couple has to come up with a list of no more
than 5 concrete things they want the other to do. Has to be small
and specific things (buy flowers, give a hug, make the bed), has to
, MFT Comprehensive Exam Questions And
Answers
be something the other can do, and has to be positively framed to
do something, not to not do something.
Cloe Madanes -
correct answer ✅a) Strategic Family Therapist
b) Together with Jay Haley, founded the Family Therapy Institute in
Washington DC. Uses playfulness, benevolent interpretation of
symptoms, humor, and metaphor in therapy.
c) A wife's reluctance to have sex with her husband is a benevolent
way to protect him from experiencing performance anxiety.
Co-dependency -
correct answer ✅a) Substance Abuse and Addiction
b) The problem is not only the addict but also the family and friend
network. The non-addicted family member/friend enables the
addict - inadvertent contributor to the maintenance of the
problem.
c) A wife calls in to work for her hungover husband lying and telling
them that he has the flu.
Coaching -
correct answer ✅a) Bowenien
Answers
AAMFT Clinical Fellow -
correct answer ✅a) AAMFT
b) A credentialed member of the AAMFT; Has met the standards for
independent clinical practice.
c) 1.Clinical membership (licensure) Eligible to apply if you have a
license and reside in an accepted state.
2. Clinical membership (evaluative) Eligible to apply if you live in a
state that doesn't license mat's or does but the license isn't
accepted by the AAMFT.
Accreditation -
correct answer ✅a) Program Standards
b) Certification granted to an educational institution that meets
performance standards of an institution of accreditation. Enables
the consumer to know the quality of the program.
c) The MFT program at FU is accredited by COAMFTE
*Blended Family -
correct answer ✅a) Divorce
b) Step-families. Separate families united by marriage or coupling
which face non-normative developmental challenges of
,MFT Comprehensive Exam Questions And
Answers
redefining/merging roles, rules, and rituals for a new family
structure
c) Redefining the role of parenting a new step-dad will have with his
new step-children.
Boundaries -
correct answer ✅a) Structural Therapy
b) Invisible lines that regulate closeness and distance and exchange
of information among family members, and between families and
the environment. Diffuse - enmeshed, Rigid - disengaged, Clear -
firm but flexible
c) A Father who distances himself from a feuding Mother/daughter
and does not get involved = Rigid
Caring Day Technique -
correct answer ✅a) Strategic (Richard Stuart)
b) A therapist tasks a problem couple to generate a list of small
positive things that they can do to show each other that they care.
c) Each member of a couple has to come up with a list of no more
than 5 concrete things they want the other to do. Has to be small
and specific things (buy flowers, give a hug, make the bed), has to
, MFT Comprehensive Exam Questions And
Answers
be something the other can do, and has to be positively framed to
do something, not to not do something.
Cloe Madanes -
correct answer ✅a) Strategic Family Therapist
b) Together with Jay Haley, founded the Family Therapy Institute in
Washington DC. Uses playfulness, benevolent interpretation of
symptoms, humor, and metaphor in therapy.
c) A wife's reluctance to have sex with her husband is a benevolent
way to protect him from experiencing performance anxiety.
Co-dependency -
correct answer ✅a) Substance Abuse and Addiction
b) The problem is not only the addict but also the family and friend
network. The non-addicted family member/friend enables the
addict - inadvertent contributor to the maintenance of the
problem.
c) A wife calls in to work for her hungover husband lying and telling
them that he has the flu.
Coaching -
correct answer ✅a) Bowenien
