MFT Exam: Emotionally Focused Therapy
Questions And Answers
Emotionally Focused Therapy -
correct answer ✅An evidence based treatment developed by Sue
Johnson and Les Greenberg; Integrates attachment experiential
theory, and systems theory.
Tenants of Attachment -
correct answer ✅1. Attachment is an innate moving force
2. Secure dependence compliments autonomy
3. Attachment offers an essential safe haven
4. Attachment offers a secure base
5. Emotional accessibility builds bonds
6. Fear activates attachment needs
7. Process of separation distress is predictable
8. There is a finite number of attachment styles
9. Attachment involves working self and others
10. Isolation and loss are traumatizing
Patterns to defend relationship trauma -
correct answer ✅Anxious and hyperactivated
, MFT Exam: Emotionally Focused Therapy
Questions And Answers
Avoidance
Combination Anxious and Avoidance
3 stage of EFT -
correct answer ✅1. De-escalating Negative cycles
2. Change interactional patterns an create engagement
3. Consolidation and Integration
De-escalating negative cycles -
correct answer ✅Stage 1 of EFT (4 steps)
Focuses on establishing a strong therapeutic relationship needed
for exploration of difficult emotions
and
Developing a clear case conceptualization using attachment theory
changing interactional patterns and creating engagement -
correct answer ✅Stage 2 of EFT (3 steps)
Questions And Answers
Emotionally Focused Therapy -
correct answer ✅An evidence based treatment developed by Sue
Johnson and Les Greenberg; Integrates attachment experiential
theory, and systems theory.
Tenants of Attachment -
correct answer ✅1. Attachment is an innate moving force
2. Secure dependence compliments autonomy
3. Attachment offers an essential safe haven
4. Attachment offers a secure base
5. Emotional accessibility builds bonds
6. Fear activates attachment needs
7. Process of separation distress is predictable
8. There is a finite number of attachment styles
9. Attachment involves working self and others
10. Isolation and loss are traumatizing
Patterns to defend relationship trauma -
correct answer ✅Anxious and hyperactivated
, MFT Exam: Emotionally Focused Therapy
Questions And Answers
Avoidance
Combination Anxious and Avoidance
3 stage of EFT -
correct answer ✅1. De-escalating Negative cycles
2. Change interactional patterns an create engagement
3. Consolidation and Integration
De-escalating negative cycles -
correct answer ✅Stage 1 of EFT (4 steps)
Focuses on establishing a strong therapeutic relationship needed
for exploration of difficult emotions
and
Developing a clear case conceptualization using attachment theory
changing interactional patterns and creating engagement -
correct answer ✅Stage 2 of EFT (3 steps)
