MFT Exam Foundations of Family Therapy|209 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Indications For Couple Therapy correct answer: When the presenting problem is clearly related to the couple's relationship; the development of problems in one partner coincided with the onset of relationship conflict; or the couple is thinking about ending their relationship and wants to resolve issues with the help of a therapist. Social Constructionism correct answer: A strand of postmodernism that is based on the assumption that knowledge is constructed through social interactions and is context dependent. Belief that truth is constructed and there are multiple truths. Homeostasis correct answer: - The tendency for a family (or other system) to act in ways that maintain its equilibrium (customary way of functioning) over time and to resist change. - Mechanisms w/in families maintain the family's current state of equilibrium and make family members resistant to change, and that these mechanisms must be disturbed for change to occur. (Lewin-Gestalt psychologist) Indications for Family Therapy correct answer: When a family member's symptoms are manifestations of problems in the family system; improvement in one family member is likely to cause (or has caused) the development of symptoms in another family member; or a family member has symptoms that are known to be effectively treated by family therapy (e.g., substance abuse, an eating disorder, conduct disorder). Empirically Supported Treatments correct answer: Treatments that have been found to be effective by experimental studies that meet rigorous research criteria for a particular client population experiencing a particular disorder or condition. Stages Of Psychosocial Development (Erikson) correct answer: Theory of personality development proposes that the individual faces different psychosocial crises at different points throughout the life span. These are: trust vs. mistrust (infancy), autonomy vs. shame and doubt (toddlerhood), initiative vs. guilt (EC), industry vs. inferiority (School age), identity vs. role confusion (adolescence), intimacy vs. isolation (young adulthood), generativity vs. stagnation (Middle adulthood), and integrity vs. despair (Old age). Identified Patient correct answer: The "symptom bearer" who has brought the family to therapy and who is identified by other family members as the person with the problem. Cybernetics (General Systems Theory) correct answer: Is concerned with systems that are self-regulating via negative and positive feedback loops. A negative feedback loop reduces deviation and helps a system maintain the status quo, while a positive feedback loop amplifies deviation and disrupts the status quo. First-Order Change correct answer: Is temporary or super