ENG 1302 MFT Practice Exam Questions paper ANSWERS AVAILABLE

ENG 1302 MFT Practice Exam Questions paper ANSWERS AVAILABLE Experiential Therapists - answerWould exhibit empathy and facilitate expression of feelings to help build a therapeutic relationship Parent Child Relational Problem - answerGiven when the focus of attention is a pattern of interaction between parent and child, such as poor communication and the behavior impair family functioning. Undifferentiated family ego mass - answerBowenian Term referring to intense interdependency resulting in lack of differentiation Splitting - answerDefense mechanism of dealing with uncomfortable feelings by disowning them Projective Identification - answerprocess of projecting one's disowned parts onto others, who then feel an unconscious pressure to act out or assume those disowned parts The active phase of Schizophrenia - answertwo or more of the following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behaviors, negative symptoms) Euphoria Stage - answerInitial Stage of acculturation process during which the family is in a state of excitement about being in the new culture. Rumination Disorder - answerA condition in which a child repeatedly chews, swallows and regurgitates his or her food, over and over again. Object Relations Termination Criteria - answerresolution of internal conflicts and resistances Cognitive restructuring - answera technique to help clients challenge dysfunctional beliefs and cognitions and substituting more balanced thoughts Empty Chair Technique - answerHaving client's talk to different parts of themselves (or to introject others) Core solution focused technique - answerhelping the couple/family determine what is working so as to encourage them to do more of it Mapping the problem - answernarrative therapy intervention Soltuion Focused therapists focus - answerclient's strengths and on "solutions" or new ways of behaving and thinking in the future Antisocial Personality Disorder - answercharacterized by aggressive, violent and unlawful behavior and a failure to conform to societal norms Schizotypical Personality Disorder - answerIncludes cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentric behavior Avoidant Personality Disorder - answerself imposed social isolation, typically desire close relationships and are distressed by their lack of social connections, but isolate themselves out of fear of rejection or criticism Schizoid Personality Disorder - answerCharacterized by an absence of desire for close relationships, showing flattened affect and indifference to praise or criticism. Family mapping - answerA structural family system of diagramming that depicts family patterns and structure to examine family dynamics Genogram - answerBowenian relationship diagrams depicting historical information fating back three generations Family Life Chronology - answerSatir- Charts historical and family-of-origin relationships Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia - answerphysiological arousal in response to being in situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing Paranoid Personality Disorder - answera pervasive and long-standing pattern of distrust and suspiciousness of others Specific Phobia - answerfear of common or familiar objects or situations Treatment for Anorexia - answerFamily therapy focusing on issues of enmeshment, communication, power and control Denial - answerblocks reality from consciousness Compensation - answermasking perceived weaknesses by developing other positive traits to make up for limitations Displacement - answershifting aggressive impulses from a threatening object to a safer target catastrophizing - answera cognitive distortion in which a person projects negatively into the future, fearing the worst possible outcome to a situation. Best interventions for PTSD - answerBehavior interventions and stress reduction techniques in addition to providing the person a safe place to talk about their trauma Agoraphobia - answerNot an actual DSM diagnosis but a building block to Panic Disorder Delirium - answerOnset is a short period of time and is identified by disturbances of consciousness, memory and attention. Usually associated with medical condition or substance use. Delusional Disorder - answernon-bizarre delusions (false beliefs) lasting at least one month Catatonic Disorder - answercharacterized by lack of motor activity, or by motor agitation as a result of a medical condition. Differentiated - answerBowenian therapists would work with the most family member Spatial metaphor - answerHumanistic/ Experiential technique to engage the client's physical self to embody ways of feeling Reenactment - answerStructural technique to enhance a client's experience of self-in-relation-to-other. Structural therapy goal - answerchanging patterns that maintain individual symptoms Bi-polar I - answerrequires a manic episode (racing thoughts, expansive mood, excessive spending, decreased need for sleep, and grandiose scheming) Bipolar II - answerrequires a hypomanic episode and evidence of major depressive episode Hedlund Decision - answerduty to warn foreseeable bystanders who may be in danger Alanon - answera fellowship of men, women, and children whose lives have been affected by the compulsive drinking of a family member or friend. To help families and friends of alcoholics Family of Origin Information Gathering - answerobject relations technique Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder - answera pervasive pattern of negativistic attitude and passive resistance to demands for adequate performance. No longer a DSM diagnosis may be used under Personality Disorder NOS Bellah vs Greenson - answerlegal responsibility on the therapist to take "reasonable steps" to protect the patient. Systematic Desensitization - answerused on anxiety based or avoidant behaviors as it involves a gradual exposure to the avoided stimuli until the client can overcome the fear that correlates with it. Flooding - answeran in vivo experience of "flooding" the client with the stimuli they fear. Counterconditioning - answerthe elimination of an anxious response by replacing it with another incompatible relaxation exercise Dysthymic Disorder - answerdescribed as "ongoing blahs" Bowenian Therapist - answerActs as a coach, assuming a neutral position marital schism - answerA symmetrical relationship Congruence - answerAccording to client-centered, humanistic therapy what is the most important concept in the client/ therapist relationship communication difficulties - answerwhat therapists are most likely to see in working with sexual dysfunction Assimilation - answerPiagets cognitive process where the child attempts to fit an object into his or her pre-existing category of existence Accommodation - answerPiagets cognitive process where the child learns to discriminate between similar objects polarized thinking - answercognitive distortion which assumes all-or-nothing thinking Personalization - answera cognitive distortion where the outcome of a particular event becomes internalized and personalized even if there is no connection between the individual and the event itself schema - answer"im not good enough" pseudomutuality - answera facade of togetherness that masks conflict and blocks intimacy pseudohostility - answerA family argues constantly to avoid intimacy. 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