MFT National Exam Study Guide/422
Complete Questions with Answers
Who is the founder of Bowenian therapy? - -Murray Bowen & James Framo
(follower, although some argue he is more object-relations, he feels he is
transgenerational)
- Which theory focuses on ledgers and balances? - -Contextual therapy
- Who created the rubber fence theory? - -Wynn
- Who created the term garage mechanic? - -Carl Whitaker
- What is the emphasis in Bowenian therapy? - -Differentiation of self
- What is Bowen's differentiation of self defined? - -refers to the autonomy
of function which results in being less reactive to family systems dynamics
and other members emotional states; the extent to which they have learned
to manage emotionality.
- what is the core problem in Bowenian theory? - -triangles and emotional
reactivity
- what are Bowenian's key techniques? - -genogram and process questions
- who are the founders of experiential therapy? - -Virginia Satir & Carl
Whitaker
- What is the emphasis in experiential therapy? - -authenticity and self-
actualization
- what is the core problem in experiential therapy? - -emotional suppression
and mystification
- what are key techniques used in experiential therapy? - -confrontation and
structured exercises
- who are the founders of solution-focused therapy? - -Steve de Shazer and
Insoo Kim Berg
- What is the emphasis in solution-focused therapy? - -language creates
reality
- What is the core problem in solution-focused therapy? - -problem talk
, - what are key techniques used in solution-focused therapy? - -focusing on
solutions and identifying exceptions
- who are the founders of strategic therapy? - -Don Jackson and Jay Haley
- What is the emphasis in strategic therapy? - -homeostasis and feedback
loops
- what is the core problem in strategic therapy? - -more-of-the-same
solutions
- what are key techniques used in strategic therapy? - -reframing directives
- who are the founders of psychodynamic therapy? - -Nathan Ackerman,
Henry Dicks, and Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
- What is the emphasis in psychodynamic therapy? - -drives
self objects
internal objects
- what are the core problems in psychodynamic therapy? - -conflict
projective identification
fixation and regression
- what are the key techniques used in psychodynamic therapy? - -silence
and interpretation
- who are the founders of narrative therapy? - -Michael White & David
Epston
- what is the emphasis in narrative therapy? - -Narrative theory & social
constructionism
- what is the core problem in narrative therapy? - -problem-saturated
stories
- What are key techniques used in narrative therapy? - -externalization,
identifying unique outcomes, & creating audiences of support
- who are the founders of structural therapy? - -Salvador Minuchin
- what is the emphasis in structural therapy? - -subsystems and boundaries
- what is the core problem in structural therapy? - -enmeshment and
disengagement
, - what are key techniques used in structural therapy? - -enactments and
boundary making
- who are the founders of cognitive behavioral therapy? - -Gerald Patterson,
Robert Liberman, and Richard Stuart
- what is the emphasis in cognitive behavioral therapy? - -reinforcement,
extinction, and schemas
- what is the core problem in cognitive behavioral therapy? - -inadvertent
reinforcement and aversive control
- what are key techniques used in cognitive behavioral therapy? - -
functional analysis and teaching positive control
- what theory emphasizes negative-feedback loops or cycles? - -Structural
- what theory emphasizes positive-feedback cycles? - -strategic
- what theory emphasizes the importance of structure in dysfunction? - -
structural
- what theory emphasizes the importance of maladaptive behavioral
sequences in dysfunction? - -strategic
- what theory is straight-forward and confrontive? - -structural
- what theory is indirect and nonconfrontive? - -strategic
- in what theory does the therapist generally work with the whole family? - -
structural
- in what theory does the therapist often work with only 1 or 2 members of a
family system? - -strategic
- what theory focuses on immediate in-session behaviors? - -structural
- what theory retrospectively focuses on out-of-session behavioral
sequences? - -strategic
- what theory focuses on behavioral sequences? - -strategic
- what theory focuses on in-session enactment? - -structural
- what theory emphasizes out-of-session directives? - -strategic
, - what is ambivalence in couples therapy? - -one or both partners may be
unwilling to forgive past behaviors
- how would assessment and therapy initiation be conducted in a structural
approach? - -the therapist would work with the family to help them realize
how their actions or behaviors might be contributing to the problem
- who is the founder of MRI Brief Therapy? - -Paul Watzlawick
- What are examples of mandated reporting? - -Tarasoff, child abuse,
dependent adult abuse, and elder abuse
- what is enmeshment? - -inappropriate rigid boundaries (in a family system
everyone is thinking and feeling alike)
- what is redefining? - -putting a positive connotation on behavior that is
usually considered to be undesirable
- who is the founder of collaborative therapy? - -MC Bateson
- Why did the Milan associates interview families about their history? - -to
find evidence of how the children's symtpoms became necessary for the
system
- what is accommodation in the structural process? - -the process by which
a couple transitions from courtship and adjusts to a partnership
- Solution-focused family therapists prefer to focus the treatment time on
the past, here and now, future, or present? - -future, where problems can be
solved
- What is the main goal of the Bowenian model? - -differentiation of self
- What is fair exchange? - -the process by whereby members of a system
act upon each other and the system
- The structural family therapy view of health families states that healthy
families.... - -accommodate to change in circumstances
- Schemas can _____ family member's perceptions and affect their responses
to each other's actual behaviors. - -distort
- Contextual therapy pays attention to background history and past
experiences in order to - -assess ways in which individuals have been hurt in
the past
Complete Questions with Answers
Who is the founder of Bowenian therapy? - -Murray Bowen & James Framo
(follower, although some argue he is more object-relations, he feels he is
transgenerational)
- Which theory focuses on ledgers and balances? - -Contextual therapy
- Who created the rubber fence theory? - -Wynn
- Who created the term garage mechanic? - -Carl Whitaker
- What is the emphasis in Bowenian therapy? - -Differentiation of self
- What is Bowen's differentiation of self defined? - -refers to the autonomy
of function which results in being less reactive to family systems dynamics
and other members emotional states; the extent to which they have learned
to manage emotionality.
- what is the core problem in Bowenian theory? - -triangles and emotional
reactivity
- what are Bowenian's key techniques? - -genogram and process questions
- who are the founders of experiential therapy? - -Virginia Satir & Carl
Whitaker
- What is the emphasis in experiential therapy? - -authenticity and self-
actualization
- what is the core problem in experiential therapy? - -emotional suppression
and mystification
- what are key techniques used in experiential therapy? - -confrontation and
structured exercises
- who are the founders of solution-focused therapy? - -Steve de Shazer and
Insoo Kim Berg
- What is the emphasis in solution-focused therapy? - -language creates
reality
- What is the core problem in solution-focused therapy? - -problem talk
, - what are key techniques used in solution-focused therapy? - -focusing on
solutions and identifying exceptions
- who are the founders of strategic therapy? - -Don Jackson and Jay Haley
- What is the emphasis in strategic therapy? - -homeostasis and feedback
loops
- what is the core problem in strategic therapy? - -more-of-the-same
solutions
- what are key techniques used in strategic therapy? - -reframing directives
- who are the founders of psychodynamic therapy? - -Nathan Ackerman,
Henry Dicks, and Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
- What is the emphasis in psychodynamic therapy? - -drives
self objects
internal objects
- what are the core problems in psychodynamic therapy? - -conflict
projective identification
fixation and regression
- what are the key techniques used in psychodynamic therapy? - -silence
and interpretation
- who are the founders of narrative therapy? - -Michael White & David
Epston
- what is the emphasis in narrative therapy? - -Narrative theory & social
constructionism
- what is the core problem in narrative therapy? - -problem-saturated
stories
- What are key techniques used in narrative therapy? - -externalization,
identifying unique outcomes, & creating audiences of support
- who are the founders of structural therapy? - -Salvador Minuchin
- what is the emphasis in structural therapy? - -subsystems and boundaries
- what is the core problem in structural therapy? - -enmeshment and
disengagement
, - what are key techniques used in structural therapy? - -enactments and
boundary making
- who are the founders of cognitive behavioral therapy? - -Gerald Patterson,
Robert Liberman, and Richard Stuart
- what is the emphasis in cognitive behavioral therapy? - -reinforcement,
extinction, and schemas
- what is the core problem in cognitive behavioral therapy? - -inadvertent
reinforcement and aversive control
- what are key techniques used in cognitive behavioral therapy? - -
functional analysis and teaching positive control
- what theory emphasizes negative-feedback loops or cycles? - -Structural
- what theory emphasizes positive-feedback cycles? - -strategic
- what theory emphasizes the importance of structure in dysfunction? - -
structural
- what theory emphasizes the importance of maladaptive behavioral
sequences in dysfunction? - -strategic
- what theory is straight-forward and confrontive? - -structural
- what theory is indirect and nonconfrontive? - -strategic
- in what theory does the therapist generally work with the whole family? - -
structural
- in what theory does the therapist often work with only 1 or 2 members of a
family system? - -strategic
- what theory focuses on immediate in-session behaviors? - -structural
- what theory retrospectively focuses on out-of-session behavioral
sequences? - -strategic
- what theory focuses on behavioral sequences? - -strategic
- what theory focuses on in-session enactment? - -structural
- what theory emphasizes out-of-session directives? - -strategic
, - what is ambivalence in couples therapy? - -one or both partners may be
unwilling to forgive past behaviors
- how would assessment and therapy initiation be conducted in a structural
approach? - -the therapist would work with the family to help them realize
how their actions or behaviors might be contributing to the problem
- who is the founder of MRI Brief Therapy? - -Paul Watzlawick
- What are examples of mandated reporting? - -Tarasoff, child abuse,
dependent adult abuse, and elder abuse
- what is enmeshment? - -inappropriate rigid boundaries (in a family system
everyone is thinking and feeling alike)
- what is redefining? - -putting a positive connotation on behavior that is
usually considered to be undesirable
- who is the founder of collaborative therapy? - -MC Bateson
- Why did the Milan associates interview families about their history? - -to
find evidence of how the children's symtpoms became necessary for the
system
- what is accommodation in the structural process? - -the process by which
a couple transitions from courtship and adjusts to a partnership
- Solution-focused family therapists prefer to focus the treatment time on
the past, here and now, future, or present? - -future, where problems can be
solved
- What is the main goal of the Bowenian model? - -differentiation of self
- What is fair exchange? - -the process by whereby members of a system
act upon each other and the system
- The structural family therapy view of health families states that healthy
families.... - -accommodate to change in circumstances
- Schemas can _____ family member's perceptions and affect their responses
to each other's actual behaviors. - -distort
- Contextual therapy pays attention to background history and past
experiences in order to - -assess ways in which individuals have been hurt in
the past
