National MFT Exam Prep 2024 A+
Graded Solutions
A Bowenian Therapist believes that the development of a family disorder is
caused by what? - -Family Behavior of Anxious Attachment
- Who coined the term schism? - -Lidz
- Who developed the earliest model of Brief Therapy? - -Erickson
- Who was the founding editor of the first journal of family therapy? - -Haley
- Who coined the term Mystification? - -R.D. Laing
- Who developed the idea of the Genogram? (hint not Bowen) - -McGoldrick
& Gerson
- What does Hermeneutics mean? - -Interpretation of Meaning
- According to a family systems therapist the family is seen as what? - -An
emotional and psychological unit
- Who coined the term 'family atmosphere'? - -Adler
- According to Adler a family becomes stuck when? - -Parents assume roles
based on their expectations of the children
- Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are worried about their son Percy's behavior. In the
course of the initial interview, you question them as to how much past
problems in Percy's life are affecting him now. Which family therapy
approach are you coming from? - -Constructivist approach
- Haley's approach gives particular importance to the rules surrounding the:
- -Hierarchical structure
- A father initiates family counseling and expresses a great deal of distress
by a multitude of problems with his two teenage daughters. As a marriage
and family therapist, your best approach would be to: - -Help the family
identify and explore the most important issues
- A former client shows up unannounced and requests that you meet him for
a cup of coffee at a local cafe. He indicates that he needs to talk to you.
What should you do? - -Tell him that you cannot meet with him socially, but
he can schedule an appointment
, - In which stage of the family life-cycle model do families typically seek
family therapy due to differences in how to best raise children? - -Stage 3:
Families with young children
- 15-year-old Crystal had a big fight with her parents, Becky and Mike, so
they grounded her. Then Crystal ran off and stayed overnight with one of her
friends. This has happened on several occasions and Becky and Mike are at a
loss as to what to do with their daughter. As a strategic family therapist,
which first-order intervention would be helpful for this family? - -Helping the
parents find a better method of correction to get Crystal under control
- What is one of the dangers of triangulation? - -It can freeze conflict in
place
- The president of a company is achievement-oriented and prefers social
situations, rather than being alone. From an Adlerian perspective, his birth
order is most likely: - -First born
- You are a structural therapist seeing a couple, Chad, and Tammy. He says
she can't seem to separate from her family, that she's always in touch with
her mother, and looks to her mother to help her make up her mind, and
these mother/daughter decisions go against what he and his wife had
already decided on. What would you likely do to assess this couple? - -
Determine what kind of boundaries exist between Tammy and her family
- According to structural family therapy, the structural requirements for a
new union are: - -Accommodation and boundary making
- Which theory believes that change occurs by promoting a sense of mutual
understanding, responsibility/accountability, and trust between family
members that allows for feelings of greater balance and fairness? - -
Contextual
- It is important for family therapists to understand stepchildren's' questions
and concerns related to authority in their newly blended family, such as: - -
Who is in charge of discipline?
- In systemic theory, the difference between first-order change and second-
order change is that: - -Second-order change changes the system itself as
opposed to an internal change inside the system
- Haley and Madane believed that a family must ______ before they can
______. - -Act differently; think and feel differently
Graded Solutions
A Bowenian Therapist believes that the development of a family disorder is
caused by what? - -Family Behavior of Anxious Attachment
- Who coined the term schism? - -Lidz
- Who developed the earliest model of Brief Therapy? - -Erickson
- Who was the founding editor of the first journal of family therapy? - -Haley
- Who coined the term Mystification? - -R.D. Laing
- Who developed the idea of the Genogram? (hint not Bowen) - -McGoldrick
& Gerson
- What does Hermeneutics mean? - -Interpretation of Meaning
- According to a family systems therapist the family is seen as what? - -An
emotional and psychological unit
- Who coined the term 'family atmosphere'? - -Adler
- According to Adler a family becomes stuck when? - -Parents assume roles
based on their expectations of the children
- Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are worried about their son Percy's behavior. In the
course of the initial interview, you question them as to how much past
problems in Percy's life are affecting him now. Which family therapy
approach are you coming from? - -Constructivist approach
- Haley's approach gives particular importance to the rules surrounding the:
- -Hierarchical structure
- A father initiates family counseling and expresses a great deal of distress
by a multitude of problems with his two teenage daughters. As a marriage
and family therapist, your best approach would be to: - -Help the family
identify and explore the most important issues
- A former client shows up unannounced and requests that you meet him for
a cup of coffee at a local cafe. He indicates that he needs to talk to you.
What should you do? - -Tell him that you cannot meet with him socially, but
he can schedule an appointment
, - In which stage of the family life-cycle model do families typically seek
family therapy due to differences in how to best raise children? - -Stage 3:
Families with young children
- 15-year-old Crystal had a big fight with her parents, Becky and Mike, so
they grounded her. Then Crystal ran off and stayed overnight with one of her
friends. This has happened on several occasions and Becky and Mike are at a
loss as to what to do with their daughter. As a strategic family therapist,
which first-order intervention would be helpful for this family? - -Helping the
parents find a better method of correction to get Crystal under control
- What is one of the dangers of triangulation? - -It can freeze conflict in
place
- The president of a company is achievement-oriented and prefers social
situations, rather than being alone. From an Adlerian perspective, his birth
order is most likely: - -First born
- You are a structural therapist seeing a couple, Chad, and Tammy. He says
she can't seem to separate from her family, that she's always in touch with
her mother, and looks to her mother to help her make up her mind, and
these mother/daughter decisions go against what he and his wife had
already decided on. What would you likely do to assess this couple? - -
Determine what kind of boundaries exist between Tammy and her family
- According to structural family therapy, the structural requirements for a
new union are: - -Accommodation and boundary making
- Which theory believes that change occurs by promoting a sense of mutual
understanding, responsibility/accountability, and trust between family
members that allows for feelings of greater balance and fairness? - -
Contextual
- It is important for family therapists to understand stepchildren's' questions
and concerns related to authority in their newly blended family, such as: - -
Who is in charge of discipline?
- In systemic theory, the difference between first-order change and second-
order change is that: - -Second-order change changes the system itself as
opposed to an internal change inside the system
- Haley and Madane believed that a family must ______ before they can
______. - -Act differently; think and feel differently
