AMFTRB NATIONAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Extension of Bowen's model - Answer-Philip Guerin: elaborated on genogram and
developed the displacement story intervention.
Betty Carter: extended the model to fit a feminist perspective
Monica McGoldrick: extended Bowenian model to include the role of enthnicity as a
factor in the family. Feminist. Written extensively on family life cycle. Culturally
appropriate therapy.
Strategic family therapy - Answer-Bateson, Palo Alto group, Erickson
The Palo Alto Group - Answer-Jay Haley, Don Jackson, John Weakland, William Fry
Double Bind - Answer-1. Communication involves two or more people with an important
emotional relationship
2. Pattern of communication is repeated
3. Communication involves a "primary negative injunction" or a command nog to do
something on threat of punishment.
4. Communication involves a second abstract injunction also under threat of punishment
that contradicts primary injunction
5. Third negative injunction both demands a response and prevents escape.
6. Recipient becomes conditioned to respond and sequence is no longer necessary to
maintain symptom.
What was Erickson known for? - Answer-Paradoxical intervention and hypnotherapy
What models are associated with the Strategic model? - Answer-MRI and Haley &
Madanes
What field did the Brief Therapy Center derive from? - Answer-MRI
What are the 6 steps of assessment and treatment from the MRI model? - Answer-1.
Introduction to treatment setup
2. Inquiry into definition of the problem
3. Estimation of behaviors maintaining the problem
4. Setting the goals for treatment
-Explore previous attempts to solve
problem
5. Selecting and making behavioral interventions
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Extension of Bowen's model - Answer-Philip Guerin: elaborated on genogram and
developed the displacement story intervention.
Betty Carter: extended the model to fit a feminist perspective
Monica McGoldrick: extended Bowenian model to include the role of enthnicity as a
factor in the family. Feminist. Written extensively on family life cycle. Culturally
appropriate therapy.
Strategic family therapy - Answer-Bateson, Palo Alto group, Erickson
The Palo Alto Group - Answer-Jay Haley, Don Jackson, John Weakland, William Fry
Double Bind - Answer-1. Communication involves two or more people with an important
emotional relationship
2. Pattern of communication is repeated
3. Communication involves a "primary negative injunction" or a command nog to do
something on threat of punishment.
4. Communication involves a second abstract injunction also under threat of punishment
that contradicts primary injunction
5. Third negative injunction both demands a response and prevents escape.
6. Recipient becomes conditioned to respond and sequence is no longer necessary to
maintain symptom.
What was Erickson known for? - Answer-Paradoxical intervention and hypnotherapy
What models are associated with the Strategic model? - Answer-MRI and Haley &
Madanes
What field did the Brief Therapy Center derive from? - Answer-MRI
What are the 6 steps of assessment and treatment from the MRI model? - Answer-1.
Introduction to treatment setup
2. Inquiry into definition of the problem
3. Estimation of behaviors maintaining the problem
4. Setting the goals for treatment
-Explore previous attempts to solve
problem
5. Selecting and making behavioral interventions
