MFT FAMILY THERAPY TECHNIQUES EXAM 2025 WITH 100%
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1. What term refers to the content aspect of communication according to
communication theorists?
request
report
analogical message
metacommunication
2. Why is it important for therapists to focus on the couple rather than the
children during therapy for divorced parents?
Therapists should prioritize the children's needs over the couple's
relationship.
Children's emotional neglect can occur if parents focus solely
on their own needs, and the parents' adjustment impacts the
children's adjustment.
The couple's emotional issues do not affect the children.
The couple's relationship is less important than the children's
needs.
3. In a family therapy context, how might understanding autopoietic
systems influence therapeutic interventions?
Therapists will focus solely on individual behaviors.
Therapists can recognize the self-organizing dynamics within
family interactions.
Therapists will ignore family history in treatment.
Therapists will apply only traditional behavioral techniques.
,4. Describe why Family Systems therapy is considered effective for
encopresis and conduct problems in children.
Family Systems therapy focuses solely on individual behavior
without considering family influence.
Family Systems therapy is only effective for adult issues, not
childhood problems.
Family Systems therapy ignores the role of parental behavior in
children's issues.
Family Systems therapy addresses family dynamics that
contribute to encopresis and conduct problems, facilitating
better communication and understanding.
5. Describe the role of a Strategic Family Therapist when assessing a
couple's relationship issues.
A Strategic Family Therapist assesses the couple's attempts to
solve the problem.
A Strategic Family Therapist uses only behavioral techniques to
resolve conflicts.
A Strategic Family Therapist encourages open communication
without addressing specific problems.
A Strategic Family Therapist focuses solely on individual issues.
6. In a family therapy session addressing a child's academic struggles, how
might a therapist utilize the common factor of 'systemic/dyadic
reformulation' to improve outcomes?
By implementing a strict academic improvement plan.
By focusing solely on the child's study habits.
By collaboratively redefining the academic issue within the
context of family dynamics.
By emphasizing the importance of parental authority.
,7. What is the primary technique used by a Narrative therapist in family
therapy?
Externalizing the problem
Reframing communication
Setting behavioral goals
Identifying family roles
8. Describe how the concept of fusion can affect communication within a
family, particularly in the context of therapy.
Fusion can lead to one family member dominating
conversations, preventing others from expressing themselves.
Fusion has no impact on family communication.
Fusion strengthens individual identities within the family.
Fusion encourages open dialogue among family members.
9. Describe the role of a cultural genogram in understanding multiracial
family dynamics.
A cultural genogram is primarily used to diagnose mental health
disorders in family members.
A cultural genogram is a tool for assessing individual
psychological issues rather than family dynamics.
A cultural genogram helps to visualize and understand the
multiracial heritages and relationships within a family,
highlighting isolation, bonds, beliefs, and societal
microaggressions.
A cultural genogram focuses solely on the economic status of the
family.
, 10. Clinicians find that treatments for conduct disorder, ADHD, intellectual
disability, and other problems of childhood and adolescence are more
successful if they include:
medication.
humanistic client-centered therapy.
psychodynamic therapy.
some type of family education and therapy.
11. How does the psychoeducational model empower families dealing with a
diagnosis like ADD?
By increasing knowledge about the illness and teaching skills to
navigate medical and social systems.
By emphasizing the need for individual therapy over family
therapy.
By focusing solely on the emotional aspects of family interactions.
By encouraging families to avoid discussing the diagnosis.
12. If a therapist is assessing a family's emotional tone and discovers that the
parenting style is predominantly authoritarian, what implications might
this have for the family's dynamics and therapy outcomes?
It may lead to a lack of open communication and increased
conflict within the family, potentially hindering therapy
progress.
It will create a more supportive environment for children to thrive.
It will ensure that the family members are more disciplined and
organized.
It will have no impact on the family's dynamics or therapy
outcomes.
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1. What term refers to the content aspect of communication according to
communication theorists?
request
report
analogical message
metacommunication
2. Why is it important for therapists to focus on the couple rather than the
children during therapy for divorced parents?
Therapists should prioritize the children's needs over the couple's
relationship.
Children's emotional neglect can occur if parents focus solely
on their own needs, and the parents' adjustment impacts the
children's adjustment.
The couple's emotional issues do not affect the children.
The couple's relationship is less important than the children's
needs.
3. In a family therapy context, how might understanding autopoietic
systems influence therapeutic interventions?
Therapists will focus solely on individual behaviors.
Therapists can recognize the self-organizing dynamics within
family interactions.
Therapists will ignore family history in treatment.
Therapists will apply only traditional behavioral techniques.
,4. Describe why Family Systems therapy is considered effective for
encopresis and conduct problems in children.
Family Systems therapy focuses solely on individual behavior
without considering family influence.
Family Systems therapy is only effective for adult issues, not
childhood problems.
Family Systems therapy ignores the role of parental behavior in
children's issues.
Family Systems therapy addresses family dynamics that
contribute to encopresis and conduct problems, facilitating
better communication and understanding.
5. Describe the role of a Strategic Family Therapist when assessing a
couple's relationship issues.
A Strategic Family Therapist assesses the couple's attempts to
solve the problem.
A Strategic Family Therapist uses only behavioral techniques to
resolve conflicts.
A Strategic Family Therapist encourages open communication
without addressing specific problems.
A Strategic Family Therapist focuses solely on individual issues.
6. In a family therapy session addressing a child's academic struggles, how
might a therapist utilize the common factor of 'systemic/dyadic
reformulation' to improve outcomes?
By implementing a strict academic improvement plan.
By focusing solely on the child's study habits.
By collaboratively redefining the academic issue within the
context of family dynamics.
By emphasizing the importance of parental authority.
,7. What is the primary technique used by a Narrative therapist in family
therapy?
Externalizing the problem
Reframing communication
Setting behavioral goals
Identifying family roles
8. Describe how the concept of fusion can affect communication within a
family, particularly in the context of therapy.
Fusion can lead to one family member dominating
conversations, preventing others from expressing themselves.
Fusion has no impact on family communication.
Fusion strengthens individual identities within the family.
Fusion encourages open dialogue among family members.
9. Describe the role of a cultural genogram in understanding multiracial
family dynamics.
A cultural genogram is primarily used to diagnose mental health
disorders in family members.
A cultural genogram is a tool for assessing individual
psychological issues rather than family dynamics.
A cultural genogram helps to visualize and understand the
multiracial heritages and relationships within a family,
highlighting isolation, bonds, beliefs, and societal
microaggressions.
A cultural genogram focuses solely on the economic status of the
family.
, 10. Clinicians find that treatments for conduct disorder, ADHD, intellectual
disability, and other problems of childhood and adolescence are more
successful if they include:
medication.
humanistic client-centered therapy.
psychodynamic therapy.
some type of family education and therapy.
11. How does the psychoeducational model empower families dealing with a
diagnosis like ADD?
By increasing knowledge about the illness and teaching skills to
navigate medical and social systems.
By emphasizing the need for individual therapy over family
therapy.
By focusing solely on the emotional aspects of family interactions.
By encouraging families to avoid discussing the diagnosis.
12. If a therapist is assessing a family's emotional tone and discovers that the
parenting style is predominantly authoritarian, what implications might
this have for the family's dynamics and therapy outcomes?
It may lead to a lack of open communication and increased
conflict within the family, potentially hindering therapy
progress.
It will create a more supportive environment for children to thrive.
It will ensure that the family members are more disciplined and
organized.
It will have no impact on the family's dynamics or therapy
outcomes.
