MFT Exam Questions and answers with complete solutions Latest Updated 2025 |
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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
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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
