MFT National Licensing Exam Questions
And Answers
All of the following are considered communication theorists
EXCEPT:
A: Watzlawick
B: Satir
C: White
D: Haley -
correct answer ✅C: White
White focused on meaning where communication therapists
focused on behavior.
During a session with a couple a husband states to the therapist
that his wife often nags and belittles him. The therapist's
intervention is to give the wife homework in which she is to only
say positive things to her husband and abstain from any negative
comments. When she appears to be negative or belittling to her
husband he is to put his hand up and say "Stop". A feminist
therapist would be critical of the above technique because it:
A: Gives the husband more power
B: Appears to be hierarchical
C: Is therapist driven
D: All of the above -
correct answer ✅D: All of the above
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Feminists draw techniques from other schools of family therapy
such as the Narrative approach, with a sensitivity to those that are
especially empowering and client driven. In this case, the therapist
would work together to question imbalances of power between
members and the effects these imbalances have on all family
members. A feminist therapist might then work with the couple to
develop new stories using a collaborative approach.
Jose and Maria bring their son, Joe, to counseling because of poor
academic performance and behavior.
A: externalize the problem
B: rearrange family members to imply alliance shifts.
C: use genogram construction to help the family identify family-of-
origins patterns consciously.
D: coach the family on improving its problem-solving skills -
correct answer ✅D: Coach the family on improving its problem
solving skills.
The strategic family therapist defines the focus of treatment as the
family and its interactive process, paying particular attention to the
family's process of problem solving.
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During the process of treatment, Mr. Medieros recognizes how he
was victimized by his parents, and that past generations were also
victimized by their parents. In recognizing this he began to see his
parents less as monsters and more as struggling human beings,
themselves acting out invisible loyalties. Therefore, he was able to
block the trans-generational pattern of destructive entitlement and
allowed the positive transmission of relational resources. The
process by which he earned entitlement by dealing with his own
issues with his own parents is called:
A: A family projection process
B: relational ethics
C: societal regression
D: exoneration -
correct answer ✅D: exoneration
Exoneration is a process by which the therapist attempts to help
the client see the positive intent and inter-generational loyalty
issues that motivate the behavior of members of previous
generations.
Harmonious relationships are more difficult to achieve for gay and
lesbian couples because:
A: they are more inherently pathological than straight couples
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B: of shame
C: our society presents them with far more obstacles
D: they have more individual problems. -
correct answer ✅C: our society presents them with far more
obstacles
Mary feels threatened by the arrival of her baby sister so she pouts
and becomes temperamental. When Mary acts out this way, her
father thinks she is regressing and tries to get her to act her age by
punishing and criticizing her. Father's harshness confirms Mary's
belief that her sister is displacing her. The therapist suggests that
when Mary behaves this way, the father should ignore her. If this
suggestion worked, it would be a good example of:
A: positive feedback
B: first-order change
C: second-order change
D: negative feedback -
correct answer ✅B: first order change
when only the behaviors or interactions when a system change, this
is first order change, as opposed to second order change, where the
rule governing the behavior must change.
And Answers
All of the following are considered communication theorists
EXCEPT:
A: Watzlawick
B: Satir
C: White
D: Haley -
correct answer ✅C: White
White focused on meaning where communication therapists
focused on behavior.
During a session with a couple a husband states to the therapist
that his wife often nags and belittles him. The therapist's
intervention is to give the wife homework in which she is to only
say positive things to her husband and abstain from any negative
comments. When she appears to be negative or belittling to her
husband he is to put his hand up and say "Stop". A feminist
therapist would be critical of the above technique because it:
A: Gives the husband more power
B: Appears to be hierarchical
C: Is therapist driven
D: All of the above -
correct answer ✅D: All of the above
,MFT National Licensing Exam Questions
And Answers
Feminists draw techniques from other schools of family therapy
such as the Narrative approach, with a sensitivity to those that are
especially empowering and client driven. In this case, the therapist
would work together to question imbalances of power between
members and the effects these imbalances have on all family
members. A feminist therapist might then work with the couple to
develop new stories using a collaborative approach.
Jose and Maria bring their son, Joe, to counseling because of poor
academic performance and behavior.
A: externalize the problem
B: rearrange family members to imply alliance shifts.
C: use genogram construction to help the family identify family-of-
origins patterns consciously.
D: coach the family on improving its problem-solving skills -
correct answer ✅D: Coach the family on improving its problem
solving skills.
The strategic family therapist defines the focus of treatment as the
family and its interactive process, paying particular attention to the
family's process of problem solving.
,MFT National Licensing Exam Questions
And Answers
During the process of treatment, Mr. Medieros recognizes how he
was victimized by his parents, and that past generations were also
victimized by their parents. In recognizing this he began to see his
parents less as monsters and more as struggling human beings,
themselves acting out invisible loyalties. Therefore, he was able to
block the trans-generational pattern of destructive entitlement and
allowed the positive transmission of relational resources. The
process by which he earned entitlement by dealing with his own
issues with his own parents is called:
A: A family projection process
B: relational ethics
C: societal regression
D: exoneration -
correct answer ✅D: exoneration
Exoneration is a process by which the therapist attempts to help
the client see the positive intent and inter-generational loyalty
issues that motivate the behavior of members of previous
generations.
Harmonious relationships are more difficult to achieve for gay and
lesbian couples because:
A: they are more inherently pathological than straight couples
, MFT National Licensing Exam Questions
And Answers
B: of shame
C: our society presents them with far more obstacles
D: they have more individual problems. -
correct answer ✅C: our society presents them with far more
obstacles
Mary feels threatened by the arrival of her baby sister so she pouts
and becomes temperamental. When Mary acts out this way, her
father thinks she is regressing and tries to get her to act her age by
punishing and criticizing her. Father's harshness confirms Mary's
belief that her sister is displacing her. The therapist suggests that
when Mary behaves this way, the father should ignore her. If this
suggestion worked, it would be a good example of:
A: positive feedback
B: first-order change
C: second-order change
D: negative feedback -
correct answer ✅B: first order change
when only the behaviors or interactions when a system change, this
is first order change, as opposed to second order change, where the
rule governing the behavior must change.
