MFT Comprehensive Exam QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

AAMFT Clinical Fellow correct answer: a) AAMFT b) A credentialed member of the AAMFT; Has met the standards for independent clinical practice. c) 1.Clinical membership (licensure) Eligible to apply if you have a license and reside in an accepted state. 2. Clinical membership (evaluative) Eligible to apply if you live in a state that doesn't license mat's or does but the license isn't accepted by the AAMFT. Accreditation correct answer: a) Program Standards b) Certification granted to an educational institution that meets performance standards of an institution of accreditation. Enables the consumer to know the quality of the program. c) The MFT program at FU is accredited by COAMFTE *Blended Family correct answer: a) Divorce b) Step-families. Separate families united by marriage or coupling which face non-normative developmental challenges of redefining/merging roles, rules, and rituals for a new family structure c) Redefining the role of parenting a new step-dad will have with his new step-children. Boundaries correct answer: a) Structural Therapy b) Invisible lines that regulate closeness and distance and exchange of information among family members, and between families and the environment. Diffuse - enmeshed, Rigid - disengaged, Clear - firm but flexible c) A Father who distances himself from a feuding Mother/daughter and does not get involved = Rigid Caring Day Technique correct answer: a) Strategic (Richard Stuart) b) A therapist tasks a problem couple to generate a list of small positive things that they can do to show each other that they care. c) Each member of a couple has to come up with a list of no more than 5 concrete things they want the other to do. Has to be small and specific things (buy flowers, give a hug, make the bed), has to be something the other can do, and has to be positively framed to do something, not to not do something. Cloe Madanes correct answer: a) Strategic Family Therapist b) Together with Jay Haley, founded the Family Therapy Institute in Washington DC. Uses playfulness, benevolent interpretation of symptoms, humor, and metaphor in therapy. c) A wife's reluctance to have sex with her husband is a benevolent way to protect him from experiencing performance anxiety. Co-dependency correct answer: a) Substance Abuse and Addiction b) The problem is not only the addict but also the family and friend network. The non-addicted family member/friend enables the addict - inadvertent contributor to the maintenance of the problem. c) A wife calls in to work for her hungover husband lying