MAC Family Counseling 3

Question 1

Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) for alcohol use disorder is primarily designed to:

Accepted Answer

Improve relationship functioning while supporting abstinence

Answer

BCT integrates relationship skill-building with substance use treatment, as relationship quality is both a predictor and outcome of recovery.

Question 2

According to the family disease model, addiction affects the family system by:

Accepted Answer

Creating predictable, dysfunctional roles and rules within the entire family

Answer

The family disease model posits that addiction produces characteristic dysfunctional patterns—such as the enabler, hero, scapegoat, and lost child roles—across the entire family.

Question 3

When conducting a family assessment in addiction treatment, which instrument is specifically designed to evaluate family functioning?

Accepted Answer

FACES-IV (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales)

Answer

FACES-IV measures family cohesion and flexibility based on Olson's Circumplex Model, making it appropriate for family functioning assessment.

Question 4

A key principle of Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) is that:

Accepted Answer

Adolescent drug problems are maintained by multiple, interacting risk factors within the family and social ecology

Answer

MDFT addresses adolescent substance use through simultaneous intervention in multiple domains: adolescent, parent, family interaction, and extrafamilial systems.

Question 5

In family recovery, the concept of 'homeostasis' explains why families may resist change because:

Accepted Answer

Families unconsciously maintain familiar patterns to preserve system stability, even unhealthy ones

Answer

Homeostasis refers to the family system's tendency to return to familiar equilibrium, making change feel threatening even when current patterns are dysfunctional.

Master Addiction Counselor Exam Practice Test

Master Addiction Counselor Exam Practice Test

MAC Family Counseling 3