Treatment Planning Flashcards
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A couple presents with frequent conflict and poor communication. Before developing a treatment plan, the MFT should first prioritize:
Answer: Completing a thorough biopsychosocial assessment
A biopsychosocial assessment provides the foundation for an accurate case conceptualization and individualized treatment plan.
When using a Structural Family Therapy lens to guide treatment planning, the therapist focuses primarily on:
Answer: Identifying and restructuring dysfunctional family hierarchies and boundaries
Structural Family Therapy centers on reorganizing family structure, subsystems, and boundaries to relieve symptoms.
A client's treatment plan goal states: 'Client will feel better about relationships.' This goal is problematic because it:
Answer: Lacks specificity, measurability, and a clear timeframe
Effective treatment goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) to guide and evaluate therapy.
A therapist is treating a family where the identified patient is an adolescent with depression. The treatment plan should:
Answer: Include systemic goals that involve the entire family unit
MFT treatment planning takes a systemic view, addressing relational and family dynamics alongside individual symptoms.
Which of the following best describes a contraindication for couples therapy?
Answer: There is an active pattern of domestic violence and coercive control
Active domestic violence and coercive control create safety risks that make conjoint couples therapy contraindicated until safety is established.
A client-centered treatment plan differs from a clinician-driven plan most significantly in that it:
Answer: Incorporates the client's own goals, values, and preferences as central
Client-centered planning places the client's self-identified goals and values at the core of the treatment direction.
In Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), treatment planning is organized around which primary aim?
Answer: Restructuring negative interaction cycles and fostering secure attachment bonds
EFT treatment planning targets de-escalation of negative cycles, accessing underlying emotions, and creating new bonding interactions.