Treatment Planning Flashcards
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When a treatment plan needs to be modified mid-therapy, the most appropriate action is to:
Answer: Collaboratively review the plan with the client and document agreed-upon revisions
Treatment plans are living documents that should be reviewed and revised collaboratively with clients as circumstances change.
A treatment plan for a blended family with stepchildren should include attention to:
Answer: Loyalty conflicts, role ambiguity, and boundary negotiation among subsystems
Blended family treatment plans address the unique structural challenges of loyalty binds, unclear roles, and multiple subsystems.
Which element is essential for ensuring cultural responsiveness in treatment planning?
Answer: Incorporating the client's cultural beliefs, values, and community context into goals and interventions
Culturally responsive treatment planning integrates the client's worldview, values, and community norms into the therapeutic goals and methods.
A family therapist using Bowen Theory structures treatment around helping clients achieve:
Answer: Greater differentiation of self within the family emotional system
Bowen Theory treatment planning focuses on increasing differentiation of self so individuals can function autonomously while staying emotionally connected.
Short-term treatment goals in an MFT treatment plan are best described as:
Answer: Specific, measurable steps that build toward the long-term goal within weeks
Short-term goals are concrete, measurable milestones that serve as stepping stones toward the broader long-term treatment goal.
When treating a family with a member who has a substance use disorder, the treatment plan should address:
Answer: Family enabling patterns, communication, and relational impacts of the addiction
MFT treatment for substance use includes the systemic context—enabling behaviors, relational consequences, and family communication patterns.
A therapist documents 'increase insight' as a treatment objective. A supervisor would likely flag this because:
Answer: It is a vague, unmeasurable objective that cannot be evaluated for progress
Treatment objectives must be observable and measurable; 'increase insight' cannot be quantified or evaluated reliably.