Treatment Planning Flashcards

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.