MFT Basic Marital and Family Therapy 4

Question 1

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of complementarity in structural family therapy?

Accepted Answer

Reciprocal, interlocking roles that maintain family homeostasis

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Partners choosing each other based on similar backgrounds

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The therapist and family sharing mutual influence

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Patterns in which one partner dominates the other

Question 2

In attachment theory applied to couples therapy (EFT), the core goal of Stage 2 is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Restructuring negative interactional cycles at the level of attachment emotions

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Reducing surface-level conflict through communication skills

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Teaching partners active listening and I-statements

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Identifying and challenging cognitive distortions about the partner

Question 3

A family therapist is working with a blended family and observes that the stepparent is placed in a position of authority without having first built a relationship with the stepchildren. This is most likely to create:

Accepted Answer

Coalition against the stepparent

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Role diffusion

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Disengaged subsystem boundaries

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Excessive differentiation

Question 4

Which of the following best characterizes the cybernetic concept of 'morphogenesis' in family systems?

Accepted Answer

The family's capacity to transform its rules and structure in response to change

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The family's resistance to change to maintain current functioning

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The process of assigning roles to members to maintain equilibrium

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The transmission of anxiety across generations

Question 5

A therapist working with a Latino family takes time to engage in small talk and express interest in family members' wellbeing before addressing the presenting concern. This reflects the cultural value of:

Accepted Answer

Personalismo

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Familismo

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Respeto

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Simpatía

Question 6

In cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT), automatic thoughts in relationships are MOST directly addressed through:

Accepted Answer

Guided discovery and Socratic questioning

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Behavioral exchange exercises

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Enactment of conflict sequences

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Exploration of family-of-origin patterns

Question 7

Which theorist is most associated with the concept of the 'identified patient' and the view that the symptomatic individual expresses the dysfunction of the entire family system?

Accepted Answer

Nathan Ackerman

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Murray Bowen

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Salvador Minuchin

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Jay Haley