MFT Basic Marital and Family Therapy 5

Question 1

When treating a couple where one partner has disclosed domestic violence, which therapeutic approach is CONTRAINDICATED?

Accepted Answer

Conjoint couples therapy

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Individual safety planning with the victim

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Psychoeducation about the cycle of violence

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Referral to specialized domestic violence services

Question 2

In Bowen theory, when a child absorbs the most parental anxiety and develops symptoms as a result, this is called:

Accepted Answer

Family projection process

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Emotional cutoff

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Multigenerational transmission

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Sibling position

Question 3

A therapist working from a feminist family therapy lens would MOST likely challenge which assumption of traditional family therapy?

Accepted Answer

That gender and power inequities are central to family dysfunction

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That individual pathology should be treated within the relational context

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That symptom relief should be a primary goal of treatment

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That therapists should join with the family's worldview to build alliance

Question 4

The concept of 'therapeutic neutrality' in the Milan systemic approach means the therapist:

Accepted Answer

Avoids forming alliances with any family member or hypothesis

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Refuses to offer opinions or directives to the family

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Maintains equal emotional distance from all family members at all times

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Does not express personal values regarding family functioning

Question 5

A couple in therapy has reached an impasse where neither partner is willing to change. Which SFBT technique would be MOST appropriate to address this?

Accepted Answer

Exception-finding questions

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Prescribing the symptom

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The formula first session task

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Externalizing the problem

Question 6

Under HIPAA, which of the following would be permissible for an MFT to share without client authorization?

Accepted Answer

Treatment notes to a managed care company for billing purposes

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Psychotherapy notes to a requesting insurance company

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Session content to the client's employer upon employer request

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Diagnosis to the client's spouse without the client's consent

Question 7

Which of the following BEST describes the therapeutic goal of 'externalizing the problem' in narrative therapy?

Accepted Answer

Separating the person's identity from the problem so they can relate to it as an external force

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Helping clients blame external circumstances for their difficulties

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Encouraging clients to avoid personal responsibility for their actions

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Reframing the problem as a symptom of societal issues