MFT Practice Exam Questions (100% correct answers)

Experiential Therapists correct answers Would exhibit empathy and facilitate expression of feelings to help build a therapeutic relationship Parent Child Relational Problem correct answers Given when the focus of attention is a pattern of interaction between parent and child, such as poor communication and the behavior impair family functioning. Undifferentiated family ego mass correct answers Bowenian Term referring to intense interdependency resulting in lack of differentiation Splitting correct answers Defense mechanism of dealing with uncomfortable feelings by disowning them Projective Identification correct answers process of projecting one's disowned parts onto others, who then feel an unconscious pressure to act out or assume those disowned parts The active phase of Schizophrenia correct answers two or more of the following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behaviors, negative symptoms) Euphoria Stage correct answers Initial Stage of acculturation process during which the family is in a state of excitement about being in the new culture. Rumination Disorder correct answers A condition in which a child repeatedly chews, swallows and regurgitates his or her food, over and over again. Object Relations Termination Criteria correct answers resolution of internal conflicts and resistances Cognitive restructuring correct answers a technique to help clients challenge dysfunctional beliefs and cognitions and substituting more balanced thoughts Empty Chair Technique correct answers Having client's talk to different parts of themselves (or to introject others) Core solution focused technique correct answers helping the couple/family determine what is working so as to encourage them to do more of it Mapping the problem correct answers narrative therapy intervention Soltuion Focused therapists focus correct answers client's strengths and on "solutions" or new ways of behaving and thinking in the future