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MFT PRACTICE EXAM 2024 FULLY SOLVED -6
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MFT PRACTICE EXAM 2024 FULLY SOLVED #6A mother calls saying that she would like a therapist to see her son Tom age 13 who is
having problems at school. The teacher reports that he is not turning in his homework or
attending classes Toms parents disagree on how to handle the problem. And have been
unable to resolve their differences - correct answer See the child first in an initial
session in order to determine his level of differentiation
According to Experiential Family Therapy, metaphor, play, and humor are used to: -
correct answer focus on deeper existential problems to increase insight and promote
growth
After eighteen therapy sessions with a family, here is a greater distance in the father
child relationship but enhanced closeness in the marital relationship. The change would
be referred to as a change in family - correct answer Structure
A couple comes to therapy reporting conflict and decreased affection on the part of one
of the partners. The therapist initially decides to work on their communication pattern to
help them determine its effect on their feelings. The first step is to ask them to - correct
answer Calmly listen to each other because intensifying the interaction may be
contraindicated
A primary use for family life cycle information is to - correct answer c. Direct families to a
subsequent healthier stage
A therapist is treating a couple in which conflict between an emotional pursuer and an
emotional distance is escalating toward emotional cutoff. An effective intervention to
prevent cutoff would be to: - correct answer coach the emotional pursuer to pull back
from the pursuit.
When working with families where violence has occurred, it is MOST IMPORTANT for
the therapist to: - correct answer b. Periodically ask about recorrences
When progress in therapy becomes stalled, an intergenerational family therapist MOST
LIKELY will - correct answer invite more family members to express their emotions
Therapy sessions have resolved the presenting problems between parents and their
teenager. The teenager wants to continue therapy, but the parents have reservations.
This lack of agreement indicates that the - correct answer parents have developed a
countertransference
A therapist asking circular questions is attempting to assess - correct answer -The ways
individual members make sense of their relational problems
, Therapists who are guided by second-order cybernetic theory would be MOST
INTERESTED in the: - correct answer potential first-order changes that may occur as
the result of problem-solving efforts
The most accurate statement about conflict detouring within the family is that this
process: - correct answer reduces pressure on the children, but places more stress
upon the spouses.
Which one of the following phenomena would a therapist observe in a healthy couple? -
correct answer The couple deals with sex and related issues mostly through nonverbal
communication.
With Mrs. Thomas and her 10-year-old daughter, Lisa, the therapist observes that they
are stuck in an ongoing argument about whether or not Lisa can spend a week at the
beach with teenage friends. Mrs. T.: "Lisa, i've said it before and t'll say it again: I still
think that you are too young to be in an unsupervised situation. It is just too risky and I
don't want my daughter doing this. Furthermore, I am sick and tired of arguing." "Mom,
you are absolutely in the dark ages. All my friends are allowed to go; their mothers trust
them, so why can't you ever trust me?" Lisa: In order to intervene on the level of
PROCESS, the therapist should ask: - correct answer them to work out a compromise
to resolve the situation.
The mother of a 17-year-old girl enters therapy while her husband is away on military
duty. Her husband has forbidd daughter to date her boyfriend. However, the mother has
allowed the relationship to continue, provided that the dau- does not tell her father. The
therapist instructs the mother either to (a) contact her husband and say she feels their c
should date the boyfriend, or to (b) tell her daughter that she is not allowed to date the
boyfriend, thus supporting he husband's edict. This intervention is MOST LIKELY to
result in: - correct answer Rebalancing
While a therapist is interviewing a couple, the husband casually mentions that he
inadvertently injured his wife during one of their fights. After all legal requirements are
fulfilled, the therapist's NEXT goal should be to: - correct answer conduct a thorough
assessment and develop a treatment plan that will ensure the wife's safety
A client, whose mother died of a heart attack at age 49, complains of chest pains that
began on her 49th birthday. Since her father recently came to live with her, she is
feeling thrust back into the role she had as a child and is depressed and listless. The
FIRST thing that the therapist should do is - correct answer -Refer her for a medical
examination
2. A recently married middle aged couple has a dispute about whom to invite to the
wedding of the husband's daughter by a previous marriage. The wife wants to invite her
children from her prior marriage, while the husband wants to include only "immediate
family". This dispute best exemplifies - correct answer Boundary ambiguity
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