Marital and Family Therapy

All Family Therapists.... - ANS Look beyond the individual and toward the system and are always conceptualizing the person's struggle within the system's context Like human systems, Family therapists believe - ANS That no individual can be understood without understanding the system to which he or she is a part of and the dynamics between various relationships within that system & no system can be understood without understanding the individual within the system When looking at the a...

Experiential Therapists - ANS Would exhibit empathy and facilitate expression of feelings to help build a therapeutic relationship Parent Child Relational Problem - ANS 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 - ANS Bowenian Term referring to intense interdependency resulting in lack of differentiation Splitting - ANS Defense mech...

Classical Conditioning: - ANS A learning paradigm studied and practiced in a laboratory or other controlled environment in which a stimulus called the unconditioned stimulus (US) which naturally elicits an unconditioned response (UCR), is paired with a neutral stimulus that does not initially elicit a response. Through the repeated pairings, the neutral stimulus (now the conditioned stimulus - CS) begins to elicit the desired response (now the conditioned response - CR). Coercion (Aversive ...

Detriangulation - ANS Bowen: The process by which an individual removes self from emotional field of two others Formulation - ANS A therapeutic hypothesis about what is responsible for creating and maintaining a client's presenting problem Process - ANS How members of a family or group relate; in contrast to content, which is what they talk about Treatment contract - ANS An explicit agreement between the client and therapist that specifies the terms of therapy, including things...

Out of earshot of Dad, Mom points out one of his parenting inadequacies to the children. From a Contextual Family Therapy perspective, Mom's actions are evidence for - ANS split filial loyalty Bob (45) and Marianne (38) argue about what is the proper age for their daughter Jill (14) to begin dating. Jill hears the fighting and enters the room. Marianne draws Jill into the argument to side with her against Bob. From a Bowen Systems perspective, what has occurred? - ANS triangulation Cr...

Who is the founder of Bowenian therapy? - ANS Murray Bowen & James Framo (follower, although some argue he is more object-relations, he feels he is transgenerational) Which theory focuses on ledgers and balances? - ANS Contextual therapy Who created the rubber fence theory? - ANS Wynn Who created the term garage mechanic? - ANS Carl Whitaker What is the emphasis in Bowenian therapy? - ANS Differentiation of self What is Bowen's differentiation of self defined? - ANS r...

MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY (MFT) NATIONAL EXAM: SAMPLE QUESTIONS 2023

The Marital and Family Therapy (MFT) exam : MFT national exam: sample questions 2023