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Visitor CORRECT ANSWER Solution Focused: One of three ways to characterize the client's level of participation & commitment to change. Working Through CORRECT ANSWER Psychodynamic Therapy: Insight leads client to engage in new & more productive ways of behaving & interacting. Vulnerability Stress Model CORRECT ANSWER The notion that while some people have a predisposition or inherited vulnerability to a mental illness, the actual manifestation of the illness is determined by life events, ...

AMFTRB Oral Examination Prep Exam Test latest verified solution 2023 What is the difference between the MAMFT and the MN State Board of MFT - The MAMFT is a professional organization designed to futher the educational opportunites and professional awareness of MFT's in Mn. The MNBMFT is a state regulated board designed to license and oversee the practice of MFT's, it's primary focus is to protect client's interests. What are some of the responsibilities of the MN State Board of MFT -...

MFT Comprehensive Exam Review 2022/2023 with Practice Test Questions for the AMFTRB Marriage and Family Therapy Examination

Who is the founder of Bowenian therapy? - 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? - Contextual therapy Who created the rubber fence theory? - Wynn Who created the term garage mechanic? - Carl Whitaker What is the emphasis in Bowenian therapy? - Differentiation of self What is Bowen's differentiation of self defined? - refers to the autonomy of function wh...

Skills of a person who will be a good marriage and family therapist - - Good interpersonal skills combined with emotional maturity - Ability to convert research to practice - Lifelong learning capacity and drive - Done their own work - Plan to address their own issues - Creativity in career and development - Org. skills and business sense - Capable of embracing code of ethics - Communication and presentation skills Therapists are galvanized _____________ _________________. - Vomit buc...

Psuedomutality describes a systemic pretense of harmony and closeness that hides conflict and interferes with intimacy (Lyman Wynne, 1940s) Psuedohostility Arguing and bickering that hides "pathological alignments" in families A volatile and intense way of disguising and distorting both affection and splits Prevents open communication and quality relationships (Lyman Wynne, 1940s) Rubber-Fence Boundary Families are seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly impermeable to information fr...

The nature of Systems theory—what does it emphasize? - The whole is greater than the sum of the parts What are subsystems and how are they formed? - Subsystems carry out various functions and responsibilities for the entire family. They are formed by gender, generation, interest, or function. Which subsystem is the most basic in the family? - the spousal subsystem What are feedback loops? - circular mechanisms whose purpose is to introduce information about a systems output to its inp...