AMFTRB EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What does the FILE screen for and stand for? - Answer-stress - Family Inventory of Life
Events
Beavers Scale 1&2 - Answer-interaction style and family competence
The Beavers Systems Model of Family Functioning
What is a downside of the MSI-R (Marital Satisfaction Inventory)? - Answer-the amount
of time needed for administration
4 main components of Rogerian technique - Answer-1) empathy
2) congruence
3) acceptance
4) concreteness
When a patient does not complete a homework assignment or completes it incorrectly
this is... - Answer-the therapist's fault
overriding technique used repeatedly in Bowen Family Theory? - Answer-asking
questions
Client is displaying signs of Tardive Dyskinesia. The therapist should refer the client
immediately to.... - Answer-a physician
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) - Answer-a Medication-Induced Movement Disorder that can
develop in an individual who has been taking an anti-psychotic drug for a long time.
A client is disheveled, hearing voices, and hasn't slept in 48 hours. What should the
therapist do? - Answer-Have the client hospitalized.
You begin therapy with a man who says he wants to hurt someone. You forgot to tell
him about the limits of confidentiality. You should... - Answer-gather sufficient
information about the victim/plan, evaluate intent, and report as required.
A therapist is treating a client who suspects that he may have HIV. He hasn't been
feeling well lately, reports engaging in frequent unprotected sex, and avoids testing
because it is "too scary". He asks you, "why bother talking about a disease when there
is no cure"? What would be the next step in your treatment planning with this client? -
Answer-Begin the process of pre-test counseling.
You need to adjust your treatment plan to where the client is currently.
,Which of the following accurately describes termination criteria for solution-focused
therapy? - Answer-The client is considered to be the expert in his/her own life and
therefore is in control of the therapy. If the client decides s/he is done, then therapy is
complete.
The main tasks during the termination process in a successful therapy are.... - Answer--
relapse prevention
- discussion of feelings
- review
- planning
Goals of Structural Family Therapy - Answer-- Strengthen parental subsystem
- Realign coalitions
- establishing flexible and permeable boundaries
- creating second order change (change in the system, rather than simply resolving the
presenting problem)
- development of greater flexibility in adapting to new situations—otherwise known as
better coping skills.
Your client is the victim of a date rape. When would you send this person to a group? -
Answer-When the crisis is abated; it is too overwhelming at first
Mimesis - Answer-a technique where the therapist "joins" the family using imitation and
adopting the family's style of communication and behavior
The priorities of DBT are, in order of emphasis over the course of therapy to: - Answer-
1) reduce the client's high risk behaviors;
2) reduce behaviors that interfere with the client being able to benefit from therapy;
3) decrease behaviors that interfere with or reduce the client's quality of life;
4) deal with any post-traumatic type stress responses; 5) enhance self respect;
6) help the client acquire behavioral skills taught in group; and
7) work on additional goals that are set by the client.
Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, Sharon Black, Jael Greenleaf, and others have identified
roles in the alcoholic family. What is typically the youngest child's role? - Answer-The
mascot is typically the youngest child in the family; he/she tends to play the clown to
relieve family tension and gain parental attention.
In general systems theory, what is the implication of equifinality? - Answer-patterns and
processes are more important than content in understanding the family's functioning
What does equifinality mean? - Answer-No matter where one enters the system, the
patterning will be the same. According to this concept, different causes can produce the
same results. Therefore, a therapist focuses on patterns and processes when working
with a family, rather than individual topics.
,You are an Emotionally-Focused Couples therapist and you have been working with a
couple who complains about feeling tired of their constant arguments. This is your third
session of treatment and in the middle of the session, the husband suddenly screams at
his wife who has made a critical remark about his lack of sensitivity. How BEST would
you respond? - Answer-"You get so mad because you long for her validation and
support. Am I right?"
This response helps the client access his unacknowledged emotions in the interaction
and makes a connection between his expression of secondary emotions to his primary
emotion.
A CBT assumption regarding couple's therapy is... - Answer-The initial focus of tx is on
partners' behaviors, with little explicit attention to their cognitive beliefs/emotions.
A cognitive-behavioral assumption is that if partners begin to behave more positively
towards each other, then they will begin to think and feel differently towards each other.
You have been seeing your client for 8 months now and it is obvious that there has
been no real change. You should: - Answer-Raise the possibility of termination and give
referrals to another therapist.
delusion - Answer-false belief
Hallucinations - Answer-false sensory experiences
delusion vs hallucination - Answer-delusion is a misperception, hallucination is
something that is not there
Initial session with Extended Family Therapy/Bowen Family Therapist would include... -
Answer-developing rapport with the parents.
Equifinality - General Systems Theory - Answer-the same results can be accomplished
by different family systems
According to communications theory, there is no such thing as a simple message.
Instead, communication commonly consists of two levels. These are: - Answer-surface
and metacommunication
The surface level contains overt content and the metacommunication represents the
context in which the overt message is delivered (e.g., the voice tone, gesturing, body
language). It qualifies, contradicts, or comments on the surface level. When a
metacommunication contradicts the surface level (as in a double-bind), interpersonal
distress may result.
surface communication (communications theory) - Answer-contains overt content
, metacommunication (communications theory) - Answer-represents the context in which
the overt message is delivered
Structural Family Therapist's goal in early tx... - Answer-- joining with the family early on
in treatment is critical. - therapists create an alliance with the most powerful member(s)
of the system.
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder - Answer-involves a pervasive pattern of
preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at
the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Answer-involves a pervasive pattern of social and
interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close
relationships and cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior.
antisocial personality disorder - Answer-involves a pervasive pattern of disregard for
and violation of the rights of others.
According to the DSM-5, the characteristic symptoms of Substance Use Disorder can
be categorized in terms of which of the following? - Answer-- Impaired control
- social impairment
- risky use
- pharmacological criteria (tolerance/withdrawal)
Kubler-Ross stages of grief - Answer-1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
somatic symptom disorder - Answer-psychological disorder in which the symptoms take
a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause
Dx of Bipolar I and Bipolar II requires - Answer-at least one episode involving an
abnormally persistent elevated, expansive, or irritable mood with the presence of
persistently increased goal-directed activity or energy.
Difference between Bipolar I and Bipolar II - Answer-Bipolar I disorder involves periods
of severe mood episodes from mania to depression.
Bipolar II disorder is a milder form of mood elevation, involving milder episodes of
hypomania that alternate with periods of severe depression.
Conversion Disorder - Answer-involves one or more symptoms involving motor or
sensory functioning that are incompatible with recognized neurological or medical
conditions and cannot be better explained by a medical disorder or other mental
disorder.
