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MFT Comprehensive Exam Graded A+*Blended Family - ANSWER-a) Divorce
b) Step-families. Separate families united by marriage or coupling which face non-
normative developmental challenges of redefining/merging roles, rules, and rituals for a
new family structure
c) Redefining the role of parenting a new step-dad will have with his new step-children.
*Complementarity - ANSWER-a) structural
b) Reciprocity that defines every relationship. The exchanges are logically opposite:
pursuer-distancer, active-passive, dominant-submissive, accuse-deny
c) In a pursuer - distance relationship, the more one pursues, the more the other
distances, inviting further pursuit.
*Cross Generational Coalition - ANSWER-a) Structural
b) A triadic structure detailing the alignment of a person from one generation with
another from a different generation against a 3rd family member.
c) A father and son are disrespectful toward the mother.
*Double-Bind - ANSWER-a) Communications theory, Bateson
b) Theory has to have all three of:
1. An intense relationship from which individual cannot withdraw
2. Two messages that contradict each other
3. An injunction that must be obeyed or disobeyed but neither response is appropriate
c) A wife says tells her husband she wants him to want to do the dishes
*DSM-5 - ANSWER-a) APA Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
edition 2013
b) Standardized classification of mental disorders for the purpose of diagnosis and
treatment planning
c) A set of symptoms for a certain amount of time can indicate a DSM diagnosis for third
party reimbursement
*Emotional Cutoff - ANSWER-a) Bowen
b) An individual emotionally and physically remove themselves from the family system
to manage anxiety
c) A son that is fused with his mother moves across the country to go to college to
severely limit contact and avoid reactivity
2nd law of thermodynamics - ANSWER-a) Law of Physics
b) As all entities get more complex they tend toward a state of entropy or total chaos
c) All mountains will eventually crumble. Relevant to MFT in that families temporarily
subvert this law and tend toward maximum order - or negentropy.
AAMFT Clinical Fellow - ANSWER-a) AAMFT
, b) A credentialed member of the AAMFT; Has met the standards for independent
clinical practice.
c) 1.Clinical membership (licensure) Eligible to apply if you have a license and reside in
an accepted state.
2. Clinical membership (evaluative) Eligible to apply if you live in a state that doesn't
license mat's or does but the license isn't accepted by the AAMFT.
Accreditation - ANSWER-a) Program Standards
b) Certification granted to an educational institution that meets performance standards
of an institution of accreditation. Enables the consumer to know the quality of the
program.
c) The MFT program at FU is accredited by COAMFTE
Boundaries - ANSWER-a) Structural Therapy
b) Invisible lines that regulate closeness and distance and exchange of information
among family members, and between families and the environment. Diffuse -
enmeshed, Rigid - disengaged, Clear - firm but flexible
c) A Father who distances himself from a feuding Mother/daughter and does not get
involved = Rigid
Caring Day Technique - ANSWER-a) Strategic (Richard Stuart)
b) A therapist tasks a problem couple to generate a list of small positive things that they
can do to show each other that they care.
c) Each member of a couple has to come up with a list of no more than 5 concrete
things they want the other to do. Has to be small and specific things (buy flowers, give a
hug, make the bed), has to be something the other can do, and has to be positively
framed to do something, not to not do something.
Cloe Madanes - ANSWER-a) Strategic Family Therapist
b) Together with Jay Haley, founded the Family Therapy Institute in Washington DC.
Uses playfulness, benevolent interpretation of symptoms, humor, and metaphor in
therapy.
c) A wife's reluctance to have sex with her husband is a benevolent way to protect him
from experiencing performance anxiety.
Co-dependency - ANSWER-a) Substance Abuse and Addiction
b) The problem is not only the addict but also the family and friend network. The non-
addicted family member/friend enables the addict - inadvertent contributor to the
maintenance of the problem.
c) A wife calls in to work for her hungover husband lying and telling them that he has the
flu.
Coaching - ANSWER-a) Bowenien
b) Therapist guides the process of change but does not do the work; self-differentiation
must be self-motivated and achieved.
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