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MFT National Exam Prep (Family Therapy only) Study Guide | Updated 2024 All Family Therapists.... - Answer-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 - Answer-Th...

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All Family Therapists.... - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-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 applications of systems theory - Answer✔✔-No one individual can be assessed as

functioning independently from the system to which they belong


When a parent or family member call to request therapy - Answer✔✔-The family therapist will

encouraged as many members of the family to join as possible


The first step or primary aim of systemic therapy is - Answer✔✔-to expand the symptom beyond the

individual and toward the system


If the family suggests that only one child in the system is struggling, as the family therapist - Answer✔✔-

We understand that one individual's symptoms is likely a systemic problem and several complex

dynamics may be involved and may contribute to the symptom & involve everyone within that system




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The go to assessment tool for a family therapist is - Answer✔✔-A genogram as it provides all of the

information necessary to fully understand the client system


As a marriage and family therapist - Answer✔✔-Relationships are the core of our practice and aim to

maintain neutrality across all members of the family.


The field of MFT is heavily based upon the concept of shifting from - Answer✔✔-linear causality

(psychodynamic/CBT) to circular causality


Triangles in MFT - Answer✔✔-Individuals often bring a third party as a means to help them manage

anxiety (parent, best friend, or bottle of Scotch)


The single most productive shift a family therapist can do is - Answer✔✔-Focus on the process of

communication rather than content


Family Structure - Answer✔✔-Minuchin (Structural Therapy Term) and can relate to disengagement,

enmeshment, disorganization, subsystems, or boundaries found in all systems


Family therapists are always - Answer✔✔-interpreting symptoms as metaphors for the larger or deeper

systemic problem within the family


Family cycles - Answer✔✔-1. Leaving home as single young adults; 2. Joining of families through

marriage/New couple; 3. Families with young children; 4. Families with Adolescents; 5. Launching

children and moving on; & 6. Families later in life


Families must reorganize to - Answer✔✔-accommodate the growth and change of members in new

phases of life




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