MFT NATIONAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
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Milan Team Approach - ANSWERS-A team of therapists that strategically
hypothesize and plan interventions regarding the family. Often, the team watches
therapy through a one-way mirror as it happens.
Milan A Learning Process - ANSWERS-Interventions are viewed as this by the
therapist. The therapist can test the hypotheses and interventions through trial
and error as they learn about the family.
Milan Hypothesizing - ANSWERS-Continual process of conceptualizing the nature
of the family's behavior that guides questioning and interventions
Milan Counterparadox - ANSWERS-Intervention used to unravel a family's double-
bind message by referring to their dysfunction as legitimate and necessary, and as
so, instructing the family not to change.
,MRI Prescribing the Symptom - ANSWERS-Paradoxical intervention where one
instructs the client to intentionally engage in the behavior they wish to change.
Client may rebel and experience desired change or comply and realize they have
control.
MRI Restraining the Progress of Change - ANSWERS-Paradoxical intervention
where clients come into session and report that they are experiencing change so
therapist encourages them to slow down and be cautious about changing too fast.
MRI Positioning - ANSWERS-Paradoxical intervention of pushing a family member
further into the absurdity of their initial position, thereby making them realize
their own absurdity.
MRI Paradoxical Intervention - ANSWERS-Used to address that families are
naturally resistant to change. Involves instructing fam not to change or to change
in ways that contradict their desired change.
MRI Therapy Structure - ANSWERS-1. Intro to treatment setup. 2. Inquiry and
definition of problem. 3. Estimation of the solution (pos. feedback) maintaining. 4.
Setting goals for treatment. 5. Selecting and making behavioral or strategic
interventions.
6. Termination
,MRI Out-of-Session Directive - ANSWERS-Instructing the clients to engage in
behavioral change outside of the session as opposed to in session.
MRI Treatment Duration - ANSWERS-Limited to 10 sessions, less if problem is
solved.
MRI Therapy Goals - ANSWERS-Resolve current problem, provide symptoms relief
and create second-order change.
MRI Diagnosing - ANSWERS-Non-pathologizing and systemic.
MRI Assessment - ANSWERS-Get description of problem. Understand the
problem, then therapist identifies the behavioral patterns that maintain that
pattern.
MRI Symmetrical Relationship - ANSWERS-Based on equality, behavior of one
mirrors that of the other.
MRI Complementary Relationship - ANSWERS-Based on differences that fit
together.
, MRI Metacommunication - ANSWERS-Communicating about communicating.
Essentially refers to non-verbals going on in the room that have an impact on
what is being said verbally.
MRI Report and Command Functions - ANSWERS-Every communication has 2
components:
Report- Content of the message.
Command- A message about the relationship.
MRI More of the Same - ANSWERS-Problem when families fail to appropriately
respond to normal life circumstances, families will do more of the failed solution
as opposed to trying a different solution.
MRI Problem as Attempted Solution - ANSWERS-The problem is not the problem,
the attempted solutions to fix the problem reinforces the interactional behavioral
sequence.
MRI First-Order Change - ANSWERS-Changes in family patterns that occur at the
behavioral level.
MRI Second-Order Change - ANSWERS-Changes in family patterns of interaction
that occurs at the level of beliefs or rules.
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