MFT National Practice Exam Questions And Already Passed Answers.
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Out of earshot of Dad, Mom points out one of his parenting inadequacies to the children. From a Contextual Family Therapy perspective, Mom's actions are evidence for - Answer split filial loyalty
Bob (45) and Marianne (38) argue about what is the proper age for their daughter Jill (14) to begi...
MFT National Practice Exam Questions
And Already Passed Answers.
Out of earshot of Dad, Mom points out one of his parenting inadequacies to the children. From a
Contextual Family Therapy perspective, Mom's actions are evidence for - Answer split filial loyalty
Bob (45) and Marianne (38) argue about what is the proper age for their daughter Jill (14) to begin
dating. Jill hears the fighting and enters the room. Marianne draws Jill into the argument to side with her
against Bob. From a Bowen Systems perspective, what has occurred? - Answer triangulation
Creation of a sufficient holding environment is a critical part of which theoretical approach? - Answer
Object Relations
Which theory believes that relative birth order is significant in determining specific characteristics? -
Answer Bowen Systems
Bill (50) and Alexandria (43) present for therapy because their son Ralph (13) has developed school
phobia. The phobia emerged after a trial separation between Bill and Alexandria. Bill moved back into
the home when it became apparent that the only way to get Ralph to attend school was with both
parents working together to help him. From Bozormenyi-Nagy's perspective, this is an example of -
Answer invisible loyalties
Jonathan (47) and Samantha (46) present for help with their daughter Michelle (12) who has a history of
depression. The family has also recently moved and Michelle will be entering a new high school this fall.
The family spends some time animatedly describing recent events in their lives that they believe
deepened Michelle's depression. The conversation begins to wind down. An Object Relations therapist
would be most likely to - Answer request details of their earlier histories
The following therapist is most associated with multigenerational process of psychopathology - Answer
Bowen
Introjection can only be detected by - Answer trained therapists
, Anita (23) has had a conflictual relationship with her mother, Sarah (43) throughout her teens. She was
rebellious and angry with her mother much of the time. Sarah is a single mother and very anxious about
her daughter, so much so that she frequently screamed and used inappropriate punishments in an
attempt to get her daughter to "behave". After Anita left home for college, she rarely wrote or called
home and only visited on holidays. Now that she has graduated, she took a job several states away from
her hometown and continues her pattern of not phoning or calling. A Bowenian therapist would say that
Anita is engaged in - Answer emotional cutoff
In object relations theory, the latent meaning behind attitudes, behaviors, or feelings that is detected by
therapists through analyzing personal reactions to session materials is knows as - Answer derivatives
Sandy's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and her mother went through a depression.
Consequently, Sandy often was responsible for the care of her 7 year old brother as well as seeing to
family meals and other household chores. Her mother often confided in her about her feelings and
interacted with her more like an older sister than her mother. When Sandy became a young adult, her
mother, who had recovered somewhat, was surprised to find how irresponsibly Sandy conducted her life
and how angry she seemed. According to Bozormenyi-Nagy, Sandy's behavior is an example of - Answer
destructive entitlement
The role of the therapist is Bowenian therapy is that of - Answer coach
Mary's mother often calls her during the week to complain about the behavior of her father. Usually,
Mary is highly sympathetic and supportive of her mother's complaints and becomes and remains angry
at her father for sometime following the call. After attending therapy with a Bowenian therapist,
however, Mary responded to her mother's next complaining phone call with the following statement,
That sounds like something really important that dad needs to know. Have you talked about this with
him? Mary is attempting to do what in Bowenian terms? - Answer detriangle
A contextual therapist will frequently attempt to help a client see the positive intent and
intergenerational loyalty issues behind even the most destructive behaviors of previous generations. this
concept is known as - Answer exoneration
Object relations theorists believe that, as a process of normal development parts of caretakers are split
off and internalized into a child's developing personality. Expectations of self and other are based on
these internal representations. They are known as - Answer ledgers
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