AMFTRB Exam MFT Set 2/2 with questions and
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Therapeutic Certificates - ANSFrom narrative therapy , certificates given to the client or
family announcing the client's victory over the problem , which he / she shows to others
and reviews , if he / she again feels the effects of the problem .
Subjective Units of Discomfort ( SUDS ) - ANSA scale used by behavioral therapists on
which the client's rate their level of anxiety to a stimulus or situation .
Sexual Dysfunction - ANSAn impaired physiological response preventing a person from
full sexual functioning .
Restraining Techniques - ANSFrom MRI strategic , a paradoxical therapeutic technique
used when the family seems ambivalent about changing . The therapist warns the family
of the dangers of change , restrains them from trying to change , or asks them to change
slowly . Thus , the therapist aligns with the side of the ambivalence that resists change so
that the family will align with the side that wishes to change .
Psychology - ANSFrom contextual theory , what happens within a person such as
thoughts , fantasies , emotions , and the meanings that he / she ascribes to the Facts of
his / her life .
Multigenerational Transmission Process - ANSIn Bowenian family therapy , the process
by which roles , patterns , emotional reactivity , and family structure are passed from one
generation to another . Poorly differentiated individuals tend to marry one another and
over several generations produce offspring who are increasingly less differentiated and as
a result suffer from severe mental disorders including schizophrenia .
Visitor - ANSFrom solution - focused therapy one of three ways to characterize the client's
level of participation and commitment to change . A visitor does not bring a specific
problem to therapy and does not have a commitment to participating productively in
treatment .
Behavioral Parent Training ( BPT ) - ANSA program for training parents in use of
contingency management to modify or extinguish unwanted behaviors and reinforce
,desirable behaviors in children . - Rules & Org . -Clear instructions -Proix ' fund lach , -
Ignore " bod behaver - Charts & pts systems
Circularity ( Circular Causality ) - ANSThe notion held by the Milan systemic group that
causality in families cannot be thought of as a simple , single cause and effect relationship
( linear causality ) . Instead , events , behaviors , and inter actions are seen in a more
complex way , as mutually influencing one another ( feedback loops ) . Each is the effect
of a prior cause and in turn influences future behaviors . Family system events create an
endless ( and beginning - less ) circular chain . In this model it is meaningless to identify an
individual as having caused or started a problem . Instead , all elements of the problem
coexist and are reciprocally reinforcing . The problem could not be maintained if any one
element were to be removed .
Concurrent Couples Therapy - ANSCouples therapy in which one therapist works with
both spouses at different times .
Binuclear Family - ANSFamilies in which the parents are divorced , have remarried , and
formed two intact nuclear families .
Third - Order Change for a - ANSGregory Bateson's term for a dramatic transformation in
thinking . ( See First - Order Change and Second - Order Change ) Temp Shift in system
dyn . 7 change the rules of the system .
Suprasystem - ANSA higher - level system , such as a community , in which other systems
are components
Social Constructivist Family Therapy - ANSA group of postmodern therapeutic
approaches based on the concept that reality is an intersubjective phenomenon that is
constructed in conversation . The theories have been referred to as : postmodern ,
collaborative , constructivist , narrative , reflexive , and second order cybernetic . Reality
Constructed through lang .
Sacrifice Intervention - ANSA closing statement in a Milan systemic ( early Milan ) session
that includes a statement of paradox . The person with the symptom is characterized as
being in the service of the homeostasis . This intervention tends to overcome resistance
by causing a rebellion against the symptom .
, Quantitative Research - ANSA research method that emphasizes experimentation , large
samples , data collection , statistical analysis , objectivity , and verification . Quantitative
research is typically used to test hypotheses ( confirmatory research ) .
Primary Reinforcer - ANSFrom the operant conditioning paradigm , biologically
determined reinforcers such as food and sex .
Parallel ( or Good Faith ) Contract - ANSFrom behavioral marital therapy , a contract in
which the behavior of each partner is not contingent on the other . ( The husband agrees
to take out the garbage even if his wife does not make the bed . )
Entropy - ANSFrom general systems theory , the measure of disorder in a system that
occurs without imposed controls and inputs . A family functioning randomly might be
considered highly entropic .
Negentropy - ANSFrom general systems theory , the measure of organization in a system
. A well - organized system would have high levels of negentropy ..
Metaframeworks Model - ANSA conceptually wide - ranging integrative model that
addresses six core domains of human experience : organization , sequences , develop
ment , culture , gender , and internal processes . Each person and family has the capacity
to interact positively and harmoniously unless they are being constrained . The therapist
considers the contribu tions of gender , ethnicity , class , religion , education , or regional
background in the development of constraints . The goal is to release constraints , not to
focus on deficits .
Multi - Partiality ( Plurality ) - ANSFrom social constructivist , Hoffman the therapist's
stance in which he / she strives to positively regard each person's point of view , even
ones that are repugnant to the therapist or to society , in order to find the meaning behind
behaviors , actions , and events .
Operant Conditioning - ANSA behavioral learning paradigm in which a naturally occurring
response is reinforced , increasing the probability that it will be repeated . ( See Positive
Reinforcement , Negative Reinforcement , & Punishment ) ( Parlor )
Equifinality - ANSA cybernetic principle , which states that a similar outcome may result
from many different initial events . For example , depression may be caused either by
biochemical imbalances or traumatic life experiences . Similor outcome - Diff.evento
