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MFT NATIONAL EXAM EXPECTED NEWEST VERSION QUESTION AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
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MFT NATIONAL EXAM EXPECTED NEWEST VERSION2024-2025 250 QUESTION AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
Symbolic-Experiential Therapeutic Double-Bind - ANSWER-✔✔Initiated
when clients ask about a possible diagnoses. The therapist gives a
relational diagnosis that is unlikely to ever change.
Symbolic-Experiential Teaming Roles - ANSWER-✔✔Healthy members
of a family may intentionally be paired by therapist to encourage
further healthy behavior by other family members.
Symbolic-Experiential Co-Therapist - ANSWER-✔✔Always working with
a co-therapist allows the therapist to be more crazy in session because
one can rely on the co-therapists to ground them.
Symbolic-Experiential Redefining Symptoms - ANSWER-✔✔Symptoms
are redefined from pathological to efforts towards growth.
Symbolic-Experiential Affective Confrontation - ANSWER-✔✔The
therapist's intentional confrontation with the family where they will
directly and openly share their subjective emotional experience of
working with the family.
,Symbolic-Experiential Activating Constructive Anxiety - ANSWER-
✔✔The therapist's effort to reframe symptoms as efforts towards
building competence by focusing on the positive attributes of anxiety as
a means towards self-growth.
Symbolic-Experiential Fantasy Alternative - ANSWER-✔✔Discussing
stressful situations in fantasy based "what if" terms or de-emphasizing
stressful situations by suggesting absurd fantasy alternatives.
MRI Primary Contributors - ANSWER-✔✔Bateson, Jackson, Satir, Haley,
Weakland, Watzlawick
MRI Therapy Structure - ANSWER-✔✔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 - ANSWER-✔✔Instructing the clients to
engage in behavioral change outside of the session as opposed to in
session.
MRI Prescribing the Symptom - ANSWER-✔✔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 - ANSWER-✔✔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 - ANSWER-✔✔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 - ANSWER-✔✔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 Treatment Duration - ANSWER-✔✔Limited to 10 sessions, less if
problem is solved.
MRI Therapy Goals - ANSWER-✔✔Resolve current problem, provide
symptoms relief and create second-order change.
MRI Diagnosing - ANSWER-✔✔Non-pathologizing and systemic.
, MRI Assessment - ANSWER-✔✔Get description of problem. Understand
the problem, then therapist identifies the behavioral patterns that
maintain that pattern.
MRI Symmetrical Relationship - ANSWER-✔✔Based on equality,
behavior of one mirrors that of the other.
MRI Complementary Relationship - ANSWER-✔✔Based on differences
that fit together.
MRI Metacommunication - ANSWER-✔✔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 - ANSWER-✔✔Every
communication has 2 components:
Report- Content of the message.
Command- A message about the relationship.
MRI More of the Same - ANSWER-✔✔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.
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