MFT National Exam Prep (Family Therapy only) Study Guide | Updated 2024
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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...
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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