MFT National Exam 2023 Therapy Theories Quiz PDF

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This is a 2023 MFT National Exam quiz, covering therapy theories and the appropriate interventions for various situations within a family setting. It includes questions about different types of family therapy and the techniques employed within them.

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Therapy Theories Quiz Identify the therapy indicated by the sentence. Attachment Behavioral Bowen CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) Collaborative Language Systems Constructivist Contextual Cybernetics DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) EFT (Emotionally-Focused Therapy) Feminist General Systems Ge...

Therapy Theories Quiz Identify the therapy indicated by the sentence. Attachment Behavioral Bowen CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) Collaborative Language Systems Constructivist Contextual Cybernetics DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) EFT (Emotionally-Focused Therapy) Feminist General Systems Gestalt Gottman Human Validation Process Model Imago Internal Family Systems Medical Family Narrative Psychoanalytic Solution-Focused Strategic Structural Family Symbolic-Experiential 1. A/an __________ therapist would join the family system to blend in with the family and adapt their affect, style, and language. 2. As a/an __________ therapist, you may use a therapeutic paradox as an intervention when working with families. 3. A/an __________ therapist would utilize positive reinforcement in order to increase the frequency of a behavior by rewarding that behavior. 4. A/an __________ therapist would utilize the empty chair technique as an intervention with clients. 5. A/an __________ therapist would observe the feedback loops that occur in the family system. 6. A/an __________ therapist would use self-disclosure as a way to demystify therapy and equalize the power imbalance in the therapeutic relationship. 7. One of the main goals of a/an __________ therapist is detriangulation. 8. A/an __________ therapist would utilize brief, goal-directed therapy that focuses the conversation toward developing solutions rather than on the problems. 9. A/an __________ therapist believes in the concept of multidirectional partiality and the idea that a well-functioning family is not necessarily free of symptoms but is relationally balanced. MFT National Exam © 2023 Therapist Development Center 1 10. As a/an __________ therapist, you would help clients examine their story and look at other ways the story could be told or understood differently. 11. Emotion regulation and mindfulness are types of interventions that a/an __________ therapist would use. 12. A/an __________ therapist would use mirroring as an intervention tool with couples. 13. A/an __________ therapist assists families in navigating the healthcare system and accepts that there is an identified patient within the family. 14. A/an __________ therapist believes that increased self awareness, released blocked resources and improved communication must occur in order to help facilitate change. 15. A/an __________ therapist may use socratic questioning to explore a client’s maladaptive thoughts or beliefs. 16. As a/an __________ therapist, you believe that there is no identified patient within the family system, but rather the family system is the problem and thus the prime focus. 17. Activating stress or conflict within a family system to facilitate change and assist a family in moving out of conflict is an intervention that a/an __________ therapist would use. 18. Teaching couples about flooding and training them to take their pulse as a way to decrease conflict is an intervention that a/an __________ therapist would use. 19. In __________, the therapist is viewed as a process consultant and believes that emotion is an agent of change. 20. A/an __________ therapist would utilize basic centering techniques, problem-solving skills, pattern work, and role-playing as interventions. 21. A/an __________ therapist believes that stable relationships are characterized by a ratio of negative to positive behaviors of 1:5. 22. A/an __________ theorist believes in the therapeutic goal of increasing balance and harmony between the sub-personalities or parts that exist in the internal system. 23. A/an __________ theorist believes that problems are socially constructed through language and become a narrative that the client has agreed to believe. 24. A/an __________ therapist believes that the ability to trust and depend on another via a secure attachment cultivates autonomy and confidence. 25. A/an __________ therapist believes that psychopathology develops from early childhood experiences. MFT National Exam © 2023 Therapist Development Center 2

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