FAMILY SOLUTIONS INSTITUTE AMFTRB
CERTIFICATION EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 1.1 Non-Discrimination. Answer: MFTs provide professional
assistance to persons without discrimination on the basis of race, age,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disability, gender, health status, religion,
national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or relationship status.
◉ 1.2 Informed Consent. Answer: MFTs obtain appropriate informed
consent to therapy or related procedures and use language that is
reasonably understandable to clients. When persons, due to age or
mental status, are legally incapable of giving informed consent, marriage
and family therapists obtain informed permission from a legally
authorized person, if such substitute consent is legally permissible. The
content of informed consent may vary depending upon the client and
treatment plan; however, informed consent generally necessitates that
the client:
(a) has the capacity to consent;
(b) has been adequately informed of significant information concerning
treatment processes and procedures;
(c) has been adequately informed of potential risks and benefits of
treatments for which generally recognized standards do not yet exist;
,(d) has freely and without undue influence expressed consent; and
(e) has provided consent that is appropriately documented.
◉ 1.3 Multiple Relationships. Answer: MFTs are aware of their
influential positions with respect to clients, and they avoid exploiting the
trust and dependency of such persons. Therapists, therefore, make every
effort to avoid conditions and multiple relationships with clients that
could impair professional judgment or increase the risk of exploitation.
Such relationships include, but are not limited to, business or close
personal relationships with a client or the client's immediate family.
When the risk of impairment or exploitation exists due to conditions or
multiple roles, therapists document the appropriate precautions taken.
◉ 1.4 Sexual Intimacy with Current Clients and Others. Answer: Sexual
intimacy with current clients or with known members of client's family
system is prohibited.
◉ 1.5 Sexual Intimacy with Former Clients and Others. Answer: Sexual
intimacy with former clients or with known members of the client's
family system is prohibited.
◉ 1.6 Reports of Unethical Conduct. Answer: MFTs comply with
applicable laws regarding the reporting of alleged unethical conduct.
◉ 1.7 Abuse of the Therapeutic Relationship. Answer: MFTs do not
abuse their power in therapeutic relationships
,◉ 1.8 Client Autonomy in Decision Making. Answer: MFTs respect the
rights of clients to make decisions and help them to understand the
consequences of these decisions. Therapists clearly advise clients that
they have responsibility to make such decisions regarding relationships
such as cohabitation, marriage, divorce, separation, reconciliation,
custody, and visitation.
◉ 1.9 Relationship Beneficial to Client. Answer: MFTs continue
therapeutic relationships only so long as it is reasonably clear that clients
are benefiting from the relationship.
◉ 1.10 Referrals. Answer: MFTs respectfully assist persons in obtaining
appropriate therapeutic services if the therapist is unable or unwilling to
provide professional help.
◉ 1.11 Non-Abandonment. Answer: MFTs do not abandon or neglect
clients in treatment without making reasonable arrangements for the
continuation of treatment.
◉ 1.12 Written Consent to Record. Answer: MFTs obtain written
informed consent from clients before videotaping, audio recording, or
permitting third-party observation.
◉ 1.13 Relationships with Third Parties. Answer: MFTs, upon agreeing
to provide services to a person or entity at the request of a third party,
, clarify, to the extent feasible and at the outset of the service, the nature
of the relationship with each party and the limits of confidentiality.
◉ Standard II - Confidentiality. Answer: MFTs have unique
confidentiality concerns because the client in a therapeutic relationship
may be more than one person. Therapists respect and guard the
confidences of each individual client.
◉ 2.1 Disclosing Limits of Confidentiality.. Answer: MFTs disclose to
clients and other interested parties at the outset of services the nature of
confidentiality and possible limitations of the clients' right to
confidentiality. Therapists review with clients the circumstances where
confidential information may be requested and where disclosure of
confidential information may be legally required. Circumstances may
necessitate repeated disclosures.
◉ 2.2 Written Authorization to Release Client Information. Answer:
MFTs do not disclose client confidences except by written authorization
or waiver, or where mandated or permitted by law. Verbal authorization
will not be sufficient, except for in emergency situations, unless
prohibited by law. When providing couple, family, or group treatment,
therapist does not disclose information outside treatment context without
written authorization from each individual competent to execute a
waiver. Therapist may not revel any individual's confidences to others in
client unit without prior written permission of that individual.
CERTIFICATION EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 1.1 Non-Discrimination. Answer: MFTs provide professional
assistance to persons without discrimination on the basis of race, age,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disability, gender, health status, religion,
national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or relationship status.
◉ 1.2 Informed Consent. Answer: MFTs obtain appropriate informed
consent to therapy or related procedures and use language that is
reasonably understandable to clients. When persons, due to age or
mental status, are legally incapable of giving informed consent, marriage
and family therapists obtain informed permission from a legally
authorized person, if such substitute consent is legally permissible. The
content of informed consent may vary depending upon the client and
treatment plan; however, informed consent generally necessitates that
the client:
(a) has the capacity to consent;
(b) has been adequately informed of significant information concerning
treatment processes and procedures;
(c) has been adequately informed of potential risks and benefits of
treatments for which generally recognized standards do not yet exist;
,(d) has freely and without undue influence expressed consent; and
(e) has provided consent that is appropriately documented.
◉ 1.3 Multiple Relationships. Answer: MFTs are aware of their
influential positions with respect to clients, and they avoid exploiting the
trust and dependency of such persons. Therapists, therefore, make every
effort to avoid conditions and multiple relationships with clients that
could impair professional judgment or increase the risk of exploitation.
Such relationships include, but are not limited to, business or close
personal relationships with a client or the client's immediate family.
When the risk of impairment or exploitation exists due to conditions or
multiple roles, therapists document the appropriate precautions taken.
◉ 1.4 Sexual Intimacy with Current Clients and Others. Answer: Sexual
intimacy with current clients or with known members of client's family
system is prohibited.
◉ 1.5 Sexual Intimacy with Former Clients and Others. Answer: Sexual
intimacy with former clients or with known members of the client's
family system is prohibited.
◉ 1.6 Reports of Unethical Conduct. Answer: MFTs comply with
applicable laws regarding the reporting of alleged unethical conduct.
◉ 1.7 Abuse of the Therapeutic Relationship. Answer: MFTs do not
abuse their power in therapeutic relationships
,◉ 1.8 Client Autonomy in Decision Making. Answer: MFTs respect the
rights of clients to make decisions and help them to understand the
consequences of these decisions. Therapists clearly advise clients that
they have responsibility to make such decisions regarding relationships
such as cohabitation, marriage, divorce, separation, reconciliation,
custody, and visitation.
◉ 1.9 Relationship Beneficial to Client. Answer: MFTs continue
therapeutic relationships only so long as it is reasonably clear that clients
are benefiting from the relationship.
◉ 1.10 Referrals. Answer: MFTs respectfully assist persons in obtaining
appropriate therapeutic services if the therapist is unable or unwilling to
provide professional help.
◉ 1.11 Non-Abandonment. Answer: MFTs do not abandon or neglect
clients in treatment without making reasonable arrangements for the
continuation of treatment.
◉ 1.12 Written Consent to Record. Answer: MFTs obtain written
informed consent from clients before videotaping, audio recording, or
permitting third-party observation.
◉ 1.13 Relationships with Third Parties. Answer: MFTs, upon agreeing
to provide services to a person or entity at the request of a third party,
, clarify, to the extent feasible and at the outset of the service, the nature
of the relationship with each party and the limits of confidentiality.
◉ Standard II - Confidentiality. Answer: MFTs have unique
confidentiality concerns because the client in a therapeutic relationship
may be more than one person. Therapists respect and guard the
confidences of each individual client.
◉ 2.1 Disclosing Limits of Confidentiality.. Answer: MFTs disclose to
clients and other interested parties at the outset of services the nature of
confidentiality and possible limitations of the clients' right to
confidentiality. Therapists review with clients the circumstances where
confidential information may be requested and where disclosure of
confidential information may be legally required. Circumstances may
necessitate repeated disclosures.
◉ 2.2 Written Authorization to Release Client Information. Answer:
MFTs do not disclose client confidences except by written authorization
or waiver, or where mandated or permitted by law. Verbal authorization
will not be sufficient, except for in emergency situations, unless
prohibited by law. When providing couple, family, or group treatment,
therapist does not disclose information outside treatment context without
written authorization from each individual competent to execute a
waiver. Therapist may not revel any individual's confidences to others in
client unit without prior written permission of that individual.
