FAMILY SOLUTIONS INSTITUTE AMFTRB TEST
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Role of Therapist. Answer: Teacher/Coach, always focused on the
couple and wanted them to talk to each other.
◉ Anxiety. Answer: Any tension or stress, considered a presenting
problem.
◉ Differentiation. Answer: The balance of self vs others, independence
vs togetherness.
◉ High Differentiation. Answer: Low reactivity, low triangulation,
increased independence, can separate their pain from others.
◉ Low Differentiation. Answer: Compelled to react and express feelings
before reflecting.
◉ Fusion. Answer: Must think and be the same, difficult to separate self
from others.
, ◉ Family Projection Process. Answer: Parents project part of their own
anxiety, fears, unresolved emotional needs onto a child.
◉ Problem Child. Answer: The child who exhibits symptoms that
fluctuate with parental stress levels.
◉ Multigenerational Transmission Process. Answer: Patterns of
emotional functioning, levels of differentiation, relational dynamics,
anxiety passed down generations.
◉ Nuclear Family Emotional System. Answer: Choose friends and
spouses at the same level of differentiation as oneself.
◉ Triangulation. Answer: Dysfunctional: perpetuates problem;
Functional: resolves problem.
◉ Undifferentiated Ego Mass. Answer: Boundaries blurred, if one
person is anxious, everyone is anxious.
◉ Emotional Cutoff. Answer: Takes physical or emotional distance but
doesn't achieve true genuine differentiation.
◉ Sibling Position. Answer: Each sibling position tends to come with
typical roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Role of Therapist. Answer: Teacher/Coach, always focused on the
couple and wanted them to talk to each other.
◉ Anxiety. Answer: Any tension or stress, considered a presenting
problem.
◉ Differentiation. Answer: The balance of self vs others, independence
vs togetherness.
◉ High Differentiation. Answer: Low reactivity, low triangulation,
increased independence, can separate their pain from others.
◉ Low Differentiation. Answer: Compelled to react and express feelings
before reflecting.
◉ Fusion. Answer: Must think and be the same, difficult to separate self
from others.
, ◉ Family Projection Process. Answer: Parents project part of their own
anxiety, fears, unresolved emotional needs onto a child.
◉ Problem Child. Answer: The child who exhibits symptoms that
fluctuate with parental stress levels.
◉ Multigenerational Transmission Process. Answer: Patterns of
emotional functioning, levels of differentiation, relational dynamics,
anxiety passed down generations.
◉ Nuclear Family Emotional System. Answer: Choose friends and
spouses at the same level of differentiation as oneself.
◉ Triangulation. Answer: Dysfunctional: perpetuates problem;
Functional: resolves problem.
◉ Undifferentiated Ego Mass. Answer: Boundaries blurred, if one
person is anxious, everyone is anxious.
◉ Emotional Cutoff. Answer: Takes physical or emotional distance but
doesn't achieve true genuine differentiation.
◉ Sibling Position. Answer: Each sibling position tends to come with
typical roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
