MFT NATIONAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
Social constructionist therapies differ from systems theory in the
belief that:
A. Personal identity is related to the social system of which the
person is a part.
B. Truth can only be determined within a relational context
C. A person's lived reality is relationally constructed
D. People narrate their lives to create meaning using the social
discourses available to them - ANSWER-D. People narrate their
lives to create meaning using the social discourses available to
them
Post modernist believe that reality is constructed primarily through
A. dominant discourse
B. Culture
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C. Religion
D. Language - ANSWER-D. Language
Karl Tomm developed a IP-Scope, a cognitive instrument that
therapists can use to assist in:
A. Diagnosing dysfunctional interactional patterns
B. Determining the impact of the larger culture on the
organizational dynamics of the family system
C. Determining the level of interdependence that family members
have on one another or on the system
D. Observing individuals, couples, and families by focusing on the
interpersonal patterns that organize their behaviors - ANSWER-D.
Observing individuals, couples, and families by focusing on the
interpersonal patterns that organize their behaviors
Which of the following best describes the nature of a Satir
therapist?
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A. A detached expert
B. A warm, empathic clinician
C. A professional observer
D. A confronter - ANSWER-B. A warm, empathic clinician
Satir's growth model borrows heavily from what other theoretical
orientation?
A. Cognitive behavioral therapy
B. Post modernism
C. Psychodynamic theory
D. Humanism - ANSWER-D. Humanism
Functional family therapists addresses
individual, family, peer, and community
system dynamics.
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a. True
b. False - ANSWER-True
Structural family therapy was developed to
work with ethnically diverse, poor, urban
families.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-True
Narrative and collaborative therapies are ideal
for working with diverse populations.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-True