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Mastering Competencies In Family Therapy
Chapter 15: Treatment Planning
1. The type of treatment planning the vast majority of MFTs must complete in order to
receive third-party payment and, arguably, to maintain standard practice of care in the
21st century is derived from which of the following?
a. Treatment model
b. Theory model
c. Factious model
d. Medical model
2. Which of the following treatment plan focuses solely on clients’ medical symptoms?
a. Diagnosis-based treatment plans
b. Symptom-based treatment plans
c. Theory-based treatment plans
d. Outcome-based treatment plans
3. Clinical treatment plans provide a straightforward, comprehensive overview of treatment.
Which of the following is NOT a part of clinical treatment plans?
a. Therapeutic tasks
b. Client goals
c. Interventions
d. Therapist perspective
4. According to the author, therapeutic tasks serve what primary purpose in a treatment
plan?
a. To inform the client of what they need to do for therapy to be successful
b. To satisfy third party payers
c. To help the therapist fully conceptualize their tasks
d. To guide people unfamiliar with therapy along
5. Which of the following would be considered an initial phase therapeutic task?
a. Monitoring the working alliance
b. Establish a therapeutic relationship
c. Developing aftercare plans
d. Completing treatment goals
6. For each treatment task, you should also note how you will address diversity issues such
as culture, race, sexual orientation, and gender orientation. Which of the following
examples might be a way to address diversity in treatment tasks?
a. Use of humor with teens
b. Use of personalismo with Hispanic/Latino clients
c. Inclusion of spirituality and religious resources
d. All of the above
7. Increasing the frequency of social interaction and reengagement in music, sports, and
hobbies to reduce the severity of depressed mood is an example of which of the
following?
a. A therapeutic task
b. Joining
c. A goal
d. An assessment
8. If any crisis issues were identified during the clinical assessment, how should the
therapist use the information when formulating goals?
a. The therapist should report them to the insurance agency.
b. The therapist should discontinue therapy immediately.
c. The therapist should address the crisis issues in the initial client goals.
d. The therapist should keep the crisis issues to the side of the client’s presenting
problem.
9. When creating useful therapeutic goals, it is helpful to do which of the following?
a. Stick to the formula to make sure your new goal is not less effective than a
theoretical or clinical goal.
b. Describe what symptoms will be addressed by changing the personal/relational
dynamic.
c. Consult with the insurance company first so no time is wasted on goals that will
not be covered.
d. Make sure the goal is formulaic.
10. The anatomy of a client goal includes using action verbs such as which of the following?
a. Increase effectiveness of parental hierarchy between AF and CF to reduce
frequency of CF’s tantrums per week.
b. Reduce and interrupt pursuer–distancer pattern between AF and AM to reduce
AF’s sense of hopelessness and AM’s irritability.
c. Increase frequency of social interaction and reengagement in music and sports
hobbies to increase periods of positive mood.
d. All of the above.
11. During the initial phase of therapy, client goals generally involve or focus on all of the
following EXCEPT?
a. Stabilizing family relationships
b. Stopping self-harm behaviors
c. Managing abuse issues
d. Addressing substance abuse issues
12. When working with clients in therapy, once treatment has been conceptualized and
therapeutic tasks and client goals have been identified, it is necessary for the therapist to
identify which of the following?
a. Interventions
b. Future plans
c. Collateral contacts
d. Therapy games
13. Considering the _________________ is crucial to designing a treatment plan that is
likely to be effective.
a. therapist’s ideas
b. therapist’s fee for treatment
c. client’s perspective
d. client’s insight
14. Treatment plans give therapists a _________________that makes it easier to respond
quickly and skillfully to new and unplanned issues clients may present.
a. sense of mobility and identity
b. sense of confidence and clarity of thought
c. sense of ideology and responsibility
d. sense of increased theoretical awareness and safety