MFT Law & Ethics Practice Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) An Associate is considering asking his clinical supervisor to be his therapist. The associate would like to address ongoing personal relationship issues. Which of the following actions should the intern take to manage the ethical issue in this case?
- Explore the relationship issues with the supervisor as part
- Arrange for therapy with the supervisor that is separate
- Seek personal therapy from another therapist to avoid a
- Wait until supervision hours are complete prior to initiating
- Suppress personal feelings of attraction and continue
- Inform the client of the therapist's feelings and discuss
- Explain the ethical issue to the client and provide a referral
- Seek consultation to manage the attraction and monitor
of supervision.
from supervision.
dual relationship.
personal therapy. - Correct Answers ✅C. Seek personal therapy from another therapist to avoid a dual relationship A client initiates therapy for depression following a failed marriage. The therapist finds the client very attractive. Which of the following actions should the therapist take first to manage the ethical obligation in this case?
providing therapy.
therapeutic boundaries.
to an alternate therapist.
therapeutic boundaries - Correct Answers ✅D. Seek 1 / 3
MFT Law & Ethics Practice Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) consultation to manage the attraction and monitor therapeutic boundaries A 58-year-old client who is working on childhood abuse issues has recently become the conservator of her mother's finances. The client states that now that she has control of her mother's money she finally has extra money to buy what she wants and enjoy her own life. The client states that her mother is "finally getting what she deserves." Which of the following actions should the therapist take to address the legal issue involved in this case?
- Maintain confidentiality and address the client's childhood
- Maintain confidentiality and seek consultation for any
- Break confidentiality and contact an adult protective
- Break confidentiality and initiate a well-person check. -
trauma.
countertransference issues.
services agency
Correct Answers ✅C. Break confidentiality and contact an adult protective services agency Which of these tests is currently used for MFT licensure in California ?a.MFT Clinical Exam b.National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Exam (NCMHCE) c.National MFT Exam 2 / 3
MFT Law & Ethics Practice Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) d.California Family Therapy Exam for Licensure (CFTEL) - Correct Answers ✅a.MFT Clinical Exam The therapist has a client whom he has been seeing for the past year. The client struggles with OCD and generalized anxiety disorder. The client recently states that she needs an Emotional Support Animal and is thinking of getting a dog.She states her apartment won't let her have a dog unless it is an ESA. She asks the therapist to write her a letter noting that because of her diagnosis she needs an ESA at all times.
The therapist ethically should:
a) Continue to gather information regarding the client's need
for an ESA.
b) Tell the client no because it is outside their scope of
practice.
c) Refer the client to another therapist to determine if she
really needs an ESA.
d) Write her the letter since she has been seeing for the past
year. - Correct Answers ✅a) Continue to gather information regarding the client's need for an ESA.During an initial assessment interview, a therapist observes that her new client is suspicious of the agency and the therapist. The therapist provides informed consent, including the limits of confidentiality. After receiving informed consent, the client tells the therapist that he wants to share certain information but is concerned it could get his friends in
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