Is there anything that surprised you about the profession? Reflect on the information provided in the exercise and how it might impact how you think about your career.

Students, be sure to use headers for each.

1)  After reading Fentz and Trillingsgaard (2016), Checking Up on Couples: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Assessment and Feedback on Martial Functioning and individual Mental Health in Couples from this unit's studies, describe the effects of assessment and feedback on relationship functioning and individual partner health in couples.

What role does assessment play in treatment outcomes at the individual and dyadic levels?

2) After completing the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Identity – Matching Exercise [DOCX], compare your knowledge with the MFT Professional

Identity Matching Exercise Answer Key [DOCX].

In this discussion, answer the following:

Is there anything that surprised you about the profession?
Reflect on the information provided in the exercise and how it might impact how you think about your career.

Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Identity – Matching Exercise ANSWER KEY

Instructions: Read each Question and select the correct Answer for each from the list of Answer Choices. Write the correct Answer in the Answers column.

Questions

What is the unit of treatment in marriage and family therapy?

How effective is marriage and family therapy?

How many sessions do marriage and family therapists typically have?

What are licensed MFT’s allowed to do?

What is the marriage and family therapist’s perspective on health care?

Is marriage and family therapy a specialization or distinct discipline?

Is marriage and family therapy a growing profession?

Do clients find marriage and family therapy effective?

Is marriage and family therapy effective with children?

Are marriage and family therapists licensed in all 50 states?

From: https://www.aamft.org/About_AAMFT/About_Marriage_and_Family_Therapists.aspx

Is there anything that surprised you about the profession? Reflect on the information provided in the exercise and how it might impact how you think about your career.
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