CA MFT Exams Tutor and Coach

EXAM I:  STANDARD WRITTEN EXAMINATION

200 Total Questions, but only 175 are scored

123 Correct is minimum score to PASS – recently revised in 2012

Exam I is 200 individual mini-vignettes followed by one question with four answer-choices.

The most-important content skill component is Initial Assessment – ability to read the vignette and make a clinical judgment after one or two sessions.

The most-important process skill component is the Quick Answer Scan – ability to quickly review the answer-choices, eliminate the Stinker and the Allure, and discern the best-choice between the remaining two “vanilla” answers.

EXAM II:  CLINICAL VIGNETTE EXAM

40 Total Questions, but only 30 are scored

20 Correct is minimum score to PASS

Exam II is two vignettes followed by 7 questions each, two vignettes followed by 6 questions each, two vignettes followed by 5 questions each, and one vignette followed by 4 questions.

KEY SKILLS AND SCHEMAS FOR PASSING THE CA MFT EXAMS:

The most-important content skill component is Initial Assessment – ability to read the vignette and make a clinical judgment after one or two sessions.

A second important content skill competent is the Key Elements Scan, looking for key symptoms, time-frames, terminology, and legal or ethical challenges.

The most-important process skill component is the Quick Answer Scan, and also preparing for the probable components of questions following each vignette:  Initial Assessment, Provisional Diagnoses, Case Management, Treatment Planning, Interventions based on a Given Theoretical Approach, Legal Considerations, and Ethical Considerations.