MFT National Exam Practice Set 2026 | 100 Realistic Case Study Q&A | Masters & Johnson Focus

MFT National Exam Practice Set 2026 | 100 Realistic Case Study Q&A | Masters & Johnson Focus a. They receive informed consent from the client about the risks and benefits. b. The child is not also in treatment with the therapist. c. MFTs are prohibited by AAMFT working in this area. d. Information is shared with the client's attorney.: Answer B is correct: A therapist can be a custody evaluator if the child is not also a client because the therapist would not be biased against one parent or the other for having treated the child. Conversely, doing therapy and evaluating custody for a child who is a client puts the therapist in a dual role and objectivity is compromised. Informed consent is not sufficient to allow a therapist to act as a custody evaluator. This puts a therapist in an avoidable dual relationship that, even if agreed to by the client, puts objectivity and boundaries at risk (A). LMFTs are not prohibited by AAMFT working in this area; they just cannot operate in dual roles as therapist and custody evaluator (C). Providing information to the client's attorney is not what qualifies a therapist to be a custody evaluator from an ethical point of view. Only if a therapist is not also treating a client can the therapist perform a custody evaluation (D). The correct answer is: The child is not also in treatment with the therapist. 35. When a therapist dies, what is most likely to happen to the therapist's records? Select one: a. the records will be given to his or her clients b. the records will be given to the therapist's spouse or executor c. the records will be disbursed as specified in the therapist's will d. the records will be destroyed: The Code of Ethics requires MFTs to make arrangements for the storage, transfer, or disposal of client records subsequent to moving from the area, closing their practice, or upon their death.Answer C is correct: This is the best of the four answers. Although there are no standard guidelines for the handling of records after a therapist dies, records are the property of the therapist. As such, arrangements should be made by the therapist for the proper handling of records after his/her death. The most competent person to handle the records would likely be a colleague but, if a professional will does not specify such an arrangement, then the person assigned as the executor