MFT LAW AND ETHICS EXAM NEWEST 2025

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MFT LAW AND ETHICS EXAM NEWEST 2025

ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS

AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

A licensed therapist moves to another city in a different part of the state and relocates his private practice. What are his legal obligations in this case?

Response:

• Maintain the same system he was previously using for record

keeping.

• Provide all of his previous clients with his new office

address.

• Notify the Board of Behavioral Sciences of his change of

address within 30 days.

• Provide all of his previous clients with referrals to

appropriate local therapists. - ANSWER-Rationale: C is the

right answer. 30 days is the standard time you need to notify the BBS of name or address changes or convictions.Wrong

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A therapist lowered his fee for a client following the client losing his job. The client informs the therapist that he was able to find a new job that pays even more than his former job. The therapist would like to raise fees now that the client's financial situation has improved. How should the therapist ethically manage the situation?

Response:

• Inform the client of the need to raise fees and provide one

month's notice of increase.

• Reassess the change in client's situation and raise it in an

agreed about amount of time.

• Ask client when he plans to pay the full fee again and

document it in his record.

• Provide client with a written notice of the fee policy and

discuss implications. - ANSWER-B.

Rationale: Ethically, therapists are permitted to raise fees

after adjusting them to meet a client's needs. Prior to adjusting the fees, the therapist should assess the client's situation and, with the client, agree on an acceptable timeline, making answer B the best option. Answers A, C, and D overlook the process of engaging the client and determining what is appropriate.

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A therapist has terminated with her client due to presenting issue being outside the therapist's scope of competence. The client was provided with a referral and has a first session with the new therapist scheduled. Prior to meeting with the new therapist, the client experiences a crisis situation and contacts the old therapist. What are the therapist's legal obligations in this case?

Response:

• Provide client with a crisis hotline number.
• Talk with client and help address crisis since she has not

started with the new therapist.

• Contact her new therapist to inform them of client's situation.
• Tell client you are unable to provide services and they should

contact new therapist. - ANSWER-B

Rationale: Answer B is the best option. While the therapist

and client terminated, the client is in crisis and needs immediate assistance. In this case the therapist initiated the termination, so to avoid abandonment you'd want to do B.

A 14-year-old girl consents to her own treatment after the therapist determined it would not be appropriate to involve parents. After several sessions, the girl tells the therapist that she would like to include her mother in treatment. How should the therapist manage the legal issue of fees? 3 / 4

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Response:

• Inform the client that she will continue to be responsible for

fees.

• Inform the client that once the mother is involved in

treatment that she will be responsible for fees.

• Inform client the mother does not have a responsibility to

make payment regardless of involvement.

• Inform client that both she and mother will be responsible for

payment. - ANSWER-A.

Rationale: The client who consented to treatment is

responsible for fees, answer A. Involving the mother in treatment does not change the fee agreement.

An 83-year-old man is brought to therapy by his conservator.The conservator is concerned the man is experiencing symptoms of depression and could benefit from therapy. Legally, who should sign the consent?

Response:

• Client
• Conservator
• Client's doctor
• Court - ANSWER-B
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