LMFT Clinical Examination Resources - Resources and Sample Questions

Sep 21, 2026

LMFT Clinical Examination resources and sample questions cover California Board of Behavioral Sciences governing statutes and regulations tied to professional clinical counseling, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, and clinical social work. The material includes sample clinical evaluation items, crisis management steps, treatment planning goals for a child case, cognitive-behavioral interventions for panic symptoms, and a law-focused scenario on accessing prior therapy records. It also addresses ethics in consultation during emotionally charged divorce circumstances.

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LMFT Clinical Examination Resources and Sample Questions

LMFT Clinical Examination Resources

LMFT Clinical Examination Sample Questions

Sample Question 1: Clinical Evaluation

Sample Question 2: Crisis Management

Sample Question 3: Treatment Planning

Sample Question 4: Treatment

Sample Question 5: Law

Sample Question 6: Ethics

LMFT CLINICAL EXAMINATION Resources and Sample Questions LMFT CLINICAL EXAMINATION RESOURCES Board of Behavioral Sciences Statutes and Regulations Relating to the Practice of Professional Clinical Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Educational Psychology, and Clinical Social Work. [https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/lawsregs.pdf](https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/lawsregs.pdf) LMFT CLINICAL EXAMINATION SAMPLE QUESTIONS Correct answers are in bold text. Sample Question 1-Clinical Evalutation A 25-year-old client initiates therapy with complaints of chronic depression and lack of motivation. The client currently lives with his grandparents, does not have any money, and is attempting to finish graduate school. He discloses that his parents had a traumatic divorce several years ago and he fears he will become like his father, who had an emotional breakdown and abused his mother. The client currently has a girlfriend who lives in another state, and he says he feels alone without her. Which of the following actions should the therapist take to assess this client? A. Gather family history, explore client’s strengths, identify coping mechanisms B. Gather family history, determine somatic symptoms, identify familial coping patterns C. Explore substance use, determine somatic symptoms, identify coping mechanisms D. Explore substance use, explore client’s strengths, identify familial coping patterns Sample Question 2-Crisis Management A 36-year-old client initiates therapy and reports that the previous night she went on a date with a man she had met online. After dinner he raped her and then dropped her off at home as if nothing happened. She tells the therapist that she spent the night in the emergency room, and is afraid to go home because her assaulter knows where she lives. Which of the following actions should the therapist initially take in this crisis situation? E. Re-establish the client’s feelings of control to reduce her sense of victimization F. Evaluate the client’s support systems to identify a safe place for the client to stay G. Develop the client’s trauma narrative of the event to desensitize emotional impact H. Encourage the client to file a police report to protect other women from the perpetrator (Questions continue on the next page) Sample Question 3 – Treatment Planning A 7-year-old client is brought to therapy by his mother, who states that the client has been moody and defiant at home and has been fighting with other children at school. She states that the client’s change in behavior began four months ago, following a foreclosure of the house that the family had lived in for several years. She further states that the client’s father did not move with them to the new apartment, and that despite the fact that he works constantly, they still face eviction so she is refusing to let him see the client. Which of the following goals should be included in the treatment plan for this case? A. Decrease fighting at school and defiance at home Re-establish appropriate relationships between family members Refer the mother for financial assistance B. Decrease fighting at school and defiance at home Re-establish appropriate relationships between family members Refer the mother for anger management C. Enhance impulse-control and attention span Explore the marital relationship Refer the mother for financial assistance D. Enhance impulse-control and attention span Explore the marital relationship Refer the mother for anger management Sample Question 4 – Treatment A 19-year-old college student is referred to therapy by her physician for symptoms of panic. Her physician declined to prescribe medication until the client has initiated therapy. The client, however, believes that only medication will control her symptoms and that therapy is a “waste of time.” Which of the following interventions would a cognitivebehavioral therapist use to address the cli

FAQs

What is included in the LMFT Clinical Examination resources section?

It lists board statutes and regulations related to professional clinical counseling, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, and clinical social work.

How do the sample questions indicate correct answers?

Correct answers are shown in bold text.

What ethical situation is addressed in Sample Question 6?

A therapist in an ongoing contentious divorce uses weekly consultation to prevent personal feelings from affecting client therapy, then faces a client describing relationship difficulties similar to the therapist’s own.

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