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Marriage and Family Therapist Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Marriage and Family Therapist interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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How would you describe your treatment style?

Many treatment styles exist. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, you may find yourself incorporating different styles based on the situation. Tell the interviewer if you prefer a cognitive behavioral therapy approach or alternative forms of therapy like art or music. Talk about how you have developed your style of counseling through your education and research. You may make modifications after trying different approaches with clients and identifying that some strategies work better than others.

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30 Marriage and Family Therapist Interview Questions & Answers

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  • 1. How would you describe your treatment style?

  • 2. What did you like most about your previous position?

  • 3. What would your most recent supervisor say about you?

  • 4. What is your greatest strength?

  • 5. What is your communication style?

  • 6. Tell me something about yourself that I wouldn't read from your resume.

  • 7. Why should we hire you?

  • 8. How do you involve key family members or friends?

  • 9. How do you help your couples set goals?

  • 10. How do you decide which approach is best for the patient? Do you ever use more than one approach? When?

  • 11. How long do your counseling sessions last?

  • 12. What psychotherapeutic approaches and tools do you use?

  • 13. What are the measurable criteria you use to assess how well treatment is working?

  • 14. What kind of evaluation process do you use to recommend a treatment plan?

  • 15. Do you take your work home with you? Or do you leave it at the office?

  • 16. Why are you interested in this agency?

  • 17. How did you first become interested in counseling and therapy?

  • 18. Tell me about your education.

  • 19. What other centers have you applied to?

  • 20. Are you reachable in a crisis?

  • 21. What counseling issues do you prefer to refer to another therapist?

  • 22. What counseling issues do you feel you are best trained to handle?

  • 23. Are you part of a professional association that credentials marriage and family therapists?

  • 24. How do you see the importance of keeping a marriage together when there are problems?

  • 25. What percentage of your practice is marriage therapy?

  • 26. Can you tell me about your background and training in marriage and family therapy?

  • 27. What are your career goals?

  • 28. What types of patient is most difficult for you?

  • 29. What type of patients do you typically work best with?

  • 30. What are your salary expectations?