Preparing for the 2025 California MFT Law & Ethics Exam
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapists (AMFTs) in California need to take the state's MFT Law and Ethics Exam in their first year of registration. This study guide, Preparing for the 2025 California MFT Law & Ethics Exam, is designed to efficiently prepare you for the test. By using this book, you can go into your MFT Law & Ethics Exam confident and well-prepared. You've got this.
| This is just a minor update from the 2024 edition. Very few relevant laws changed for 2025. The key updates in this book are the new scoring features, which allow you to see how bookmarking items and changing answers impact your score, and the inclusion of 50 all-new practice questions. |
About the Book
The leading print study guide for the California MFT Law & Ethics Exam, updated for 2025.
Introduction
About the test (includes test-taking strategy)
Before and after the test
Key changes for 2025
Law
Consent, confidentiality, and privilege
Limits of confidentiality, including mandated reporting
Legal standards for professional practice
Ethics
Professional competence and integrity
Responsibility to clients and the counseling relationship
Practice practices and professional responsibilities
Mini-mock exam
Mini-mock exam (25 items)
Answers and rationales
Full-length practice exam
Practice exam (75 items)
Answers and rationales
Appendix: BBS exam plan with Index
- Current to 2025 state law, including changes to required disclosures to clients
- New scoring features to measure your test-taking skills
- More than 100 practice questions with rationales, including a full-length (75-question) practice test and 25-item mini-mock exam
- 50 of those practice questions are new to this edition
- Subscale scoring on the mock exam, so you can see specific areas of strength and weakness
This guide is focused squarely on the information you need to know for the test. It addresses each and every one of the 147 areas of knowledge the BBS uses when developing the exam itself. The study guide follows the same structure as the exam plan, so you can see which areas are most emphasized on the exam itself.
Paperback | 345 pages
ISBN 979-8-9864668-6-6
Reference:
Caldwell, B. E. (2025). Preparing for the 2025 California MFT Law & Ethics Exam. High Pass Education.
about the author
Benjamin E. Caldwell, PsyD
Dr. Caldwell is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Adjunct Faculty for California State University Northridge. He served for 10 years as Legislative and Advocacy Committee Chair for AAMFT-CA, and chaired the AAMFT workgroup that developed Best Practices in the Online Practice of Couple and Family Therapy. He has been deeply involved in policy changes impacting California mental health professionals, including the state's first-in-the-nation ban on reparative therapy for minors. He speaks around the country on issues related to ethics, technology, supervision, and professional development.
