NR605 EXAM
QUESTIONS
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Humanistic existential approach to psychotherapy - Answers -foundational to psychiatric
mental health, nursing
Central tenants of holism
Self actualization
Therapeutic alliance
Supportive psychotherapy is used to have clients - Answers -Who are experiencing
emotional distress or problems in living
Supportive psychotherapy is appropriate for clients experiencing - Answers -Stressful
situations, including clients with psychotic personality organization. Those were the
preoccupied or overly emotional attachment style and those with immature defenses.
The goals of supportive therapy include - Answers -Problem solving
Management of feelings and life stressors
Symptom relief
Sessions are less frequent lemon, psychoanalysis
Techniques with psycho analysis include - Answers -WRRITF
Working through
Recollection
Repetition
Interpretation
Transference
Free association
,To be successful, the client should be able to - Answers -Think of distract and be self
motivated
Contraindications to psychoanalysis are - Answers -Clients who are not motivated
Those who have poor impulse control
Clients who are concrete thinkers
And those amid major and physical or emotional crisis
Psychoanalysis tends to be more intense than other forms of psychotherapy, in terms of
- Answers -The frequency of sessions, and the intense nature of the transference that
occurs
Psychoanalysis typically involves several sessions per week over several years talk
therapy is individualized the techniques applied by the psychoanalyst are - Answers -
Specific to the client and context
recollection
Therapeutic technique - Answers -Reconstructing the memory of past events
Repetition
Therapeutic technique - Answers -Using transference to replay emotions and
interactions in a safe place
free association
Therapeutic technique - Answers -Client talk spontaneously about anything that comes
to mind which allows for thoughts and feelings to surface more easily
working through
Therapeutic technique - Answers -integrating repressed memories into current
consciousness,
the psychoanalytic process of facing conflicts, reinterpreting feelings, and overcoming
one's problems
Transference
Therapeutic technique - Answers -Client redirects feelings for significant person in their
lives typically a figure from childhood onto the psychotherapist, then explores the
relationship to resolve conflict
interpretation
Therapeutic technique - Answers -The psychotherapist interprets the clients discussions
to identify unconscious feelings and learn new behavior patterns
The connection between a psychotherapist in the client is central to the - Answers -
Psychotherapeutic process
, Expressive psychotherapy is appropriate for - Answers -Unresolved
Disorganized attachment styles
Clients with neurotic defense schema
Supportive therapy is used for - Answers -Stabilization
Resource building
Anxiety reduction
Problem solving
Techniques used supportive therapy include - Answers -PEER
Providing comfort
Empathetic, listening
Encouragement
Reassurance
SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CLIENT
EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AN accepting ENVIRONMENT
Psycho analysis is commonly used for which type of patients - Answers -Patience with
anxiety
OCD
Depressive disorders
Personality disorders
Sexual dysfunction may be helpful for clients whose personality traits are interfering in
their relationships
Goals of psychoanalysis include - Answers -Development of deeper understanding of
self, and desire to create change
Clients who are likely to benefit from psycho analysis include - Answers -Reality
oriented clients with mature defenses, and a strong sense of self and clients with
neurotic to healthy personality organization
Expressive psychotherapy along with dialectical, behavioral therapy is the performed form of therapy for
clients with - Answers -Borderline personality disorder
Or borderline character structure
The goals of expressive psychotherapy include - Answers -Processing of relational
trauma
And learning emotional self-regulation
Frequency of expressive psychotherapy sessions are typically provided - Answers -
Several times a week
Expensive psychotherapy can help clients gradually process - Answers -Relational
trauma as part of the therapeutic relationship
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