NR 605 Week 3 | Diagnosis & Management in Psychiatric-Mental Health across the Lifespan I Practicum Midterm Exam Latest 2024/2025 Guide
NR 605 Week 3 | Diagnosis & Management in Psychiatric-Mental Health across the Lifespan I Practicum Midterm Exam Latest 2024/2025 Guide
NR 605 Week 3 | Diagn...
NR 605 Week 3 | Diagnosis & Management in
Psychiatric-Mental Health across the Lifespan I
Practicum Midterm Exam Latest 2024/2025
Guide
Expressive psychotherapy, along with dialectical behavioral therapy, is
the preferred form of psychotherapy for clients with a ____________
- Correct Answer - borderline personality disorder or borderline character
structure
The goals of expressive therapy include processing of
- Correct Answer - relational trauma and learning emotional self-
regulation
Techniques used in expressive psychotherapy include transference,
counterconditioning, and ________________.
- Correct Answer - desensitization to past traumatic relationships.
__________________therapy is a time-limited form of psychotherapy.
________________ therapy occurs fewer days per week over a shorter
length of time as opposed to psychoanalysis, typically 20-30 sessions
with a termination date set at the beginning of therapy.
- Correct Answer - Brief psychodynamic, Brief psychodynamic
Brief psychodynamic goals include enhancement of self-awareness and
___________________.
,- Correct Answer - understanding the impact of the past on present
behavior.
Brief psychodynamic therapy is used when the client has a specific issue
or conflict such as ___________________________.
- Correct Answer - difficulty in relationships, school or work, or
communication.
___________________ involves less use of regression and free
association and less use of the couch.
- Correct Answer - Brief psychodynamic therapy
In Brief psychodynamic therapy, clients are encouraged to sit facing the
psychotherapist, while the psychotherapist is expected to
- Correct Answer - be active in keeping the session focused on the
primary issue for therapy
Which form of therapy utilize therapeutic techniques that include
pressure, or encouragement, to examine feelings and situations;
challenge to defenses, and head-on collision to overcome defenses.
- Correct Answer - Brief psychodynamic therapy
Sofia is a 32-year-old new mom who presents for therapy. She states
that her relationship with her mother has always been "terrible," and she
wants to identify patterns and behaviors in that relationship so that she
does not "repeat history" with her child. She is not exactly sure why she
and her mother do not get along well, and she is willing to commit to
long-term therapy.
, Which of the psychodynamic psychotherapies below is best suited for
Sofia?
- Correct Answer - psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Tiffany is a 24-year-old who presents for therapy after encouragement
from her sister. She endorses difficulty forming close relationships and
admits to sexually promiscuous behavior regularly. During the intake
interview, she discloses a history of physical abuse by both parents; she
has never admitted the abuse to anyone but her sister. She also admits
to cutting as a coping strategy.
Which of the psychodynamic psychotherapies below is best suited for
Tiffany?
- Correct Answer - expressive psychotherapy
Terrell is a 40-year-old who presents for therapy. He is recently
separated from his partner of 10 years, and he tearfully states that
thinking about returning to dating is "horrifying," but he expresses
anxiety about "being alone for the rest of my life."
Which of the psychodynamic psychotherapies below is best suited for
Terrell?
- Correct Answer - supportive psychotherapy
Olathe is a 26-year-old who presents for therapy related to relationship
issues with her spouse. She states that their communication has been
"nonexistent" for several months and that she is "at the point where
divorce seems like the only option." While she verbalizes understanding
that therapy is not a "quick fix," she indicates that she would like to learn
communication tools that she can use immediately.
Which of the psychotherapies below is best suited for Olathe?
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