NR668 WEEK 3 EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Answer: -Outstanding
evidence for Borderline Personality Disorder, decreased parasuicidal
behavior.
• Group Skills training
• Individual Therapy
• Telephone Consultation
• Consultation Team
◉ Emotion Focused therapy (EFT). Answer: -Memory consolidation
• The more intense an emotion, the more the experience will form a
lasting memory
-Memory Reconsolidation
• the memory can be changed or altered with psychotherapy,
including EFT.
-Gestalt style experiments evoking problematic feelings
• then divided into common buckets (called markers) which have
specific solutions/interventions
-GOAL: EFT can reduce guilt, anger or so called secondary emotions
by accessing the information emotions deliver, reprocess it & move
forward
,◉ Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
(EMDR). Answer: -Processing traumatic events
• Solid evidence for PTSD
-8 - Phase protocol
-Connects right-left brain processing
◉ Existential Psychotherapy. Answer: -Not concerned with the past
-emphasize the present & future
• BE HERE & NOW principle of presence
-In depth questions: How are you keeping yourself stuck?
-Embrace angst & anxiety, take responsibility for choices
-Goal: creating a meaningful life
◉ Gestalt Psychotherapy. Answer: -Integrated whole person
-Goal: restoring self regulation
-I-Thou relationship: Safe environment helps focus on
immediateexperience & feeling understood
-Creative experiments: Therapist aware of clients body reactions:
What are you experiencing right now?
-Empty Chair Dialogues
-Dream work
, ◉ Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Answer: -Looks at how the
client communicates
• attachment & relationships.
-Brief therapy. Therapist helps with problem solving
-Not psychodynamic, Not focusing on object relations. Not focusing
on transference
• Instead, focus on present relationships with others
-Interpersonal disputes, role transitions, grief, interpersonal deficits
-Evidence supports use in depression (unipolar & bipolar), perinatal
depression, SUD, eating disorders & in the medical setting
◉ Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Phases. Answer: -Early Phase
• Therapist identifies the problem.
• Psychoeducation ensues.
• Responsibility of the pt role in recovery discussed.
• An inventory assessment looks at interactions, relationships, &
what the pt desires in relationships
-Middle Phase
• Therapist & pt agree on tx goals, strategies & ways to improve
social skills.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Answer: -Outstanding
evidence for Borderline Personality Disorder, decreased parasuicidal
behavior.
• Group Skills training
• Individual Therapy
• Telephone Consultation
• Consultation Team
◉ Emotion Focused therapy (EFT). Answer: -Memory consolidation
• The more intense an emotion, the more the experience will form a
lasting memory
-Memory Reconsolidation
• the memory can be changed or altered with psychotherapy,
including EFT.
-Gestalt style experiments evoking problematic feelings
• then divided into common buckets (called markers) which have
specific solutions/interventions
-GOAL: EFT can reduce guilt, anger or so called secondary emotions
by accessing the information emotions deliver, reprocess it & move
forward
,◉ Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
(EMDR). Answer: -Processing traumatic events
• Solid evidence for PTSD
-8 - Phase protocol
-Connects right-left brain processing
◉ Existential Psychotherapy. Answer: -Not concerned with the past
-emphasize the present & future
• BE HERE & NOW principle of presence
-In depth questions: How are you keeping yourself stuck?
-Embrace angst & anxiety, take responsibility for choices
-Goal: creating a meaningful life
◉ Gestalt Psychotherapy. Answer: -Integrated whole person
-Goal: restoring self regulation
-I-Thou relationship: Safe environment helps focus on
immediateexperience & feeling understood
-Creative experiments: Therapist aware of clients body reactions:
What are you experiencing right now?
-Empty Chair Dialogues
-Dream work
, ◉ Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Answer: -Looks at how the
client communicates
• attachment & relationships.
-Brief therapy. Therapist helps with problem solving
-Not psychodynamic, Not focusing on object relations. Not focusing
on transference
• Instead, focus on present relationships with others
-Interpersonal disputes, role transitions, grief, interpersonal deficits
-Evidence supports use in depression (unipolar & bipolar), perinatal
depression, SUD, eating disorders & in the medical setting
◉ Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Phases. Answer: -Early Phase
• Therapist identifies the problem.
• Psychoeducation ensues.
• Responsibility of the pt role in recovery discussed.
• An inventory assessment looks at interactions, relationships, &
what the pt desires in relationships
-Middle Phase
• Therapist & pt agree on tx goals, strategies & ways to improve
social skills.
