NSG 527 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
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VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Existential therapy
Focus?
Answer: - Universal features of the human condition and the acceptance
of pain as an important part of the search for inner peace and happiness.
- Anxiety is viewed as part of the human condition
- Anxiety arises from our personal need to survive, to preserve our
being, and to assert our being can be neurotic or normal.
◉ Existential therapy
Goal?
Answer: -embracing the true nature of human existence to overcome
anxiety and find the meaning in life
-Believing you are capable of making choices about who you want to be.
- patient to express an increase in his or her private world by making
choices in order to confront and overcome feelings of meaningless and
isolation.
◉ Existential therapy
Philosophy
Answer: You can make changes to be the person that you want to be.
,- Based on the philosophical concern with what it means to be fully
human.
- Based on a personal relationship between client and therapist
- Stresses personal freedom in deciding one's fate
-Places value on self-awareness
◉ Existential therapy
Yalom's four givens of existence
Answer: 1. Death: Death anxiety influences human behavior
subconsciously.
2. freedom: responsible for one's life or destiny.
3. existential isolation: conformity to society's norms in order to not be
isolated from the masses.
4. Meaning of life: finding one's purpose (self-actualization)
◉ Existential therapy
Function of the therapist?
Answer: Understand client's subjective world
◉ Existential therapy
Individuals world view
Answer: 1. Eigenwelt: own world (self identity, thoughts)
2. Mitwelt: with public world (interaction with society)
3. Unwelt: natural world around (how we relate to environment)
, 4. Uberwelt: ideal world (based on beliefs and values)
◉ Existential therapy
Techniques
Answer: - focusing on freedom and responsibility
- confronting negative thoughts and fears
- encouraging the embrace of life with hope, despite anxiety
- it does not focus on past, but past are used as tools to promote self-
awareness and assertiveness
- the use empathetic approach to foster personal responsibility for
choices
◉ Existential therapy
Applications
Answer: Can be used for substance abuse, depression, anxiety, PTSD.
◉ Gestalt therapy
Founder
Answer: Fredrick Perls and Laura Perls
◉ Gestalt therapy
Perls Belief
Answer: Perls believed that one of the reasons patients develop mental
health symptoms was because they weren't aware of their sense or
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
COMPLETE EXAM PREP WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Existential therapy
Focus?
Answer: - Universal features of the human condition and the acceptance
of pain as an important part of the search for inner peace and happiness.
- Anxiety is viewed as part of the human condition
- Anxiety arises from our personal need to survive, to preserve our
being, and to assert our being can be neurotic or normal.
◉ Existential therapy
Goal?
Answer: -embracing the true nature of human existence to overcome
anxiety and find the meaning in life
-Believing you are capable of making choices about who you want to be.
- patient to express an increase in his or her private world by making
choices in order to confront and overcome feelings of meaningless and
isolation.
◉ Existential therapy
Philosophy
Answer: You can make changes to be the person that you want to be.
,- Based on the philosophical concern with what it means to be fully
human.
- Based on a personal relationship between client and therapist
- Stresses personal freedom in deciding one's fate
-Places value on self-awareness
◉ Existential therapy
Yalom's four givens of existence
Answer: 1. Death: Death anxiety influences human behavior
subconsciously.
2. freedom: responsible for one's life or destiny.
3. existential isolation: conformity to society's norms in order to not be
isolated from the masses.
4. Meaning of life: finding one's purpose (self-actualization)
◉ Existential therapy
Function of the therapist?
Answer: Understand client's subjective world
◉ Existential therapy
Individuals world view
Answer: 1. Eigenwelt: own world (self identity, thoughts)
2. Mitwelt: with public world (interaction with society)
3. Unwelt: natural world around (how we relate to environment)
, 4. Uberwelt: ideal world (based on beliefs and values)
◉ Existential therapy
Techniques
Answer: - focusing on freedom and responsibility
- confronting negative thoughts and fears
- encouraging the embrace of life with hope, despite anxiety
- it does not focus on past, but past are used as tools to promote self-
awareness and assertiveness
- the use empathetic approach to foster personal responsibility for
choices
◉ Existential therapy
Applications
Answer: Can be used for substance abuse, depression, anxiety, PTSD.
◉ Gestalt therapy
Founder
Answer: Fredrick Perls and Laura Perls
◉ Gestalt therapy
Perls Belief
Answer: Perls believed that one of the reasons patients develop mental
health symptoms was because they weren't aware of their sense or
