NR605 PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH
PRACTICUM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What is supportive therapy best for
Answer: clients who are experiencing emotional distress
◉ the goal of supportive therapy
Answer: problem solving, management of life stressors,
stabilization, resource building, anxiety reduction
◉ who is expressive psychotherapy appropriate for
Answer: clients with unresolved and disorganized attachment styles
◉ goal of supportive therapy
Answer: processing trauma and learning emotional self regulation,
occurring several times per week
◉ who is supportive therapy appropriate for
Answer: personality disorders
, ◉ time elements for brief psychodynamic therapy
Answer: limited to 20-30 sessions
◉ Who is brief psychotherapy best suited for?
Answer: Clients who symptoms have a specific issue at work, in
relationships, in school, or communication
◉ Displacement
Answer: when a person expresses a strong emotion to a "safe"
person rather than the person who caused the emotion
◉ projection
Answer: taking out feelings about one thing on another person
◉ regression
Answer: reverts to early developmental coping mechanisms
◉ rationalization
Answer: defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations
to avoid emotional consequences
PRACTICUM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What is supportive therapy best for
Answer: clients who are experiencing emotional distress
◉ the goal of supportive therapy
Answer: problem solving, management of life stressors,
stabilization, resource building, anxiety reduction
◉ who is expressive psychotherapy appropriate for
Answer: clients with unresolved and disorganized attachment styles
◉ goal of supportive therapy
Answer: processing trauma and learning emotional self regulation,
occurring several times per week
◉ who is supportive therapy appropriate for
Answer: personality disorders
, ◉ time elements for brief psychodynamic therapy
Answer: limited to 20-30 sessions
◉ Who is brief psychotherapy best suited for?
Answer: Clients who symptoms have a specific issue at work, in
relationships, in school, or communication
◉ Displacement
Answer: when a person expresses a strong emotion to a "safe"
person rather than the person who caused the emotion
◉ projection
Answer: taking out feelings about one thing on another person
◉ regression
Answer: reverts to early developmental coping mechanisms
◉ rationalization
Answer: defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations
to avoid emotional consequences