WALDEN UNIVERSITY NRNP 6645/NRNP6645 PSYCHOTHERAPY
PRACTICE EXAM EVALUATION 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Therapeutic alliance - The relationship between therapist and
patient that is essential for effective therapy.
Cognitive triad - A concept in CBT that includes maladaptive
thoughts rooted in irrational assumptions.
Universality - A therapeutic factor where a group member realizes
others share similar feelings of incompetency.
Reality testing - A process in dynamic supportive therapy that
helps patients distinguish between their perceptions and reality.
Psychic determinism - The concept that every thought and
behavior has a cause.
Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy - Focuses on feelings,
defenses, life stresses, and problem-solving.
Direct advice - A strategy in imparting information that can
elucidate interpersonal pathology.
Solution focused therapy - A therapy approach that focuses on
potential solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
Clinical practice guidelines - Recommendations for the use of
psychodynamic therapy for various psychiatric disorders.
Panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy - Recommended
as an initial treatment for Panic Disorder.
First-line treatment - The preferred initial treatment option for a
specific disorder.
, Major Depressive Disorder - A condition for which psychodynamic
therapy is considered a therapeutic treatment option.
Directive approach - Learning to be directive to help the patient
feel better.
Psychotherapeutic process - Letting the psychotherapeutic
process unfold over time.
Main goal of psychotherapy - Helping the patient feel better is the
main goal of psychotherapy.
Therapeutic toolbox - Building a therapeutic toolbox for a variety
of 'fix it' solutions for a variety of problems.
Cultural framework in relationships - This is a culturally consistent
framework where the wife is typically the decision maker in the
family.
Gender inequality awareness - The couple is aware of the gender
inequality in the family and is fine with it.
Resilience and posttraumatic growth - There is a curvilinear
relationship between posttraumatic growth and resilience.
Moderate resilience - Moderate resilience and emotional
intelligence is associated with the most growth.
Mahler's stages of separation-individualization - Borderline
pathology is thought to evolve from problems in Practicing,
Consolidation, Differentiation, and Rapprochement.
Neuroscience and human actions - People do things because of
what happens in their brain.
PRACTICE EXAM EVALUATION 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Therapeutic alliance - The relationship between therapist and
patient that is essential for effective therapy.
Cognitive triad - A concept in CBT that includes maladaptive
thoughts rooted in irrational assumptions.
Universality - A therapeutic factor where a group member realizes
others share similar feelings of incompetency.
Reality testing - A process in dynamic supportive therapy that
helps patients distinguish between their perceptions and reality.
Psychic determinism - The concept that every thought and
behavior has a cause.
Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy - Focuses on feelings,
defenses, life stresses, and problem-solving.
Direct advice - A strategy in imparting information that can
elucidate interpersonal pathology.
Solution focused therapy - A therapy approach that focuses on
potential solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
Clinical practice guidelines - Recommendations for the use of
psychodynamic therapy for various psychiatric disorders.
Panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy - Recommended
as an initial treatment for Panic Disorder.
First-line treatment - The preferred initial treatment option for a
specific disorder.
, Major Depressive Disorder - A condition for which psychodynamic
therapy is considered a therapeutic treatment option.
Directive approach - Learning to be directive to help the patient
feel better.
Psychotherapeutic process - Letting the psychotherapeutic
process unfold over time.
Main goal of psychotherapy - Helping the patient feel better is the
main goal of psychotherapy.
Therapeutic toolbox - Building a therapeutic toolbox for a variety
of 'fix it' solutions for a variety of problems.
Cultural framework in relationships - This is a culturally consistent
framework where the wife is typically the decision maker in the
family.
Gender inequality awareness - The couple is aware of the gender
inequality in the family and is fine with it.
Resilience and posttraumatic growth - There is a curvilinear
relationship between posttraumatic growth and resilience.
Moderate resilience - Moderate resilience and emotional
intelligence is associated with the most growth.
Mahler's stages of separation-individualization - Borderline
pathology is thought to evolve from problems in Practicing,
Consolidation, Differentiation, and Rapprochement.
Neuroscience and human actions - People do things because of
what happens in their brain.
