NSG527/NSG 527 midterm exam
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Psychopathology, Theories and
Advanced Clinical Modalities
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Terms in this set (68)
, "A phenomenological-personal
psychotherapy with the aim of
enabling a person to experience
his or her life freely at the spiritual
Existential
and emotional levels, to arrive at
Psychotherapy
authentic decisions and to come to
a responsible way of dealing with
himself or herself and the world
around them."
, ◦ Choice- free to choose
◦ Freedom- free to shape their
destiny
◦ Responsibility- responsible for
their own actions or inactions
◦ Awareness- through self-
awareness, people can choose
their actions and create their own
· Key themes
destiny
and principles
◦ Aloneness- part of the human
of existential
condition that people enter and
therapy
depart the world alone
◦ Meaning- part of the human
condition is the struggle for a
sense of meaning
◦ Anxiety- is a condition of living
and is inevitable
◦ Death- the fear of death must be
faced before one can truly live
Founders of ◦ Leading figures include Frankl,
existential May and Yalom
therapy
, The existential The function of the existential
therapist and therapist is to understand the
the subjective client's subjective world
world
The goals of existential
psychotherapy center on the given
Anxiety in themes of existence and help
existential people face the anxieties of life,
therapy freely choose their life direction,
take responsibility for their choices,
and create a meaningful existence.
◦ Existential psychotherapy is
centered in resolving life's
Guilt in
existential themes.
existential
◦ Dysfunction occurs when
therapy
existential themes are unresolved,
and people live a meaningless life.
◦ Freedom and Responsibility
The "Givens" of
◦ Isolation
existence
◦ Meaninglessness
(Yalom)
◦ Death
(NEW 2025/2026 Update)
Psychopathology, Theories and
Advanced Clinical Modalities
Review|Questions &
Answers|Grade A
Save
Terms in this set (68)
, "A phenomenological-personal
psychotherapy with the aim of
enabling a person to experience
his or her life freely at the spiritual
Existential
and emotional levels, to arrive at
Psychotherapy
authentic decisions and to come to
a responsible way of dealing with
himself or herself and the world
around them."
, ◦ Choice- free to choose
◦ Freedom- free to shape their
destiny
◦ Responsibility- responsible for
their own actions or inactions
◦ Awareness- through self-
awareness, people can choose
their actions and create their own
· Key themes
destiny
and principles
◦ Aloneness- part of the human
of existential
condition that people enter and
therapy
depart the world alone
◦ Meaning- part of the human
condition is the struggle for a
sense of meaning
◦ Anxiety- is a condition of living
and is inevitable
◦ Death- the fear of death must be
faced before one can truly live
Founders of ◦ Leading figures include Frankl,
existential May and Yalom
therapy
, The existential The function of the existential
therapist and therapist is to understand the
the subjective client's subjective world
world
The goals of existential
psychotherapy center on the given
Anxiety in themes of existence and help
existential people face the anxieties of life,
therapy freely choose their life direction,
take responsibility for their choices,
and create a meaningful existence.
◦ Existential psychotherapy is
centered in resolving life's
Guilt in
existential themes.
existential
◦ Dysfunction occurs when
therapy
existential themes are unresolved,
and people live a meaningless life.
◦ Freedom and Responsibility
The "Givens" of
◦ Isolation
existence
◦ Meaninglessness
(Yalom)
◦ Death
