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NURS 665 Exam 1 Spring 2025/2026 – 300+ Verified Q&A on Group Therapy, Leadership Skills, Person-Centered Therapy, Psychodrama & Ethical Practices

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This NURS 665 Exam 1 Spring 2025/2026 study resource contains over 300 fully verified and 100% correct questions with detailed answers, offering a complete review of advanced group counseling and psychotherapy concepts. It covers the purpose, applications, and benefits of group therapy in clinical, educational, and community settings, including leader roles, characteristics, and essential skills such as active listening, clarifying, confronting, modeling, and feedback. Students will gain deep understanding of group types (psychoeducational, task facilitation, encounter, self-exploration, brief group therapy) and their goals, benefits, and potential psychological risks, along with strategies to minimize these risks. The guide explores Person-Centered Therapy in depth, including Carl Rogers’ six factors for growth, therapist attitudes, unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence. It also details psychodrama techniques, roles, and applications, as well as culturally competent practice, spiritual considerations, and research evidence supporting group work. Ethical and legal principles—such as confidentiality, informed consent, boundaries, and risk management—are addressed comprehensively. Special emphasis is placed on leadership qualities like presence, courage, personal power, authenticity, and commitment to self-care, as well as multicultural frameworks and professional training standards. This resource is ideal for students in Psychiatric Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Counseling Psychology, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. It is also valuable for nurse practitioners, group therapists, school counselors, and behavioral health professionals preparing for board exams, licensure assessments, or advanced clinical practice. The Q&A format ensures efficient revision, high retention, and application-ready knowledge for both academic success and professional excellence. Keywords: group therapy, group leader skills, person-centered therapy, psychodrama, ethical practices, confidentiality, informed consent, therapeutic communication, multicultural counseling, psychoeducational groups, encounter groups, self-exploration groups, active listening, confrontation, empathy, unconditional positive regard, leadership in counseling, group dynamics, cultural competence, counseling ethics

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NURS 665 Exam 1 Spring 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Corresponding
Answers with Surety of 100% Pass Mark



Purpose of Group Therapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prevention, education, therapeutic


Purpose of Group Therapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Make fundamental changes in

thinking, feeling, behaving


Purpose of Group Therapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Educational: help members learn

specific coping skills


Purpose of Group Therapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔In School Settings: enhance personal

and social development, study skills, how to interact with peers, setting goals


Group Leaders Role (Purpose) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Modeling effective behavior,

promoting, growth in individuals lives, inspiring group members

,Presence (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔being emotionally

present for others

recognize and give expression to their own emotion


Personal Power (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔self-confidence

and awareness of influence on others.

They don't force themselves on others, create client-colleagues in group

Can't give to others what they don't have to give


Courage (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Taking risks, admitting

mistakes, being vulnerable, challenging members respectfully, acting on intuition,

discussion feelings, don't hide behind the role as a counselor

Willingness to change oneself (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔willingness to question oneself


Sincerity and Authenticity (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Interest in the well being of clients


Clear sense of their own identity (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔know what you value and live by those standards

,Believe in group process and enthusiasm (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔Can be contagious, without this belief there can be stagnation


Stamina (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aware of their own

energy level and have sources other than the group for psychological nourishment

Avoid unrealistically high expectations


Commitment to Self-Care (Group Leader Characteristic) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ethical

mandate, commit to develop effective self-care strategies


Application and Benefits of Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cost effective, more

affordable option for the uninsured


Application and Benefits of Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔As effective as individual

therapy


Application and Benefits of Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Practice new skills

inside/outside of the group, get feedback/insight of peers/group leader


Application and Benefits of Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Modeling-learn to cope by

observing others with similar problems


Application and Benefits of Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Therapists benefit by seeing

more patients at once

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, Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Disruption in their

lives. Problems with spouses and others who do not like the change in the person

the group member have become


Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Group member

may become scapegoat and ganged up on


Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Confrontation can

be used to attack group members. Intrusive interventions, overly confrontive leader

tactics, and pushing members beyond their limit can be detrimental.


Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Confrontation

should concern behaviors and not group members


Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Members who

have been a victim of social injustices may be victimized by their experience in the

group


Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Can minimize risks

by using a contract where leader specifies responsibilities and members specify

what they want to do in the group

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