VARCAROLIS FOUNDATIONS QUESTION SET
WITH RATIONALES AND PSYCHIATRIC
NURSING PRINCIPLES AND ETHICAL CARE
REVIEW 2026
◉ Psychodynamic Therapy.
Answer: Is theoretically related to psychoanalytic therapy and views
the mind in essentially the same way. It tends to be shorter, about 10
t 12 sessions. The therapist takes a more active role because the
therapeutic relationship is part of the healing process.
◉ Transference.
Answer: Occurs as the patient projects intense feelings onto the
therapist related to unfinished work from previous relationships.
Ex. When a patient acts more immature when in the presence of a
therapist who reminds the patient of his or her mother.
◉ Countertransference.
Answer: Must be scrutinized in order to prevent damage to the
therapeutic relationship.
◉ Interpersonal therapy (IPT).
, Answer: hands-on system in which therapists actively guide and
challenge maladaptive behaviors and distorted views
◉ systematic desensitization.
Answer: A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant
relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.
◉ Aversion Therapy.
Answer: Based on both classical and operant conditioning. It is used
to eradicate unwanted habits by associating unpleasant
consequences with them.
◉ Biofeedback.
Answer: Techniques in which individuals learn to control
physiological responses such as breathing rates, heart rates, blood
pressure, brain waves, and skin temperature.
◉ Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
Answer: a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive
therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy
(changing behavior)
◉ Schemata.
WITH RATIONALES AND PSYCHIATRIC
NURSING PRINCIPLES AND ETHICAL CARE
REVIEW 2026
◉ Psychodynamic Therapy.
Answer: Is theoretically related to psychoanalytic therapy and views
the mind in essentially the same way. It tends to be shorter, about 10
t 12 sessions. The therapist takes a more active role because the
therapeutic relationship is part of the healing process.
◉ Transference.
Answer: Occurs as the patient projects intense feelings onto the
therapist related to unfinished work from previous relationships.
Ex. When a patient acts more immature when in the presence of a
therapist who reminds the patient of his or her mother.
◉ Countertransference.
Answer: Must be scrutinized in order to prevent damage to the
therapeutic relationship.
◉ Interpersonal therapy (IPT).
, Answer: hands-on system in which therapists actively guide and
challenge maladaptive behaviors and distorted views
◉ systematic desensitization.
Answer: A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant
relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.
◉ Aversion Therapy.
Answer: Based on both classical and operant conditioning. It is used
to eradicate unwanted habits by associating unpleasant
consequences with them.
◉ Biofeedback.
Answer: Techniques in which individuals learn to control
physiological responses such as breathing rates, heart rates, blood
pressure, brain waves, and skin temperature.
◉ Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
Answer: a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive
therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy
(changing behavior)
◉ Schemata.
