NR 605 MIDTERM CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TEST 2026 FULL SOLUTION
GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ A psychotherapist holds the client's hand during the client's retelling
of a traumatic event after the client reaches out.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: Not a boundary violation
Rationale: This is not a boundary violation. Touch may be therapeutic in
certain situations.
⩥ A psychotherapist agrees to a blind date with a client's sister.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: May or may not be a boundary violation
,Rationale: This may or may not be a boundary violation depending on
whether the client is a current client. Refer to state-specific guidelines
for information about boundaries with former clients.
⩥ A psychotherapist was in a car accident and needs auto body work
completed. When the psychotherapist arrives at the auto body shop
suggested by the insurance company, she realizes that the shop is
managed by one of her clients. The psychotherapist schedules the
needed repairs.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: May or may not be a boundary violation
Rationale: This may or may not be a boundary violation. Dual
relationships may be problematic; however, if the psychotherapist
resides in a small town and the body shop is the only shop approved by
insurance, it may not be a boundary violation.
⩥ A client has a florist shop in town. The psychotherapist needs to send
an arrangement to a friend and typically orders from another shop when
he remembers that his client owns a shop. He orders the flowers from
the client's shop.
,May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: Boundary violation
Rationale: This is probably a boundary violation. It's helpful to avoid
dual relationships when possible.
⩥ A psychotherapist shares her history of sexual assault with a client
who has had a similar experience.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: May or may not be a boundary violation
Rationale: This may or may not be a boundary violation. Some forms of
psychotherapy may include self-disclosure as part of the therapeutic
alliance.
⩥ Psychodynamic Therapy.
Answer: a form of talk therapy that helps clients to better understand the
thoughts, feelings, and conflicts that contribute to behavior
, -grew out of the 19th-century work and theories of Sigmund Freud
-client's past relationships may be reenacted in the present
⩥ Sigmund Freud.
Answer: considered to be the father of psychoanalytic psychotherapy
-ID'd three levels of awareness:
• preconscious
• conscious
• unconscious
-theory postulates that all actions are based on unconscious sexual or
aggressive drives
-Psychological symptoms result from conflicts between three parts of the
mind:
• id
• ego
• superego
⩥ Id:.
Answer: Primitive
instinctive
unconscious
basic urges
EVALUATION TEST 2026 FULL SOLUTION
GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ A psychotherapist holds the client's hand during the client's retelling
of a traumatic event after the client reaches out.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: Not a boundary violation
Rationale: This is not a boundary violation. Touch may be therapeutic in
certain situations.
⩥ A psychotherapist agrees to a blind date with a client's sister.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: May or may not be a boundary violation
,Rationale: This may or may not be a boundary violation depending on
whether the client is a current client. Refer to state-specific guidelines
for information about boundaries with former clients.
⩥ A psychotherapist was in a car accident and needs auto body work
completed. When the psychotherapist arrives at the auto body shop
suggested by the insurance company, she realizes that the shop is
managed by one of her clients. The psychotherapist schedules the
needed repairs.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: May or may not be a boundary violation
Rationale: This may or may not be a boundary violation. Dual
relationships may be problematic; however, if the psychotherapist
resides in a small town and the body shop is the only shop approved by
insurance, it may not be a boundary violation.
⩥ A client has a florist shop in town. The psychotherapist needs to send
an arrangement to a friend and typically orders from another shop when
he remembers that his client owns a shop. He orders the flowers from
the client's shop.
,May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: Boundary violation
Rationale: This is probably a boundary violation. It's helpful to avoid
dual relationships when possible.
⩥ A psychotherapist shares her history of sexual assault with a client
who has had a similar experience.
May or may not be a boundary violation
Boundary violation
Not a boundary violation.
Answer: May or may not be a boundary violation
Rationale: This may or may not be a boundary violation. Some forms of
psychotherapy may include self-disclosure as part of the therapeutic
alliance.
⩥ Psychodynamic Therapy.
Answer: a form of talk therapy that helps clients to better understand the
thoughts, feelings, and conflicts that contribute to behavior
, -grew out of the 19th-century work and theories of Sigmund Freud
-client's past relationships may be reenacted in the present
⩥ Sigmund Freud.
Answer: considered to be the father of psychoanalytic psychotherapy
-ID'd three levels of awareness:
• preconscious
• conscious
• unconscious
-theory postulates that all actions are based on unconscious sexual or
aggressive drives
-Psychological symptoms result from conflicts between three parts of the
mind:
• id
• ego
• superego
⩥ Id:.
Answer: Primitive
instinctive
unconscious
basic urges
