NSG 527 / NSG527
MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST
VERSION LATEST STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 GRADED A+ .
,1. who founded existential therapy? (2 people) ☑correct answer Rollo May Irvin
Yalom
2. a therapy that is based on the philosophical concern with that it means to be fully human.
***you can make changes to the person you want to be based on personal relationship
between patient and therapist stresses personal freedom in one's fate
places value on self awareness ☑correct answer Existential therapy
3. what are yalom's four givens of existence? ☑correct answer 1. death
2. meaninglessness
3. isolation
4. freedom
4. according to existential therapy - what are the 3 modes of the world (being in the world concept) ☑correct answer
Eigenwelt - own world (private world)
Mitwelt - with world (public world) Unwelt - world around
(natural world)
+ uberwelt - ideal world
5. in existential therapy - what is eigenwelt ☑correct answer own world (private world)
6. in existential therapy - what is mitwelt ☑correct answer with world (public world)
7. in existential therapy - what is unwelt ☑correct answer world around (natural world)
8. according to existential therapy ☑correct answer
is viewed as part of the human condition, and arises from our personal need to survive, to preserve our
being and to assert our being - it can be neurotic or normal ☑correct answer Anxiety
9. Who founded Gesalt therapy? (2 people) ☑correct answer Frederick Perls (Fritz) and Laura Perls
10. what therapy? ☑correct answer
basic goal - move from environmental support to self support through aware-
,ness and self-determination
goal is to have the patient gain more awareness and eventually be able to support themselves for regulation instead
of relying on the environment
Focus is on what and how of behavior
focus is on the here and now - now is the current awareness of the client - now is applied to the present moment, not
past happenings ☑correct answer gesalt therapy
11. a part of Gesalt therapy ☑correct answer
- a challenge when trying to connect feelings, experience a sense of being paralyzed
***it is important to work past this and have patients experience their feelings-
☑correct answer Impasse
12. While working through Impasse in gesalt therapy -
can the therapist use past experiences to reflect an share with the patient? ☑correct answer YES
-
therapist should reflect on their own experiences and share with the patient
13. What are the 3 techniques of Gesalt therapy? ☑correct answer 1. topdog vs. underdog
2. empty chair - patient talks to the chair as if the person they have unfinished business with is sitting in it
3. fantasy games
14. in gestalt therapy - this technique is called what?
patient talks to the chair as if the person they have unfinished business with is sitting in it ☑correct answer empty chair
15. who founded Dyadic Developmental psychotherapy ☑correct answer Daniel Hughes
16. this form of therapy ☑correct answer
teaches parents about attachment facilitating parenting methods and the im- portance of attunement and responsive,
, sensitive parenting in essential.
-family focused
-focuses on safety and security in Malow's hierarchy of needs ☑correct answer dyadic developmental pscyhotherapy
17. in dyadic developmental psychotherapy ☑correct answer
T or F, the therapist should not maintain emotional attunement with the child-
☑correct answer false
the therapist SHOULD maintain emotional attunement with the child
18. in dydadic developmental psychotherapy, what does PACE stand for?
***these are ways caregivers can respond to a child that helps them feel safe and loved; helps with self regulation ☑
correct answer P= PLAY
A = ACCEPTING C=
CURIOUS
E = EMPATHY
19. who founded relational-cultural therapy (RCT) ☑correct answer Jean Baker Miller
20. What is the core tenet of Relational-Cultural Therapy?
- assumes that we all have a natural drive toward relationships, and in these relationships we
long for acceptance. however, we come to believe that there are things about us that are unacceptable or unlovable ☑
correct answer Central relational paradox
21. basis of what therapy?
--relationships are both the indicators for, and the healing mechanism in psy- chotherapy toward, mental health and
wellness.
-goal ☑correct answer create and maintain mutually growth fostering relationships ☑correct answer relational-cul- tural
therapy
22. who founded transtheoretical model of behavior change (TTM) - 2 people ☑correct answer -
Prochaska &
Valicer
23. who founded motivational interviewing ☑correct answer William Miller
MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST
VERSION LATEST STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 GRADED A+ .
,1. who founded existential therapy? (2 people) ☑correct answer Rollo May Irvin
Yalom
2. a therapy that is based on the philosophical concern with that it means to be fully human.
***you can make changes to the person you want to be based on personal relationship
between patient and therapist stresses personal freedom in one's fate
places value on self awareness ☑correct answer Existential therapy
3. what are yalom's four givens of existence? ☑correct answer 1. death
2. meaninglessness
3. isolation
4. freedom
4. according to existential therapy - what are the 3 modes of the world (being in the world concept) ☑correct answer
Eigenwelt - own world (private world)
Mitwelt - with world (public world) Unwelt - world around
(natural world)
+ uberwelt - ideal world
5. in existential therapy - what is eigenwelt ☑correct answer own world (private world)
6. in existential therapy - what is mitwelt ☑correct answer with world (public world)
7. in existential therapy - what is unwelt ☑correct answer world around (natural world)
8. according to existential therapy ☑correct answer
is viewed as part of the human condition, and arises from our personal need to survive, to preserve our
being and to assert our being - it can be neurotic or normal ☑correct answer Anxiety
9. Who founded Gesalt therapy? (2 people) ☑correct answer Frederick Perls (Fritz) and Laura Perls
10. what therapy? ☑correct answer
basic goal - move from environmental support to self support through aware-
,ness and self-determination
goal is to have the patient gain more awareness and eventually be able to support themselves for regulation instead
of relying on the environment
Focus is on what and how of behavior
focus is on the here and now - now is the current awareness of the client - now is applied to the present moment, not
past happenings ☑correct answer gesalt therapy
11. a part of Gesalt therapy ☑correct answer
- a challenge when trying to connect feelings, experience a sense of being paralyzed
***it is important to work past this and have patients experience their feelings-
☑correct answer Impasse
12. While working through Impasse in gesalt therapy -
can the therapist use past experiences to reflect an share with the patient? ☑correct answer YES
-
therapist should reflect on their own experiences and share with the patient
13. What are the 3 techniques of Gesalt therapy? ☑correct answer 1. topdog vs. underdog
2. empty chair - patient talks to the chair as if the person they have unfinished business with is sitting in it
3. fantasy games
14. in gestalt therapy - this technique is called what?
patient talks to the chair as if the person they have unfinished business with is sitting in it ☑correct answer empty chair
15. who founded Dyadic Developmental psychotherapy ☑correct answer Daniel Hughes
16. this form of therapy ☑correct answer
teaches parents about attachment facilitating parenting methods and the im- portance of attunement and responsive,
, sensitive parenting in essential.
-family focused
-focuses on safety and security in Malow's hierarchy of needs ☑correct answer dyadic developmental pscyhotherapy
17. in dyadic developmental psychotherapy ☑correct answer
T or F, the therapist should not maintain emotional attunement with the child-
☑correct answer false
the therapist SHOULD maintain emotional attunement with the child
18. in dydadic developmental psychotherapy, what does PACE stand for?
***these are ways caregivers can respond to a child that helps them feel safe and loved; helps with self regulation ☑
correct answer P= PLAY
A = ACCEPTING C=
CURIOUS
E = EMPATHY
19. who founded relational-cultural therapy (RCT) ☑correct answer Jean Baker Miller
20. What is the core tenet of Relational-Cultural Therapy?
- assumes that we all have a natural drive toward relationships, and in these relationships we
long for acceptance. however, we come to believe that there are things about us that are unacceptable or unlovable ☑
correct answer Central relational paradox
21. basis of what therapy?
--relationships are both the indicators for, and the healing mechanism in psy- chotherapy toward, mental health and
wellness.
-goal ☑correct answer create and maintain mutually growth fostering relationships ☑correct answer relational-cul- tural
therapy
22. who founded transtheoretical model of behavior change (TTM) - 2 people ☑correct answer -
Prochaska &
Valicer
23. who founded motivational interviewing ☑correct answer William Miller
