STUDY GUIDE FOR NU664C MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Therapeutic Communication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fundamental component of effective
therapy involving techniques to establish rapport, foster trust, and facilitate client expression.
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Client redirects feelings, desires, and expectations from past
relationships onto therapist, revealing unresolved conflicts.
Countertransference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Therapist projects own feelings onto client, aiding in
self-awareness and therapeutic neutrality.
Positive Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Client projects positive feelings like admiration onto
therapist.
Negative Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Client projects negative feelings like anger onto
therapist.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on changing negative thought
patterns and behaviors through techniques like cognitive restructuring.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on managing emotions and
improving relationships through techniques like mindfulness and distress tolerance.
Psychodynamic Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on uncovering unconscious processes
and conflicts through techniques like free association and dream analysis.
Humanistic Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on personal growth and self-actualization
through techniques like Client-Centered Therapy and Gestalt Therapy.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on accepting
thoughts and feelings, committing to value-based actions through techniques like cognitive defusion.
, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Combines mindfulness
practices with cognitive therapy to prevent depression relapse through exercises like mindfulness and
cognitive techniques.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on
processing traumatic memories using bilateral stimulation techniques.
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on improving relationships and social
functioning through techniques like role transitions and managing grief.
Family Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on improving family communication and resolving
conflicts through techniques like structural therapy.
Group Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Utilizes group dynamics and support to address individual
issues through techniques like support groups.
Active Listening - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fully concentrating, understanding, responding, and
remembering what the client says.
Empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Understanding and sharing the feelings of the client.
Genuineness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Being authentic and honest in the therapeutic relationship.
Respect and Unconditional Positive Regard - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Accepting and valuing the
client without judgment.
Clarification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ensuring understanding of the client's statements.
Silence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Using intentional pauses to allow the client to process thoughts
and emotions.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Therapeutic Communication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fundamental component of effective
therapy involving techniques to establish rapport, foster trust, and facilitate client expression.
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Client redirects feelings, desires, and expectations from past
relationships onto therapist, revealing unresolved conflicts.
Countertransference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Therapist projects own feelings onto client, aiding in
self-awareness and therapeutic neutrality.
Positive Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Client projects positive feelings like admiration onto
therapist.
Negative Transference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Client projects negative feelings like anger onto
therapist.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on changing negative thought
patterns and behaviors through techniques like cognitive restructuring.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on managing emotions and
improving relationships through techniques like mindfulness and distress tolerance.
Psychodynamic Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on uncovering unconscious processes
and conflicts through techniques like free association and dream analysis.
Humanistic Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on personal growth and self-actualization
through techniques like Client-Centered Therapy and Gestalt Therapy.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on accepting
thoughts and feelings, committing to value-based actions through techniques like cognitive defusion.
, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Combines mindfulness
practices with cognitive therapy to prevent depression relapse through exercises like mindfulness and
cognitive techniques.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on
processing traumatic memories using bilateral stimulation techniques.
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on improving relationships and social
functioning through techniques like role transitions and managing grief.
Family Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Focuses on improving family communication and resolving
conflicts through techniques like structural therapy.
Group Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Utilizes group dynamics and support to address individual
issues through techniques like support groups.
Active Listening - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fully concentrating, understanding, responding, and
remembering what the client says.
Empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Understanding and sharing the feelings of the client.
Genuineness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Being authentic and honest in the therapeutic relationship.
Respect and Unconditional Positive Regard - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Accepting and valuing the
client without judgment.
Clarification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ensuring understanding of the client's statements.
Silence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Using intentional pauses to allow the client to process thoughts
and emotions.
