NU664C STUDY GUIDE FOR MIDTERM
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Therapeutic Communication - ANS Fundamental component of effective therapy involving
techniques to establish rapport, foster trust, and facilitate client expression.
Transference - ANS Client redirects feelings, desires, and expectations from past
relationships onto therapist, revealing unresolved conflicts.
Countertransference - ANS Therapist projects own feelings onto client, aiding in self-
awareness and therapeutic neutrality.
Positive Transference - ANS Client projects positive feelings like admiration onto therapist.
Negative Transference - ANS Client projects negative feelings like anger onto therapist.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - ANS Focuses on changing negative thought patterns
and behaviors through techniques like cognitive restructuring.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - ANS Focuses on managing emotions and improving
relationships through techniques like mindfulness and distress tolerance.
Psychodynamic Therapy - ANS Focuses on uncovering unconscious processes and conflicts
through techniques like free association and dream analysis.
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, Humanistic Therapy - ANS Focuses on personal growth and self-actualization through
techniques like Client-Centered Therapy and Gestalt Therapy.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - ANS Focuses on accepting thoughts and
feelings, committing to value-based actions through techniques like cognitive defusion.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - ANS Combines mindfulness practices with
cognitive therapy to prevent depression relapse through exercises like mindfulness and
cognitive techniques.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - ANS Focuses on processing
traumatic memories using bilateral stimulation techniques.
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) - ANS Focuses on improving relationships and social functioning
through techniques like role transitions and managing grief.
Family Therapy - ANS Focuses on improving family communication and resolving conflicts
through techniques like structural therapy.
Group Therapy - ANS Utilizes group dynamics and support to address individual issues
through techniques like support groups.
Active Listening - ANS Fully concentrating, understanding, responding, and remembering
what the client says.
Empathy - ANS Understanding and sharing the feelings of the client.
Genuineness - ANS Being authentic and honest in the therapeutic relationship.
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Therapeutic Communication - ANS Fundamental component of effective therapy involving
techniques to establish rapport, foster trust, and facilitate client expression.
Transference - ANS Client redirects feelings, desires, and expectations from past
relationships onto therapist, revealing unresolved conflicts.
Countertransference - ANS Therapist projects own feelings onto client, aiding in self-
awareness and therapeutic neutrality.
Positive Transference - ANS Client projects positive feelings like admiration onto therapist.
Negative Transference - ANS Client projects negative feelings like anger onto therapist.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - ANS Focuses on changing negative thought patterns
and behaviors through techniques like cognitive restructuring.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - ANS Focuses on managing emotions and improving
relationships through techniques like mindfulness and distress tolerance.
Psychodynamic Therapy - ANS Focuses on uncovering unconscious processes and conflicts
through techniques like free association and dream analysis.
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, Humanistic Therapy - ANS Focuses on personal growth and self-actualization through
techniques like Client-Centered Therapy and Gestalt Therapy.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - ANS Focuses on accepting thoughts and
feelings, committing to value-based actions through techniques like cognitive defusion.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - ANS Combines mindfulness practices with
cognitive therapy to prevent depression relapse through exercises like mindfulness and
cognitive techniques.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - ANS Focuses on processing
traumatic memories using bilateral stimulation techniques.
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) - ANS Focuses on improving relationships and social functioning
through techniques like role transitions and managing grief.
Family Therapy - ANS Focuses on improving family communication and resolving conflicts
through techniques like structural therapy.
Group Therapy - ANS Utilizes group dynamics and support to address individual issues
through techniques like support groups.
Active Listening - ANS Fully concentrating, understanding, responding, and remembering
what the client says.
Empathy - ANS Understanding and sharing the feelings of the client.
Genuineness - ANS Being authentic and honest in the therapeutic relationship.
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