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NSG 527 exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct
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Existential
Persons responsible for developing - ANSWER in US Rollo May,
Irvin Yalom; in UK Emmy van Deurzen-Smith; Victor Frankl
Focus of Existential therapy - ANSWER therapists focus on
patient's subjective experience; exploring themes such as
mortality, meaning, freedom, responsibility, anxiety, and
aloneness as these relate to a person's current struggle.
Goal of existential therapy: - ANSWER assist clients in their
exploration of the existential "givens of life", how these are
sometimes ignored or denied, and how addressing them can
ultimately lead to a deeper, more reflective and meaningful
existence. To expand self-awareness, to increase choice
potentials, to help clients accept responsibility for choosing,
and to help the client experience authentic existence.
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Functions of therapist Existential: - ANSWER "fellow traveler"
"we are all in this together" someone just like us who has no
judgment or opinion about our existence
Core tenets of therapy existential : - ANSWER Central issue is
freedom and responsibility. The I-Am experience, normal and
neurotic anxiety, guilt and guilt feelings, the three forms of
world, significance of time, our human capacity to transcend
the immediate situation.
Existential therapy rests on six key propositions - ANSWER 1)
We have the capacity for self-awareness. (2) Because we are
basically free beings, we must accept the responsibility that
accompanies our freedom. (3) We have a concern to preserve
our uniqueness and identity; we come to know ourselves in
relation to knowing and interacting with others. (4) The
significance of our existence and the meaning of our life are
never fixed once and for all; instead, we re-create ourselves
through our projects. (5) Anxiety is part of the human
condition. (6) Death is also a basic human condition, and
awareness of it gives significance to living.
Terms related to process existential - ANSWER umwelt (natural
world), mitwelt (public world), eigenwelt (private world),
uberwelt (ideal world); logotherapy- Frankl, teaches that
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meaning in life cannot be dictated but can only be discovered
by searching in our own existential situation
persons responsible for the development Gestalt therapy: -
ANSWER Frederick Perls and Laura Perls
types of theory Gestalt therapy - ANSWER highlights more the
process (what is taking place) and not the content (what is said
about it). The stress is on what is happening, considered and
felt right now rather than on what took place, might, could or
should happen.
focus of therapy Gestalt? - ANSWER Self-delusion is the reason
for inauthenticity: living not based on the real facts about
oneself in the world brings to feelings of fear, guilt and concern.
Gestalt therapy gives the patient authenticity and meaningful
responsibility. Becoming aware, the person can choose and
arrange his existence with a meaningful approach.
functions of the Gestalt Therapist? - ANSWER The Gestalt
therapist is occupied with involving the client into dialogue
rather than by means of manipulation aimed to reach certain
therapeutic goal. The signs of this contact are simple caring,
warm attitude, approval and self-responsibility. As therapists
NSG 527 exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
Existential
Persons responsible for developing - ANSWER in US Rollo May,
Irvin Yalom; in UK Emmy van Deurzen-Smith; Victor Frankl
Focus of Existential therapy - ANSWER therapists focus on
patient's subjective experience; exploring themes such as
mortality, meaning, freedom, responsibility, anxiety, and
aloneness as these relate to a person's current struggle.
Goal of existential therapy: - ANSWER assist clients in their
exploration of the existential "givens of life", how these are
sometimes ignored or denied, and how addressing them can
ultimately lead to a deeper, more reflective and meaningful
existence. To expand self-awareness, to increase choice
potentials, to help clients accept responsibility for choosing,
and to help the client experience authentic existence.
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Functions of therapist Existential: - ANSWER "fellow traveler"
"we are all in this together" someone just like us who has no
judgment or opinion about our existence
Core tenets of therapy existential : - ANSWER Central issue is
freedom and responsibility. The I-Am experience, normal and
neurotic anxiety, guilt and guilt feelings, the three forms of
world, significance of time, our human capacity to transcend
the immediate situation.
Existential therapy rests on six key propositions - ANSWER 1)
We have the capacity for self-awareness. (2) Because we are
basically free beings, we must accept the responsibility that
accompanies our freedom. (3) We have a concern to preserve
our uniqueness and identity; we come to know ourselves in
relation to knowing and interacting with others. (4) The
significance of our existence and the meaning of our life are
never fixed once and for all; instead, we re-create ourselves
through our projects. (5) Anxiety is part of the human
condition. (6) Death is also a basic human condition, and
awareness of it gives significance to living.
Terms related to process existential - ANSWER umwelt (natural
world), mitwelt (public world), eigenwelt (private world),
uberwelt (ideal world); logotherapy- Frankl, teaches that
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meaning in life cannot be dictated but can only be discovered
by searching in our own existential situation
persons responsible for the development Gestalt therapy: -
ANSWER Frederick Perls and Laura Perls
types of theory Gestalt therapy - ANSWER highlights more the
process (what is taking place) and not the content (what is said
about it). The stress is on what is happening, considered and
felt right now rather than on what took place, might, could or
should happen.
focus of therapy Gestalt? - ANSWER Self-delusion is the reason
for inauthenticity: living not based on the real facts about
oneself in the world brings to feelings of fear, guilt and concern.
Gestalt therapy gives the patient authenticity and meaningful
responsibility. Becoming aware, the person can choose and
arrange his existence with a meaningful approach.
functions of the Gestalt Therapist? - ANSWER The Gestalt
therapist is occupied with involving the client into dialogue
rather than by means of manipulation aimed to reach certain
therapeutic goal. The signs of this contact are simple caring,
warm attitude, approval and self-responsibility. As therapists
