NSG 527 Midterm Exam Questions and
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Existential therapy
Founder? - Correct answer-Rollo May & Irvin Yalom
Existential therapy
Focus? - Correct answer-- Universal features of the human condition and the
acceptance of pain as an important part of the search for inner peace and happiness.
- Anxiety is viewed as part of the human condition
- Anxiety arises from our personal need to survive, to preserve our being, and to
assert our being can be neurotic or normal.
Existential therapy
Goal? - Correct answer--embracing the true nature of human existence to
overcome anxiety and find the meaning in life
-Believing you are capable of making choices about who you want to be.
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,- patient to express an increase in his or her private world by making choices in
order to confront and overcome feelings of meaningless and isolation.
Existential therapy
Philosophy - Correct answer-You can make changes to be the person that you want
to be.
- Based on the philosophical concern with what it means to be fully human.
- Based on a personal relationship between client and therapist
- Stresses personal freedom in deciding one's fate
-Places value on self-awareness
Existential therapy
Yalom's four givens of existence - Correct answer-1. Death: Death anxiety
influences human behavior subconsciously.
2. freedom: responsible for one's life or destiny.
3. existential isolation: conformity to society's norms in order to not be isolated
from the masses.
4. Meaning of life: finding one's purpose (self-actualization)
Existential therapy
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, Function of the therapist? - Correct answer-Understand client's subjective world
Existential therapy
Individuals world view - Correct answer-1. Eigenwelt: own world (self identity,
thoughts)
2. Mitwelt: with public world (interaction with society)
3. Unwelt: natural world around (how we relate to environment)
4. Uberwelt: ideal world (based on beliefs and values)
Existential therapy
Techniques - Correct answer-- focusing on freedom and responsibility
- confronting negative thoughts and fears
- encouraging the embrace of life with hope, despite anxiety
- it does not focus on past, but past are used as tools to promote self-awareness and
assertiveness
- the use empathetic approach to foster personal responsibility for choices
Existential therapy
Applications - Correct answer-Can be used for substance abuse, depression,
anxiety, PTSD.
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Answers Graded A+
Existential therapy
Founder? - Correct answer-Rollo May & Irvin Yalom
Existential therapy
Focus? - Correct answer-- Universal features of the human condition and the
acceptance of pain as an important part of the search for inner peace and happiness.
- Anxiety is viewed as part of the human condition
- Anxiety arises from our personal need to survive, to preserve our being, and to
assert our being can be neurotic or normal.
Existential therapy
Goal? - Correct answer--embracing the true nature of human existence to
overcome anxiety and find the meaning in life
-Believing you are capable of making choices about who you want to be.
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,- patient to express an increase in his or her private world by making choices in
order to confront and overcome feelings of meaningless and isolation.
Existential therapy
Philosophy - Correct answer-You can make changes to be the person that you want
to be.
- Based on the philosophical concern with what it means to be fully human.
- Based on a personal relationship between client and therapist
- Stresses personal freedom in deciding one's fate
-Places value on self-awareness
Existential therapy
Yalom's four givens of existence - Correct answer-1. Death: Death anxiety
influences human behavior subconsciously.
2. freedom: responsible for one's life or destiny.
3. existential isolation: conformity to society's norms in order to not be isolated
from the masses.
4. Meaning of life: finding one's purpose (self-actualization)
Existential therapy
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, Function of the therapist? - Correct answer-Understand client's subjective world
Existential therapy
Individuals world view - Correct answer-1. Eigenwelt: own world (self identity,
thoughts)
2. Mitwelt: with public world (interaction with society)
3. Unwelt: natural world around (how we relate to environment)
4. Uberwelt: ideal world (based on beliefs and values)
Existential therapy
Techniques - Correct answer-- focusing on freedom and responsibility
- confronting negative thoughts and fears
- encouraging the embrace of life with hope, despite anxiety
- it does not focus on past, but past are used as tools to promote self-awareness and
assertiveness
- the use empathetic approach to foster personal responsibility for choices
Existential therapy
Applications - Correct answer-Can be used for substance abuse, depression,
anxiety, PTSD.
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