NSG 527 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers | Latest 2023/2024 | Graded 100%

NSG 527 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers | Latest 2023/2024 | Graded 100%. Key themes and principles of existential therapy æ Choice- free to choose æ Freedom- free to shape their destiny æ Responsibility- responsible for their own actions or inactions æ Awareness- through self-awareness, people can choose their actions and create their own destiny æ Aloneness- part of the human condition that people enter and depart the world alone æ Meaning- part of the human condition is the struggle for a sense of meaning æ Anxiety- is a condition of living and is inevitable æ Death- the fear of death must be faced before one can truly live 3. Founders of existential therapy æ Leading figures include Frankl, May and Yalom 4. 1 / 19 The existential therapist and the subjective world The function of the existential therapist is to understand the client's subjective world 5. Anxiety in existential therapy The goals of existential psychotherapy center on the given themes of existence and help people face the anxieties of life, freely choose their life direction, take responsibility for their choices, and create a meaningful existence. 6. Guilt in existential therapy æ Existential psychotherapy is centered in resolving life's existential themes. æ Dysfunction occurs when existential themes are unresolved, and people live a meaningless life. 7. The "Givens" of existence (Yalom) æ Freedom and Responsibility æ Isolation æ Meaninglessness æ Death 8. The three forms of the world- "being in the world" (Dimensions of the World Views) - Existential therapy æ Umwelt - the biological world, environment æ Mitwelt - literally means "with world" is the relationship with others in society and culture æ Eigenwelt - "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping of what something in the world personally means to the individual æ Überwelt - A person's connection to abstract and ab2 / 19 solute aspects of living - the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence 9. Umwelt the biological world, environment 10. Mitwelt literally means "with world" is the relationship with others in society and culture 11. Eigenwelt "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping of what something in the world personally means to the individual 12. Überwelt A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects of living - the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence 13. Existential approach and philosophy æ Explores the here and now without looking into the past and emphasizes a person's responsibility for their own existence. æ The approach is experiential/relational and based on the philosophical concern with what it means to be fully human. æ Emphasis is based on understanding the human experience and focuses on the client rather than the symptom. 14. Gestalt Therapy 3 / 19 Gestalt, a German word meaning organized whole, recognizes the unity of humans as integrated wholes, not divided into parts, taken out of context, or generalized 15. Key themes and principles of gestalt therapy æ The more we work at becoming who or what we are not, the more we remain the same æ Authentic change occurs more from being who we are, rather than trying to be who we are not (ex.- focusing on your inherent strengths, instead of working on weaknesses) æ Be here, be now 16. Founder of gestalt therapy æ Founded by Fritz Perls 17. Awareness in Gestalt æ The initial goal is for clients to expand their awareness of what they are experiencing in the present moment æ Increased awareness is considered curative and by becoming aware, clients can be integrated, or whole 18. "Here and Now" (Gestalt) æ The focus of Gestalt is NOT on the why of behavior, but rather on the what and how of behavior & the here and now æ Gestalt therapists are sensitive to how the here and now includes residues from 4 / 19 the past, such as body posture, habits, and beliefs 19. Impasse (Gestalt) that point where we don't progress in our self-support maturity but need to continue the manipulation of their environment (including people) to survive. This manipulation may include playing helpless, crazy, angry, whatever it takes to get the other support they feel they need. 20. Dialogue (Gestalt) æ Inclusion, presence, commitment to dialogue, no exploitation, dialogue is lived 21. Goals of Gestalt The goal is awareness and restoring his/her natural state of self-regulation. The goal is not an intellectual understanding or the "why's" of one's problems, rather Gestalt focuses on the following: æ Acceptance of personal responsibility and assuming ownership of experiences, including accepting the consequences of one's actions æ Move towards an increased awareness of themselves and the present moment æ Moving on from environmental support to self-support æ Dealing with the impasse 22. Empty chair (Gestalt) æ Empty chair dialogue, dreamwork, fantasy games, 5 / 19 top dog/under-dog techniques 23. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy involves the child and parents working together with the therapist. The child gains relationship experience which helps her/him to grow and heal emotionally. Family members develop healthy patterns of relating and communicating. 24. Key themes and principles (Dyadic) DDP suggests that early trauma significantly disrupts normal developing attachment and creates a distorted perception of self, others, and caregivers 25. Founder (Dyadic) Daniel Hughes 26. Maslow's hierarchy (Dyadic) æ Focuses on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 27. Erikson's stages of development (Dyadic) æ Need-> Arousal/ Expression/Apathy -> No Response -> Anger -> Discomfort/Fear/Anxiety, Lack of Trust in others & lack of empathy 28. PACE (Dyadic) æ Playfulness æ Acceptance æ Curiosity æ Empathy 29. Relational-Cultural Therapy RCT was created in the late 1970s by a collabora6 / 19 tive group of four women clinicians (Jean Baker Miller, Irene Stiver, Janet Surrey and Judith Jordan). Foundational to the model was the work of Jean Baker Miller who wrote her best-selling book Toward a New Psychology of Women in 1976 30. Key themes and principles (Relational-Cultural Therapy) RCT assumes that we grow through and toward relationships throughout our lives and that growth-fostering relationships are the source of meaning and empowerment. 31. Founder (Relational-Cultural Therapy) Jean Baker Miller, Irene Stiver, Janet Surrey and Judith Jordan