NSG527 / NSG 527 Midterm Exam (2026
Update): Psychopathology, Theories, &
Advanced Clinical Modalities | Questions
and Verified Answers | Wilkes
Existential Psychotherapy -CORRECTANSWER "A phenomenological-personal
psychotherapy with the aim of enabling a person to experience his or her life freely at
the spiritual and emotional levels, to arrive at authentic decisions and to come to a
responsible way of dealing with himself or herself and the world around them."
· Key themes and principles of existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Choice- free
to choose
◦ Freedom- free to shape their destiny
◦ Responsibility- responsible for their own actions or inactions
◦ Awareness- through self-awareness, people can choose their actions and create their
own destiny
◦ Aloneness- part of the human condition that people enter and depart the world alone
◦ Meaning- part of the human condition is the struggle for a sense of meaning
◦ Anxiety- is a condition of living and is inevitable
◦ Death- the fear of death must be faced before one can truly live
Founders of existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Leading figures include Frankl,
May and Yalom
,The existential therapist and the subjective world -CORRECTANSWER The function of
the existential therapist is to understand the client's subjective world
Anxiety in existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER 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.
Guilt in existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Existential psychotherapy is centered
in resolving life's existential themes.
◦ Dysfunction occurs when existential themes are unresolved, and people live a
meaningless life.
The "Givens" of existence (Yalom) -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Freedom and Responsibility
◦ Isolation
◦ Meaninglessness
◦ Death
The three forms of the world- "being in the world" (Dimensions of the World Views) -
Existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Umwelt - the biological world, environment
◦ Mitwelt - literally means "with world" is the relationship with others in society and
culture
, ◦ Eigenwelt - "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping of what
something in the world personally means to the individual
◦ Überwelt - A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects of living - the
ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
Umwelt -CORRECTANSWER the biological world, environment
Mitwelt -CORRECTANSWER literally means "with world" is the relationship with others
in society and culture
Eigenwelt -CORRECTANSWER "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is
grasping of what something in the world personally means to the individual
Überwelt -CORRECTANSWER A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects
of living - the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
Existential approach and philosophy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Explores the here and now
without looking into the past and emphasizes a person's responsibility for their own
existence.
◦ The approach is experiential/relational and based on the philosophical concern with
what it means to be fully human.
◦ Emphasis is based on understanding the human experience and focuses on the client
rather than the symptom.
Update): Psychopathology, Theories, &
Advanced Clinical Modalities | Questions
and Verified Answers | Wilkes
Existential Psychotherapy -CORRECTANSWER "A phenomenological-personal
psychotherapy with the aim of enabling a person to experience his or her life freely at
the spiritual and emotional levels, to arrive at authentic decisions and to come to a
responsible way of dealing with himself or herself and the world around them."
· Key themes and principles of existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Choice- free
to choose
◦ Freedom- free to shape their destiny
◦ Responsibility- responsible for their own actions or inactions
◦ Awareness- through self-awareness, people can choose their actions and create their
own destiny
◦ Aloneness- part of the human condition that people enter and depart the world alone
◦ Meaning- part of the human condition is the struggle for a sense of meaning
◦ Anxiety- is a condition of living and is inevitable
◦ Death- the fear of death must be faced before one can truly live
Founders of existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Leading figures include Frankl,
May and Yalom
,The existential therapist and the subjective world -CORRECTANSWER The function of
the existential therapist is to understand the client's subjective world
Anxiety in existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER 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.
Guilt in existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Existential psychotherapy is centered
in resolving life's existential themes.
◦ Dysfunction occurs when existential themes are unresolved, and people live a
meaningless life.
The "Givens" of existence (Yalom) -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Freedom and Responsibility
◦ Isolation
◦ Meaninglessness
◦ Death
The three forms of the world- "being in the world" (Dimensions of the World Views) -
Existential therapy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Umwelt - the biological world, environment
◦ Mitwelt - literally means "with world" is the relationship with others in society and
culture
, ◦ Eigenwelt - "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping of what
something in the world personally means to the individual
◦ Überwelt - A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects of living - the
ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
Umwelt -CORRECTANSWER the biological world, environment
Mitwelt -CORRECTANSWER literally means "with world" is the relationship with others
in society and culture
Eigenwelt -CORRECTANSWER "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is
grasping of what something in the world personally means to the individual
Überwelt -CORRECTANSWER A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects
of living - the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
Existential approach and philosophy -CORRECTANSWER ◦ Explores the here and now
without looking into the past and emphasizes a person's responsibility for their own
existence.
◦ The approach is experiential/relational and based on the philosophical concern with
what it means to be fully human.
◦ Emphasis is based on understanding the human experience and focuses on the client
rather than the symptom.
