NSG 527 Midterm Exam Review – 150+ Q&As on Existential, Gestalt, DDP, RCT, MI & Stages of Change 2026/2027 (THE ULTIMATE GUIDE)

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NSG 527 / NSG 527 MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW
150+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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what are yalom's four givens of existence? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>1. death
2. meaninglessness
3. isolation
4. freedom

according to existential therapy - what are the 3 modes of the
world (being in the world concept) - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>Eigenwelt - own world (private world)
Mitwelt - with world (public world)
Unwelt - world around (natural world)

+ uberwelt - ideal world

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in existential therapy - what is eigenwelt - CORRECT ANSWER
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>>>own world (private world) c6 c6 c6




in existential therapy - what is mitwelt - CORRECT ANSWER
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>>>with world (public world) c6 c6 c6




in existential therapy - what is unwelt - CORRECT ANSWER
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>>>world around (natural world) c6 c6 c6




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is viewed as part of the human condition, and c6 c6 c6 c6 c6 c6 c6 c6




arises from our personal need to survive, to preserve our being
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and to assert our being - it can be neurotic or normal -
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CORRECT ANSWER >>>Anxiety
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Who founded Gesalt therapy? (2 people) - CORRECT ANSWER
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>>>Frederick Perls (Fritz) and Laura Perls c6 c6 c6 c6 c6




c6 what therapy?: c6




basic goal - move from environmental support to self support
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through awareness and self-determination
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goal is to have the patient gain more awareness and eventually
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be able to support themselves for regulation instead of
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relying on the environment
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Focus is on what and how of behavior
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focus is on the here and now - now is the current awareness of
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the client - now is applied to the present moment, not past
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happenings - CORRECT ANSWER >>>gesalt therapy
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a part of Gesalt therapy :
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- a challenge when trying to connect feelings, c6 c6 c6 c6 c6 c6 c6




experience a sense of being paralyzed
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***it is important to work past this and have patients
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experience their feelings - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Impasse
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While working through Impasse in gesalt therapy -
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can the therapist use past experiences to reflect an share with
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the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>YES -
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therapist should reflect on their own experiences and share
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with the patient
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What are the 3 techniques of Gesalt therapy? - CORRECT
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ANSWER >>>1. topdog vs. underdog
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2. empty chair - patient talks to the chair as if the person
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they have unfinished business with is sitting in it
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3. fantasy games c6




in gestalt therapy - this technique is called what?
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patient talks to the chair as if the person they have unfinished
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business with is sitting in it - CORRECT ANSWER >>>empty chair
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who founded Dyadic Developmental psychotherapy - CORRECT
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ANSWER >>>Daniel Hughes
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this form of therapy:
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teaches parents about attachment facilitating parenting
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methods and the importance of attunement and responsive,
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sensitive parenting in essential.
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-family focused c6




-focuses on safety and security in Malow's hierarchy of needs -
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CORRECT ANSWER >>>dyadic developmental pscyhotherapy
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in dyadic developmental psychotherapy :
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T or F, the therapist should not maintain emotional attunement
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with the child - CORRECT ANSWER >>>false
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the therapist SHOULD maintain emotional attunement with the
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child
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in dydadic developmental psychotherapy, what does PACE
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stand for?
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***these are ways caregivers can respond to a child that helps
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them feel safe and loved; helps with self regulation -
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CORRECT ANSWER >>>P= PLAY
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A = ACCEPTING
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C= CURIOUS
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