ANCC IQ Domain 4: Psychotherapy and Related Theories (30 questions with rationales)
The risk of being overly empathetic as a therapist is commonly
characterized by which of the following responses by the client?
a. re-enacted attachment with merger and fusion
b. re-enacted attachment with understanding and change
c. re-enacted attachment with alienation and isolation
d. re-enacted attachment with dependency and acting-out D
The literature on group outcomes has revealed that negative group
outcomes have been associated with which of the following qualities in
group leaders?
a. leaders who initiate discussions of feelings
b. leaders with a timid interpersonal style
c. leaders who are overly confrontational
d. leaders who reveal too much about their personal experience C
When screening potential female clients for an incest survivor's group,
which client would you exclude from selection to the group?
A. 36-year-old divorcee who brings a signed consent form to consult with
her individual therapist.
B. 26-year-oldse her husband is concerned about her lack of interest in sex.
C. 50-year-old third grade teacher who last attended a sexual abuse group
when flashbacks recurred.
, D. 18-year-old college freshman who is talking openly about her incest
experience for the first time. B
When working with a family in therapy, you plan to address differentiation
of self, triangles, and genograms. What family therapy approach will you be
utilizing?
A. Strategic family therapy
B. Emotionally focused family therapy
C. Systemic family therapy
D. Structural family therapy C
In evaluating a 9-year-old girl referred by the school for evaluation of
behavioral problems, which of the following reported behaviors raises the
greatest concern?
A. Difficulty staying on task during school day
B. Incomplete and late homework assignments
C. Seeming to daydream looking out classroom window
D. Chasing boys with provocatively posturing hips on playground D
As a PMHNP using Family Systems theory, you know that families seek
equilibrium in the face of change. This is an example of which concept?
A. Homeostasis
B. Homeogenesis
C. Morphogenesis
D. Morphostasis A
The risk of being overly empathetic as a therapist is commonly
characterized by which of the following responses by the client?
a. re-enacted attachment with merger and fusion
b. re-enacted attachment with understanding and change
c. re-enacted attachment with alienation and isolation
d. re-enacted attachment with dependency and acting-out D
The literature on group outcomes has revealed that negative group
outcomes have been associated with which of the following qualities in
group leaders?
a. leaders who initiate discussions of feelings
b. leaders with a timid interpersonal style
c. leaders who are overly confrontational
d. leaders who reveal too much about their personal experience C
When screening potential female clients for an incest survivor's group,
which client would you exclude from selection to the group?
A. 36-year-old divorcee who brings a signed consent form to consult with
her individual therapist.
B. 26-year-oldse her husband is concerned about her lack of interest in sex.
C. 50-year-old third grade teacher who last attended a sexual abuse group
when flashbacks recurred.
, D. 18-year-old college freshman who is talking openly about her incest
experience for the first time. B
When working with a family in therapy, you plan to address differentiation
of self, triangles, and genograms. What family therapy approach will you be
utilizing?
A. Strategic family therapy
B. Emotionally focused family therapy
C. Systemic family therapy
D. Structural family therapy C
In evaluating a 9-year-old girl referred by the school for evaluation of
behavioral problems, which of the following reported behaviors raises the
greatest concern?
A. Difficulty staying on task during school day
B. Incomplete and late homework assignments
C. Seeming to daydream looking out classroom window
D. Chasing boys with provocatively posturing hips on playground D
As a PMHNP using Family Systems theory, you know that families seek
equilibrium in the face of change. This is an example of which concept?
A. Homeostasis
B. Homeogenesis
C. Morphogenesis
D. Morphostasis A
