PMHNP Board Exam Non-Pharmacological
Treatment
1. Most common issues for individual therapy: 1. losses
2. interpersonal conflicts
3. symptomatic presentations such as panic phobias, and negativity
4. Unfulfilled expectations at life transitions
5. Characterological issues such as narcissim or aggressiveness
2. Psychoanalytic therapy: 1. Originated by Freud
2. believed that behavior is determined by unconsious motivations and instincual drives .
3. promotes change by the development of greater insight and awareness of maladaptive defenses
4. attends to past developmental and psychodynamic factors which shape present behaviors.
3. Cognitive Therapy: 1. Originated by Beck
2. Purports that external events do not cause anxiety or maladaptive responses
3. States that a persons expectations, perceptions, and interpretations of events cause anxiety
4. allows clients to view relaity more clearly through an examination of their central distorted
cognitions
5. Goal is to change clients irrational beliefs, faulty conceptions and negative cognitive disortions
4. Behavioral Therapy: Originated by Lazarus
Focuses on changing maladaptive behaviors by participating in active behavioral techniques such
as exposure, relaxation, problem-solving, and role playing
5. Dialectical behavioral therapy: Originated by linehan commonly used with people with
borderline personality disorder
, focuses on emotional regulation, tolerance for distress, self-management skills, interpersonal
effectiveness, and mindfulness, with an emphasis on treating thera- py-interfering bheaviours
6. Goals of dialectical behavioral therapy: Decrease suicidal behaviors decrease therapy
interfering behaviors
decrease emotional reactivity decrease sel-invalidation
decrease crisis-generalting behaviors decrease passivity
increase realistic decision making
increase accurate communication of emotions and competencies
7. Existential therapy: Originated by Fankl
a philosophical approach in which reflection on life and self-confrontation is en- couraged
emphasizes accepting freedom and making responsible choices
states that a basic dimension of humans includes finding meaning and purpose in lify
goals are to live authentically and to focus on the present and on personal responsibility
8. Humanistic therapy: Originated by rogers also known as person-centered therapy
concepts include self-directed growth and self-actualization; people are born with the capacity to
direct themselves toward self-actualization
each person has the potential to actualize and find meaning
Treatment
1. Most common issues for individual therapy: 1. losses
2. interpersonal conflicts
3. symptomatic presentations such as panic phobias, and negativity
4. Unfulfilled expectations at life transitions
5. Characterological issues such as narcissim or aggressiveness
2. Psychoanalytic therapy: 1. Originated by Freud
2. believed that behavior is determined by unconsious motivations and instincual drives .
3. promotes change by the development of greater insight and awareness of maladaptive defenses
4. attends to past developmental and psychodynamic factors which shape present behaviors.
3. Cognitive Therapy: 1. Originated by Beck
2. Purports that external events do not cause anxiety or maladaptive responses
3. States that a persons expectations, perceptions, and interpretations of events cause anxiety
4. allows clients to view relaity more clearly through an examination of their central distorted
cognitions
5. Goal is to change clients irrational beliefs, faulty conceptions and negative cognitive disortions
4. Behavioral Therapy: Originated by Lazarus
Focuses on changing maladaptive behaviors by participating in active behavioral techniques such
as exposure, relaxation, problem-solving, and role playing
5. Dialectical behavioral therapy: Originated by linehan commonly used with people with
borderline personality disorder
, focuses on emotional regulation, tolerance for distress, self-management skills, interpersonal
effectiveness, and mindfulness, with an emphasis on treating thera- py-interfering bheaviours
6. Goals of dialectical behavioral therapy: Decrease suicidal behaviors decrease therapy
interfering behaviors
decrease emotional reactivity decrease sel-invalidation
decrease crisis-generalting behaviors decrease passivity
increase realistic decision making
increase accurate communication of emotions and competencies
7. Existential therapy: Originated by Fankl
a philosophical approach in which reflection on life and self-confrontation is en- couraged
emphasizes accepting freedom and making responsible choices
states that a basic dimension of humans includes finding meaning and purpose in lify
goals are to live authentically and to focus on the present and on personal responsibility
8. Humanistic therapy: Originated by rogers also known as person-centered therapy
concepts include self-directed growth and self-actualization; people are born with the capacity to
direct themselves toward self-actualization
each person has the potential to actualize and find meaning
