PMHNP EXAM 2 REVIEW ACTUAL EXAM
PMHNP EXAM 2 REVIEW ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
COMPLETE ALL 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
A central part of the work done in a group consists of challenging and exploring
beliefs about situations. This component includes explaining, clarifying,
interpreting, providing the cognitive framework needed for change, formulating
ideas, and making new decisions. Which of the following does this best describe?
a. Self-disclosure
b. Termination
c. Cognitive restructuring
d. Trust - ANSWER-c. Cognitive restructuring
At the __________ members can discuss the efforts they have made since
termination of the group to implement their learning in the real world.
a. initial session
b. follow-up session
c. last session of the group
d. middle session - ANSWER-b. follow-up session
__________ is therapeutic when it invites clients to more deeply explore a
particular issue in their lives and when it is appropriate and well timed.
a. Catharsis
b. Follow-up session
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c. Trust
d. Confrontation - ANSWER-d. Confrontation
__________ occurs when members and leaders share their personal reactions
about one another.
a. Empathy
b. Cognitive restructuring
c. Feedback
d. Hope - ANSWER-c. Feedback
___________ of a group may involve a grieving process because other losses that
members have experienced are often triggered during this time.
a. Termination
b. Feedback
c. Empathy
d. Hope - ANSWER-a. Termination
The element of __________ that a follow-up session encourages maximizes the
chances of long-lasting benefits from the group experience.
a. confrontation
b. accountability
c. catharsis
d. empathy - ANSWER-b. accountability
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A primary function of the Gestalt leader is to
a. make interpretations for the members.
b. serve as a blank screen to foster transference.
c. suggest experiments that will lead to heightening experiencing.
d. confront clients' irrational thoughts. - ANSWER-c. suggest experiments that will
lead to heightening experiencing.
Which of the following terms does NOT describe the Gestalt approach?
a. Existential
b. Phenomenological
c. Experiential
d. Past oriented - ANSWER-d. Past oriented
Which of the following is NOT a key concept of the Gestalt group?
a. Awareness
b. Unfinished business
c. Intellectual understanding of one's basic problem
d. Here-and-now focus - ANSWER-c. Intellectual understanding of one's basic
problem
In Gestalt therapy, awareness is best described as
a. introspection.
b. intellectual presence.
c. recognition of current feelings, actions, and sensations.
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d. recognition of why one struggles with a certain problem. - ANSWER-c.
recognition of current feelings, actions, and sensations.
How is the past dealt with in Gestalt therapy?
a. It is not considered crucial and therefore not dealt with.
b. Clients talk about past issues and experience relief from this discussion.
c. Members attempt in the group to figure out what caused their present
difficulties by analyzing the past.
d. The past is brought into the present moment by asking the member to
reexperience this past issue as though it
were occurring now. - ANSWER-d. The past is brought into the present moment by
asking the member to reexperience this past issue as though it
were occurring now.
Unfinished business may be related to all of the following EXCEPT
a. feelings of resentment and guilt.
b. the concept of avoidance.
c. issues from the past that interfere with present functioning.
d. feelings previously dealt with. - ANSWER-d. feelings previously dealt with.
Interpreting the meaning of behavior patterns at appropriate times so that
members will be able to engage in a deeper level of self-exploration and consider
alternative behaviors is most critical at the
a. initial stage of a group.
b. transition stage.
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PMHNP EXAM 2 REVIEW ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
COMPLETE ALL 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
A central part of the work done in a group consists of challenging and exploring
beliefs about situations. This component includes explaining, clarifying,
interpreting, providing the cognitive framework needed for change, formulating
ideas, and making new decisions. Which of the following does this best describe?
a. Self-disclosure
b. Termination
c. Cognitive restructuring
d. Trust - ANSWER-c. Cognitive restructuring
At the __________ members can discuss the efforts they have made since
termination of the group to implement their learning in the real world.
a. initial session
b. follow-up session
c. last session of the group
d. middle session - ANSWER-b. follow-up session
__________ is therapeutic when it invites clients to more deeply explore a
particular issue in their lives and when it is appropriate and well timed.
a. Catharsis
b. Follow-up session
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c. Trust
d. Confrontation - ANSWER-d. Confrontation
__________ occurs when members and leaders share their personal reactions
about one another.
a. Empathy
b. Cognitive restructuring
c. Feedback
d. Hope - ANSWER-c. Feedback
___________ of a group may involve a grieving process because other losses that
members have experienced are often triggered during this time.
a. Termination
b. Feedback
c. Empathy
d. Hope - ANSWER-a. Termination
The element of __________ that a follow-up session encourages maximizes the
chances of long-lasting benefits from the group experience.
a. confrontation
b. accountability
c. catharsis
d. empathy - ANSWER-b. accountability
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A primary function of the Gestalt leader is to
a. make interpretations for the members.
b. serve as a blank screen to foster transference.
c. suggest experiments that will lead to heightening experiencing.
d. confront clients' irrational thoughts. - ANSWER-c. suggest experiments that will
lead to heightening experiencing.
Which of the following terms does NOT describe the Gestalt approach?
a. Existential
b. Phenomenological
c. Experiential
d. Past oriented - ANSWER-d. Past oriented
Which of the following is NOT a key concept of the Gestalt group?
a. Awareness
b. Unfinished business
c. Intellectual understanding of one's basic problem
d. Here-and-now focus - ANSWER-c. Intellectual understanding of one's basic
problem
In Gestalt therapy, awareness is best described as
a. introspection.
b. intellectual presence.
c. recognition of current feelings, actions, and sensations.
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d. recognition of why one struggles with a certain problem. - ANSWER-c.
recognition of current feelings, actions, and sensations.
How is the past dealt with in Gestalt therapy?
a. It is not considered crucial and therefore not dealt with.
b. Clients talk about past issues and experience relief from this discussion.
c. Members attempt in the group to figure out what caused their present
difficulties by analyzing the past.
d. The past is brought into the present moment by asking the member to
reexperience this past issue as though it
were occurring now. - ANSWER-d. The past is brought into the present moment by
asking the member to reexperience this past issue as though it
were occurring now.
Unfinished business may be related to all of the following EXCEPT
a. feelings of resentment and guilt.
b. the concept of avoidance.
c. issues from the past that interfere with present functioning.
d. feelings previously dealt with. - ANSWER-d. feelings previously dealt with.
Interpreting the meaning of behavior patterns at appropriate times so that
members will be able to engage in a deeper level of self-exploration and consider
alternative behaviors is most critical at the
a. initial stage of a group.
b. transition stage.
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