and Correct Answers/ NRNP 6645 Psychotherapy with
Multiple Modalities.Latest Exam 2025-2026
What are three main elements that are common to all
psychotherapy approaches? Positive expectancies,
collaborative goal formation, and role preparation.
Defense mechanisms are what when they protect us from
anxiety generated from an internal conflict? secondary
Defense mechanisms are what when they protect us from
anxiety due to an external conflict? primary
What is psychotherapy? person with a lesser emotional
disability helps a person with an emotional disability
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,how is psychotherapy different from counseling? tends to have
lengthy training, implies ongoing therapy, addresses "deeper
issues"
what are the most important things to ask for in a clinical
assessment? current problem, problem history,
complications, risks, and other risky behavior, past treatment
what are three main elements in psychotherapy? structure,
space, and therapeutic relationship
what is visible structure? time and place regularity,
invisible structure, guidelines and regulations, to ensure a safe
enviornment
what is space? freedom and autonomy to discover new
feelings, possibilities, strengths, attitudes, actions, etc... no
judgement
what is therapeutic relationship? interaction: emotionally
charged and confiding, ethical implications
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, what are reasons for failure in psychotherapy? dropout, no
change, non response, partial change, slow change, inability
to maintain change, deterioration
what are variables that might effect outcome? patient,
problem, treatment type, setting or context, therapist
what is attending? showing that you are listening and
connecting to what the patient is saying, asking questions
what is showing empathy? you are connecting emotionally
to the patient, put yourself in the patients shoes
what is summarizing? when an individual gives a lot of info–
organize events and state them simpler
what is paraphrasing? bringing back same content in a
different way that makes more sense
what is challenging? when something an individual is
saying doesn't make sense, finding a resolution for a
contradiction
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