Module 4 Sample Questions

1. A 25-year-old female diagnosed with borderline personality disorder arrives at your clinic following a recent inpatient hospitalization. She begins telling about her boyfriend having an affair and leaving her "in shambles." She expresses that as a result, she wanted to burn herself. You use dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treat the patient. One of the goals of DBT that would assist this patient is to:

A) Increase her ability to be passive in the situation

B) Increase unrealistic decision-making

C) Decrease emotional reactivity

D) Decrease self-validation

2. Which of the following is most likely to be a goal of family systems therapy?

A) To change the family structure

b) To help family members behave in ways that will not perpetuate the problem behavior

C) To increase levels of self-differentiation

D) To develop nurturing communication and self-worth of each family member

3. Complementary and alternative therapies (CATS) are becoming more and more acceptable and embraced in the United States. Which of the following is an example of a mind-body intervention in the category of CATS?

A) Aromatherapy

b) Acupuncture

C) Guided imagery

D) Reflexology

4. All of the following are techniques used by strategic therapy counselors except:

A) Paradoxical directives

B) Straightforward directives

C) Reframing belief systems

d) Miracle questions

5. Which of the following takes place during the desensitization phase of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)?

A) The patient visualizes the trauma, verbalizes negative thoughts, and remains attentive to physical sensations

B) The patient installs a new positive thought in place of an original negative thought

C) The patient scans his or her body mentally to identify any tension within

D) The patient strengthens the positive thought that replaced his or her negative thought

6. A PMHNP works with a 17-year-old individual who reports serious stress and conflict with siblings and parents. They are failing multiple courses, report feelings of general overwhelm, and say that their parents have unreasonable expectations. "I have to go to school, I have AP classes, and they also expect me to be home every night at 7 PM to watch my sisters. And I have football practice. I just want to enjoy my senior year, and it seems like I have to perform for everybody but myself." To further understand the patient's situation, the PMHNP suggests family therapy based on which of the following family system concepts?

A) Parentification of the child

B) Rigid boundaries creating conflict

C) Individuals acting as parts of a system

d) Diffuse boundaries creating conflict

7. Uses of biofeedback include which of the following:

A) When a client is suffering from neurological problems such as seizure disorders

B) When a client has stress-related symptoms such as anxiety

C) When a client has depressive symptoms

d) When hypersomnia is a major factor

8. All of the following are characteristics of a therapeutic relationship except:

A) Nonjudgmental attitude

B) Acceptance

C) Empathy

d) Transference

9. Which type of group therapy allows members to search for meaning and to find understanding and resolution of past conflicts?

A) Instillation of hope

B) Interpersonal learning

C) Corrective refocusing

D) Reminiscence therapy

10. Which psychoanalytic theory attends to both past and present developmental, environmental, and psychodynamic factors that shape present behaviors?

A) Existential therapy

B) Psychoanalytic theory

C) Behavioral therapy

D) Cognitive therapy

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