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NR605 Week 4: Midterm Exam (Sept-2025)
Question 1
What is the primary goal during the first session of therapy?
A. determining a psychiatric diagnosis
B. discussion of session frequency
✅ C. establishing the therapeutic alliance
D. completing a mental status exam
Question 2
Which provider action best assists in building the therapeutic alliance?
A. the client uses slang during session; the therapist avoids using slang terms to maintain professionalism
B. the client has not completed assigned homework; the therapist does not question the client about it
✅ C. a client visibly tenses each time the therapist leans forward; the therapist begins sitting back in their chair
D. a therapist is running behind schedule and places a note in the waiting room to inform the client of the delay
Question 3
Which of the following clients would be the best candidate for psychoanalytic psychotherapy?
A. A 49-year-old business executive who travels internationally frequently for work
B. A 68-year-old retired construction worker who recently lost his wife of 40 years
C. A 24-year-old cosmetology student who has been arrested for shoplifting and indecent exposure several times over the past year
✅ D. A 42-year-old successful attorney with social anxiety disorder
Question 4
A recently divorced client presents with symptoms of depressed mood. She is concerned that she will spend the rest of her life without a partner. According to Maslow, what category of needs should be addressed?
A. self-actualization
B. safety
✅ C. love/belonging
D. esteem
Question 5
Which is a technique most likely to be used in brief psychodynamic therapy?
✅ A. free association
B. regression
C. transference
D. head-on collision
Question 71
Which information should the therapist document on the progress note?
A. hypotheses about client statements and responses
B. notes to share with a supervisor after session
C. feelings of countertransference
✅ D. a progress summary
Question 72
A client who is in therapy for treatment of anxiety reports that she warns her children not to play outside with neighborhood kids because it is too dangerous. Which defense mechanism is the client displaying?
A. displacement
✅ B. denial
C. sublimation
D. projection
Question 73
Under what circumstances is a therapist permitted to terminate therapy with a client?
A. when a client admits to keeping a gun in their car’s glove box
B. when therapy is court-mandated
✅ C. when the client has missed multiple sessions without notification
D. when the client has an outstanding account balance
Question 74
A client who has been in therapy for several months begins to become argumentative and defensive during sessions. The therapist responds to the client with empathy and support. Which expressive psychotherapy technique is the therapist employing?
A. countertransference
B. desensitization
✅ C. counterconditioning
D. transference
Question 75
A therapist is conducting a SAFE-T assessment for a client. Which of the following is an external protective factor?
A. high tolerance to frustration
B. no family history of suicide
✅ C. having two pet cats
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