Nursing 527 Wilkes Exam Latest Update 2025- 2026 60 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
- Relational Cultural Therapy concepts: - CORRECT ANSWER: Central Relational
Paradox and Mutually Growth Fostering Relationship
- givens of existence (Yalom) - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Death: a core existential
conflict is the tension between the awareness of the inevitability of death and the wish to continue to be.
- Freedom and responsibility. Freedom from an existential perspective refers to the
complete lack of any external structure to life. He believed that there is a conflict between the groundlessness and randomness of our universe, and a wish for ground and structure.
- Isolation. We enter this world alone, and we must leave it alone. Yalom thought that
another existential conflict was between our innate awareness of our absolute isolation and our desire for continued contact with others and our need to be part of a larger whole.
- Meaninglessness. Man is, by design, a meaning-seeking creature. But Yalom
believed that a fourth existential conflict arises for man because he has been thrown into a universe that has no meaning.
- Principles of DDP for RAD: - CORRECT ANSWER: PACE, family focused, trauma is
directly addressed, milieu of safety and security must be created, therapy is consensual.
9 core tenants of RCT - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. People grow through and toward
relationship throughout the lifespan.
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- Movement toward mutuality, rather than movement toward separation, characterizes
mature functioning.
- Relational differentiation and elaboration characterize growth.
- Mutual empathy and mutual empowerment are at the core of growth-fostering
relationships.
- In growth-fostering relationships, all people contribute and grow or benefit;
development is not a one-way street.
- Therapy relationships are characterized by a special kind of mutuality.
- Mutual empathy is the vehicle for change in therapy.
- Real engagement and therapeutic authenticity are necessary for the development of
mutual empathy.
A key element of RAD is PACE and PLACE - CORRECT ANSWER: therapist: playful, accepting, curious, empathetic
caregiver: playful, LOVING, accepting, curious, empathetic
A neurotransmitter is placed in the chest surgically. Infection could arise from the
placement of this device. - CORRECT ANSWER: DBS
A primary goal of RCT - CORRECT ANSWER: is to create and maintain Mutually-
Growth-Fostering Relationships, relationships in which both parties feel that they matter.
Another important tenant of RCT is for the counselor to provide mutual empathy in a supportive environment. However, this mutual empathy might emotionally affect the
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