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NUR 640 Weekly Discussion

FYI Remember… I am a Black Haitian American Female live in USA, FL

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current
APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  Your initial post is
worth 8 points.

Week 1: The PMHNP as a Psychotherapist

Psychotherapy is often misunderstood or devalued.

• Discuss your views of the PMHNP as a psychotherapist

• Discuss whether it is feasible to provide psychotherapy at each patient

encounter

Week2: Dream Interpretation

Freud viewed dreams as the “royal road to the unconscious.”

• Discuss a memorable dream from your childhood.  Provide as much detail about
the dream as possible.

• Interpret the dream of two peers using the psychodynamic dream of Freud or
Jung

Week 3: Genogram

A genogram is often used to illustrate the behaviors of a family unit across generations.
The genogram can be used to reduce resistance to harmful family patterns.

• Recall a family with a member who has a history of drug or alcohol dependence.

• Describe how the genogram can be used to address the denial of family unit

addiction to individual family members.

Week 4: Automatic Thoughts

Patients are often asked to write their record their negative thoughts as homework for
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) session.

• Explain how difficult this task might be for depressed patients?

• Identify your culture and ethnicity. Describe how negative thoughts are

perceived in your culture.

• Discuss ways you could increase the likelihood that a depressed patient

completes the Automatic Thoughts Download Automatic Thoughts
assignment.

Week 5: The Culture of Family Violence

Identify your culture and how it address family violence.

• In your opinion, what is the best way for a family therapist to bring up the issues
of abuse and violence in a family when those are not the problems that family
members have identified?

Week 6: Grief

A 75-year-old widower walks into your practice to request therapy services.  He has
grieved the loss of his wife for the last 28 months; they were married 50 years.

• Explain the significance of interpersonal deficit as it relates to interpersonal
therapy

• Describe how you would ask “very good” questions to facilitate the patient’s
ability to see their own experiences.

Week 7: The Therapist’s Personality

According to Carl Rogers, unconditional positive regard involves basic acceptance and
support of a person, regardless of what the person says or does.  The therapist gives
space for the client to express whatever immediate feeling is going on—confusion,
resentment, fear, anger, courage, love, or pride.

• Discuss the role of the therapist’s personality in person-centered psychotherapy.

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• Are there particular people who have been or would be especially difficult for
you to unconditionally positively regard?

**## NUR640WeeklyDis1-7.pdf**

NUR 640 Weekly Discussion

FYI Remember… I am a Black Haitian American Female live in USA, FL

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current
APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  Your initial post is
worth 8 points.

Week 1: The PMHNP as a Psychotherapist

Psychotherapy is often misunderstood or devalued.

• Discuss your views of the PMHNP as a psychotherapist

• Discuss whether it is feasible to provide psychotherapy at each patient

encounter

Week2: Dream Interpretation

Freud viewed dreams as the “royal road to the unconscious.”

• Discuss a memorable dream from your childhood.  Provide as much detail about
the dream as possible.

• Interpret the dream of two peers using the psychodynamic dream of Freud or
Jung

Week 3: Genogram

A genogram is often used to illustrate the behaviors of a family unit across generations.
The genogram can be used to reduce resistance to harmful family patterns.

• Recall a family with a member who has a history of drug or alcohol dependence.

• Describe how the genogram can be used to address the denial of family unit

addiction to individual family members.

Week 4: Automatic Thoughts

Patients are often asked to write their record their negative thoughts as homework for
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) session.

• Explain how difficult this task might be for depressed patients?

• Identify your culture and ethnicity. Describe how negative thoughts are

perceived in your culture.

• Discuss ways you could increase the likelihood that a depressed patient

completes the Automatic Thoughts Download Automatic Thoughts
assignment.

Week 5: The Culture of Family Violence

Identify your culture and how it address family violence.

• In your opinion, what is the best way for a family therapist to bring up the issues
of abuse and violence in a family when those are not the problems that family
members have identified?

Week 6: Grief

A 75-year-old widower walks into your practice to request therapy services.  He has
grieved the loss of his wife for the last 28 months; they were married 50 years.

• Explain the significance of interpersonal deficit as it relates to interpersonal
therapy

• Describe how you would ask “very good” questions to facilitate the patient’s
ability to see their own experiences.

Week 7: The Therapist’s Personality

According to Carl Rogers, unconditional positive regard involves basic acceptance and
support of a person, regardless of what the person says or does.  The therapist gives
space for the client to express whatever immediate feeling is going on—confusion,
resentment, fear, anger, courage, love, or pride.

• Discuss the role of the therapist’s personality in person-centered psychotherapy.

[https://stu.instructure.com/courses/49953/files/4509652?wrap=1](https://stu.instructure.com/courses/49953/files/4509652?wrap=1)

[https://stu.instructure.com/courses/49953/files/4509652/download?download_frd=1](https://stu.instructure.com/courses/49953/files/4509652/download?download_frd=1)

• Are there particular people who have been or would be especially difficult for
you to unconditionally positively regard?