Ch. 8 Gestalt Therapy
According to the Gestalt view, awareness a. is by itself therapeutic. b. without specific behavioral change is useless. c. consists of understanding the causes of one's problems. d. is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for change.
A.
Gestalt therapy can best be characterized as a. an experiential therapy. b. an empirically-validated treatment. c. an insight therapy. d. an action-oriented therapy.
A.
Gestalt therapy is well suited for group counseling, especially when there is a here-and-now emphasis within the group. a. True b. False
A.
One of the functions of the therapist is to pay attention to the client's body language. a. True b. False
A.
The founder of Gestalt therapy contends that a frequent source of unfinished business is resentment.n a. True b. False
A.
The main founder of Gestalt therapy is a. Fritz Perls. b. William Glasser. c. Albert Ellis. d. Carl Rogers.
A.
Which of the following is a shortcoming of Gestalt therapy as it is applied to working with culturally diverse populations? a. Gestalt methods can lead to a high level of intense feelings would be used with clients who have been culturally conditioned to be emotionally reserved and to avoid openly expressing feelings. b. Gestalt therapists remain receptive to how clients' realities differ from their own. c. Drawing on Gestalt experiments they can be tailored to fit the unique way in which an individual perceives and interpret his or her culture. d. Focusing on gestures, facial expressions, and experiences within the body helps clients whose cultural norm is indirect and limited speech.
A.
A major function of the therapist is to make interpretations of clients' behavior so that they can begin to think about their patterns. a. True b. False
B.
Gestalt techniques are primarily aimed at teaching clients to think rationally. a. True b. False
B.
Recent trends in Gestalt practice include more emphasis on confrontation, more anonymity of the therapist, and increased reliance on techniques. a. True b. False
B.
The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is adjustment to society. a. True b. False
B.
The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is to help clients a. recognize which ego state they are functioning in. b. move from environmental support to self-support. c. work through the transference relationship with the therapist. d. uncover unconscious motivations.
B.
The major focus of Gestalt therapy is on a. free associating to the client's dreams in order to find out the specific issues the client is experiencing. b. assisting the client to become aware of how behaviors that were once part of creatively adjusting to past environments may be interfering with effective functioning and living in the present. c. understanding why we feel as we do. d. the relationship between client and counselor and how well they get along.
B.
The process of turning back to ourselves what we would like to do to someone else is a. projection. b. retroflection. c. confluence. d. introjection
B.
The tendency to uncritically accept others' beliefs and standards without assimilating them to make them congruent with who we are is a. retroflection b. introjection. c. projection. d. confluence.
B.
Which is not true of Gestalt therapy? a. The focus is on the here and now. b. The focus is on the "why" of behavior. c. The focus is on integrating fragmented parts of the personality d. The focus is on the "what" and "how" of behavior.
B.
Which of the following is not a key concept of Gestalt therapy? a. unfinished business b. intellectual understanding of one's problems c. acceptance of personal responsibility d. awareness of the present moment
B.
A contribution of the Gestalt approach is that it a. sheds light on transference. b. stresses talking about problems. c. deals with the past in a lively manner by bringing relevant aspects into the present. d. is primarily a cognitive perspective.
C.
Gestalt therapy encourages clients to do all of the following except a. experience internal conflicts. b. resolve inconsistencies and dichotomies c. not pay attention to their own nonverbal messages. d. work through the impasse.
C.
The impasse is the point in therapy at which clients a. have external support available to them. b. experience a sense of becoming "unstuck." c. experience a sense of "being stuck." d. are expected to accept their frustrations.
C.
The process of blurring the differentiation between the self and the environment is a. introjection. b. retroflection. c. projection. d. confluence.
D.
Blocked energy can be considered a form of defensive behavior. a. True b. False
A.
Dreams contain existential messages, and each piece of dream work leads to assimilation of missing parts of the self. a. True b. False
A.
The process of distraction, which makes it difficult to maintain sustained contact, is a. projection. b. deflection. c. introjection. d. retroflection.
B.
Resistances to contact refers to coping processes we develop that often end up preventing us from experiencing the present in a full and real way. a. True b. False
A.
