Chapter 8 Gestalt Therapy Practice Questions

According to the Gestalt view, awareness a. is by itself therapeutic. b. is a necessary, but not suffi cient, condition for change. c. without specifi c behavioral change is useless. d. consists of understanding the causes of one's problems.

A

Gestalt therapy can best be characterized as a. an insight therapy. b. an experiential therapy c. an action-oriented therapy. d. an empirically validated treatment. e. a cognitive approach.

B

The main founder of Gestalt therapy is a. Carl Rogers. b. Fritz Perls. c. Albert Ellis. d. William Glasser. e. none of the above.

B

Which of the following is not a key concept of Gestalt therapy? a. acceptance of personal responsibility b. intellectual understanding of one's problems c. awareness of the present moment d. unfi nished business e. dealing with the impasse

B

A contribution of the Gestalt approach is that it a. sheds light on transference. b. is primarily a cognitive perspective. c. stresses talking about problems. d. deals with the past in a lively manner.

D

The impasse is the point in therapy at which clients a. do not have external support available to them. b. experience a sense of "being stuck." c. are challenged to get into contact with their frustrations and accept whatever is. d. do all of the above.

D

The process of blurring awareness of the boundary between self and environment is a. introjection. b. projection. c. retroflection. d. confluence. e. deflection.

D

Gestalt therapy encourages clients to a. experience feelings intensely. b. stay in the here and now. c. work through the impasse. d. pay attention to their own nonverbal messages. e. do all of the above.

E

The process of distraction, which makes it difficult to maintain sustained contact, is a. introjection. b. projection. c. retroflection. d. confluence. e. deflection.

E

What is a limitation (or limitations) of Gestalt therapy as it is applied to working with culturally diverse populations? a. Clients who have been culturally conditioned to be emotionally reserved may not see value in experiential techniques. b. Clients may be "put off" by the emphasis on expressing feelings. c. Clients may be looking for specifi c advice on solving practical problems. d. Clients may believe showing one's vulnerability is being weak. e. All of the above are limitations.

E

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is adjustment to society.

F

Blocked energy can be considered a form of resistance.

T

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is to help clients a. move from environmental support to self-support. b. recognize which ego state they are functioning in. c. uncover unconscious motivations. d. work through the transference relationship with the therapist. e. challenge their philosophy of life.

A

The tendency to uncritically accept others' beliefs without assimilating or internalizing them is a. introjection. b. projection. c. retroflection. d. confluence. e. deflection.

A

The focus of Gestalt therapy is on a. the relationship between client and counselor. b. free associating to the client's dreams. c. recognizing one's own projections and refusing to accept helplessness. d. understanding why we feel as we do. e. all of the above

C

The process of turning back to ourselves what we would like to do to someone else is a. introjection. b. projection. c. retroflection. d. confluence. e. deflection.

C

Which is not true of Gestalt therapy? a. The focus is on the "what" and "how" of behavior. b. The focus is on the here and now. c. The focus is on integrating fragmented parts of the personality. d. The focus is on unfi nished business from the past. e. The focus is on the "why" of behavior.

E

A major function of the therapist is to make interpretations of clients' behavior so that they can begin to think of their patterns.

F

Gestalt techniques are primarily aimed at teaching clients to think rationally.

F

Recent trends in Gestalt practice include more emphasis on Confrontation, more anonymity of the therapist, and increased reliance on techniques.sent moment.

F

Dreams contain existential messages, and each piece of dream work leads to Assimilation of disowned aspects of the self.

T

Gestalt therapy is well suited for group counseling, especially when there is a here-and-now emphasis within the group.

T

One of the functions of the therapist is to pay attention to the client's body language.

T

Resistance refers to defenses we develop that prevent us from experiencing the present in a full and real way.

T

The founder of Gestalt therapy contends that the most frequent source of unfinished Business is resentment.

T