Corey--Gestalt

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Empirical support for Gestalt therapy is:

Becoming stronger

Which of the following is not true about Fritz Perls?

During his childhood, he was a model student.

Which of the following is not true about Gestalt techniques?

Experiments are always carried out during the therapy session, rather than outside it.

Which of the following is not typically a standard psychoanalytic technique?

Fritz Perls

Which of the following is not true about the Gestalt view of the role of confrontation in therapy?

It is not possible to be both confrontive and gentle with clients.

In Gestalt therapy, the relationship between client and counselor is seen as:

a joint venture. an existential encounter. an I/Thou interaction. both (a joint venture) and (an existential encounter)

In Gestalt theory, the experiment is considered:

a theoretical proposition crafted to fit the client's unique needs.

According to Gestalt theory, all of the following are true about contact:

a. contact is necessary for change and growth to occur. b. one maintains a sense of individuality as a result of good contact. d. contact is made by seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and moving. e. we often tend to resist contact with others.

Gestalt group work is:

action-oriented. standardized. focused on the here and now. creative.

The empty chair technique:

allows clients to externalize an introject

Contemporary Gestalt therapists view client resistance as:

an element of therapy that needs to be respected.

Which of the following is not considered one of the six methodological components of Gestalt therapy?

assessment

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is:

attaining awareness, and with it greater choice.

According to the Gestalt view, blocked energy is:

both (a defensive behavior) and (a form of resistance to contact)

The Gestalt approach to dreams:

both (asks the client to become all parts of his or her own dream.) and (has the client actively interpret the meaning of the dream for himself or herself)

Gestalt-therapy techniques are designed to help the client:

both (expand awareness of the here-and-now) and (intensify feelings and experiences)

From a multicultural perspective, a limitation of Gestalt therapy is that

both (it tends to produce high levels of intense feelings) and (it is highly focused on direct expression of feelings)

According to Gestalt theory, people use avoidance in order to:

both (keep themselves from facing unfinished business) and (keep from feeling uncomfortable emotions)

Because of his need to be liked, Jose makes careful efforts to get along with everyone and minimize interpersonal conflicts. Which boundary disturbance is Jose exhibiting?

confluence

What are Miriam Polster's three stages in her integration sequence?

discovery, accomodation, assimilation

Field theory suggests that:

everything in human experience is relational and in constant flux.

Without proper training, Gestalt therapists may:

evoke catharsis without having the ability to work it through with their client. design faulty experiments. may use ready made techniques inappropriately. may damage the therapeutic relationship with the client.

Which of the following is not one of the Gestalt group leader's roles?

evoking group catharsis.

Gestalt therapy is a form of:

existential

A healthy contact experience involves:

interacting with others while maintaining a sense of self. creativity. maintaining balance between the figure and the ground.

A contribution of this therapeutic approach is that

it enables intense experiencing to occur quickly. it can be a relatively brief therapy. it stresses doing and experiencing, as opposed to talking about problems.

Which of the following Gestalt techniques involves asking one person in a group to speak to each of the other group members?

making the rounds

The Gestalt therapist...

pays attention to the client's nonverbal language.

A teenage girl is angry with her parents and cuts on her arm. In Gestalt terms, she is most likely engaging in:

retroflection

Gestalt therapists say that clients resist contact by means of:

retroflection. projection. introjection.

Which of the following aspects of a client's use of language would a Gestalt therapist not focus on?

semantics

A critical difference between early Gestalt therapy and relational Gestalt therapy is:

the approach to confrontation

When a person experiences an internal conflict (namely a conflict between top dog and underdog), which of the following techniques would be most appropriate?

the internal dialogue exercise

A Gestalt technique that is most useful when a person attempts to deny an aspect of his or her personality (such as tenderness) is

the reversal exercise.

The paradoxical theory of behavior change suggests:

we change through becoming aware of who we currently are.


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