Chapter 8 - Gestalt Therapy

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

Assessment.

Which of the statements below regarding emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is not true?

EFT was developed by Fritz Perls' wife, Laura

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is synonymous with Gestalt therapy.

False

Gestalt therapy focuses on the cognitive aspects of therapy.

False

Since Gestalt therapy focuses on the here-and-now, the past is not explored or given emphasis in this approach.

False

The Gestalt therapist typically uses diagnosis and interpretation as a basic part of the therapeutic process.

False

A current trend i Gestalt therapy is toward greateer emphasis on the client/therapist relationship rather than on techmiques.

True

Gestalt group therapists use experiments to encourage clients to move from talking about action to taking action.

True

Gestalt therapies view a client's avoidance behavior as related to unfinished business.

True

In Gestalt terms, awareness refers to our connectedness to out external an internal worlds.

True

In the Gestaltist view, unfinished business is best explored in the present.

True

Part of success in using Gestalt techniques is contingent upon preparing clients for these techniques.

True

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

a joint venture, an existential encounter, and an I/Thou interaction.

In Gestalt theory, the experiment is considered

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

Contemporary Gestalt therapists view client resistance as

an element of therapy that needs to be respected.

Often Greta, who struggles to feel good about herself, comes to sessions with slouched posture. In order to help Greta gain a clearer understanding of the inner meaning of her slouched posture, a Gestalt therapist might:

ask Greta to exaggerate her poor posture, which is likely to intensify her feelings attached to it.

The empty chair technique

assists clients in reowning part of their personality, balances internal polarities, allows clients to externalize an introject and helps to resolve unfinished business.

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is

attaining awareness, and with it greater choice.

Empirical support for Gestalt therapy is

becoming stronger.

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

confluence

Field theroy suggests that

everything in human experiene is relational and in constant flux.

Without proper training, Gestalt therapists may

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

Gestalt therapy is a form of

existential therapy

A healthy contact experience involves

interacting with others while maintaining a sense of self, creativity, and maintaining balance between the figure and the ground. Does not involve- Projection

A contribution of this therapeutic approach is that

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

According to Gestalt theory, people use avoidance in order to

keep themselves from facing unfinished business, keep from feeling uncomfortable emotions and keep from having to change.

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.

Gestalt therapists say that clients resist contact by means of

retroflection, projection, and introjection.

Which of the following is not one of Miriam Polster's three stagees in her integration sequence

reunification

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.

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.