Gestalt Questions

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

False

Gestalt techniques are primarily aimed at teaching clients to think rationally

False

Recent trends in Gestalt practice include more emphasis on confrontation, more anonymity, and increased reliance on the therapist

False

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is adjustment to society

False

Main founder of Gestalt therapy is...

Fritz Perls

Blocked energy can be considered a form of resistance

True

Dreams contain existential messages, and each piece of the dream works leads to assimilation of disowned aspects of the self

True

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

True

One of the functions of the therapist is to pay attention to body language

True

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

True

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

True

Gestalt therapy can be best characterized as

an experiential therapy

According to Gestalt view, awareness is...

by itself therapeutic

Limitations of working with culturally diverse populations...

culturally taught to be emotionally reserved, put off by emphasis on emotions, may look for specific advice, may believe that showing vulnerability makes them look weak

A contribution of the Gestalt approach is that it...

deals with the past in a lively manner

The process of distraction is...

deflection

The impasses is the point of therapy at which clients...

expereince being stuck, do not have external support available, are challenged to get into contact with their frustrations and accept whatever is

Gestalt therapy encourages clients to...

experience feelings intensely, focus on here and now, work through impasse, and pay attention to their own nonverbal messages

Focus of therapy is...

focus on "what" and "how", focus on here and now, focus on integrating fragmented parts of the personality, and unfinished business in the past

Basic goal of Gestalt is to...

help clients move from environmental support to self-support

What is not a key concept of Gestalt?

intellectual understanding of one's problems