Theories Checkpoint 11

Most experts would agree that the peak period of competition between the various schools of counseling and therapy was during

the late 1960s.

Gestalt therapists sometimes utilize the exaggeration experiment which most closely resembles

paradox as practiced by Frankl, Haley, or Erickson.

A gestalt therapist is most likely going to deal with a client's projection via

playing the projection technique.

Gestalt therapy, a paradigm that focuses on awareness in the here and now incorporates

psychodrama.

Unpleasant feelings after a person creates game are called

rackets.

The gestalt dialogue experiment generally utilizes the concepts of

top dog, underdog, and the empty chair technique.

Is gestalt therapy unexpressed emotions are known as

unfinished business.

A client says she has a tingling sensation in her hands each time she talks about he probability of marriage. A gestalt therapist would most likely

urge the client to stay with the feeling.

The acronym NLP is an abbreviation of

Bandler and Grinder's neurolinguistic programming.

Empathy and counselor effectiveness scales reflect the work of

Carkhuff and Gazda.

A game is composed of transactions which end in a bad feeling for at least one player. Games are said to prevent true intimacy. Which other statement is true of games?

In a first-degree game the harm is minimal, but the level of harm is quite serious in a third-degree game.

Which statement is true of the person-centered approach?

Reflection is used a lot yet the counselor rarely gives advice.

Gestalt means

a form, figure, or configuration unified as a whole.

According to Eric Berne a life script is actually

a life drama or plot based on unconscious decisions made early in life.

Gestalt therapy emphasizes

awareness in the here and now and dream work.

A client undergoing gestalt therapy who states "It is difficult to get a job in New Your City" would be asked by the counselor to

change the verbalization an "I" statement.

Rogers approach is characterized as a(n)_______ approach.

existential or humanistic

Perks suggested _____ which must be peeled away to reach emotional stability.

five layers of neurosis

Eric Berne is to TA as Fritz Perls is to

gestalt therapy.

The school of counseling created by Carl R. Rogers, Ph.D, has undergone three name changes. Initially it was called _____ then ____, and in 1974 it changed to _______.

nondirective; client-centered; person-centered.

Critics assert that gestalt therapy is an effective treatment that

often fails to emphasize cognitive concerns.

According to gestalt therapist, a client who is angry at his wife for loving him, and who makes a suicide attempt, would be engaging in

retroflection.

The relationship a client has with a gestalt therapist would most likely progress _____ than the relationship a client would have with a Rogerian counselor.

slower