Rogers, of the Carl Variety
Existential Quandries
Markers, Tasks, & Goals, Oh My!
Feel the Feels
Experiential Metaphors & Empty Chairs
100

Rogers was rejecting which two psychological theories that he claimed were reductionistic in their approach.

Behaviorism & Psychoanalysis

100

"The Self" according to Existential-Humanistic theory.

Living an experience

100

Compassionate Self-Soothing is the task related to this marker.

Anguish/Emotional Suffering

100

Name three of the emotions that are expressed universally, according to Ekman's research.

Anger, Surprise, Disgust, Sadness, Happiness, Fear, Contempt

100

Rogers uses this symbol to describe the innate self-actualizing tendency he believes we have.

Potato

200
According to Rogers, this is our natural ability to know whether something enhances or hinders growth.

Organismic Valuing Process

200

These are the two elements of the existential paradox.

Possibilities & Limitations

200

This is what the "M" stands for in the acronym used for case formulation in Emotion-Focused Therapy

Markers

200

"Yes, this is it! This is how I feel." Greenberg would identify this feeling as this type of emotion

Primary

200

Emotion-Focused therapists uses this symbol as they describe case conceptualization and the process of therapy. 

Pain Compass

300

The number of necessary and sufficient conditions that Carol Rogers theorized. 

Six

300

The four givens according to Yalom

Death, Meaninglessness, Isolation, Freedom.

300

The End State of this marker-guided intervention is described as experiencing a new view of self in-the-world functioning.

Puzzling Overreaction

300

According to Emotion-Focused Theory, the two broad functions of emotions are this.

Provide information, indicate pleasure/pain (hedonic)

300

Adam Driver once commented on this symbol that also describes existentialists' metaphor for presence in therapy.

The Soup

400

These are the three necessary and sufficient conditions of change.

Accurate Empathetic Understanding, Congruence/Genuineness, Unconditional Positive Regard

400

This is a type of happiness that existentialists believe is rooted in our sense of uniqueness, personal potential, and sense of purpose

Ontological/Eudaimonic Happiness

400

Hitting rock bottom and bouncing back is the process of this marker-guided intervention.

Vulnerability

400

An emotion that is fresh and new, helps organize the self, and promotes attachment is referred to as this by Greenberg.

Adaptive Primary Feeling

400

The metaphor for the fruitless pursuit of this type of happiness, in which we always return to baseline, finding ourselves wanting more to feel fulfilled

Hedonic Treadmill
500

According to Rogers, this is the sensing of a client's private world as if it were your own, without losing the "as if" quality.

Empathy

500

These are the two polarized conditions that existential-humanistic theory describes.

Repressed Living and Loss of Discernment

500

This marker guided intervention would be appropriate for a client that states, "I'm not good enough."

Self-Critical Split & Two-Chair Dialogue

500

These are the four components of Emotional Intelligence

Emotion Awareness, Utilization, Knowledge, & Management

500

Although not strictly a metaphor, Frankl used this term to describe distress clients experience related to experiencing an emptiness - a loss of purpose, direction, or meaning in life. 

Existential Vacuum

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