Philosophy, Basic Assumptions, Techniques and Procedures
Key Concepts/Definitions
Therapeutic Goals & Relationship
Contributions and Limitations
100
Fritz & Laura Perls, Miriam & Erving Polster.
Who are the founders of Gestalt Therapy?
100
A critical difference between early Gestalt therapy and relational Gestalt therapy.
What is the approach to confrontation?
100
A role-playig intervention in which clients play conflicting parts. Typically consists of an imaginary dialogue.
What is empty chair?
100
By encouraging direct____________and _______________ of feelings, this approach de-emphasizes abstract intellectualization of one's problems.
What is contact and expression?
200
A major founder of Gestalt therapy who was not considered a model student.
Who is Fritz Perls?
200
An existential-phenomenological approach in which individuals must be understood in the context of their ongoing relationship with the environment.
What is Gestalt Therapy?
200
Holism, field theory, the figure-formation process and organismic self-regulation.
What are key principles of Gestalt therapy?
200
attaining awareness, and with it greater choice
What is the goal of this approach?
300
Is NOT considered a relational Gestalt therapist
Who is Fritz Perls
300
An approach in which clients come to grips with what they are thinking, feeling and doing as they interact with the therapist?
What is experiential approach?
300
Entails the practice of therapy being informed by understanding the role of emotion in psychotherapeutic change.
What is Emotion-Focused Therapy?
300
A theory that suggests we change through becoming aware of who we currently are.
What is The paradoxical theory of behavior change?
400
Experiential therapy that stresses here-and-now awareness and integration of the fragmented parts of the personality.
What is Gestalt Therapy?
400
The therapist serves as a guide and a catalyst, presents experiments, and shares observations, the basic work of therapy is done by the______________.
What is the client?
400
A teenage girl is angry with her parents and cuts on her arm.
What is retroflection?
500
A defensive behavior and a form of resistance to contact.
What is blocked energy?
500
Gestalt therapists do not force change on clients; rather, they create____________ within a context of the I/Thou dialogue in a here-and-now framework.
What is experiments?
500
Because of his need to be liked, Jose makes careful efforts to get along with everyone and minimize interpersonal conflicts.
What is confluence?
500
presence, authentic dialogue, gentleness, direct self-expression by the therapist, decreased use of techniques, and a greater trust in the client's experiencing are all factors of______________________.
What is contemporary Gestalt therapy.
500
Tends to produce high levels of intense feelings and it is highly focused on direct expression of feelings.
What is a limitation of Gestalt therapy, from a multicultural perspective.