The Founders
Transformed Gestalt Psychology into Gestalt Therapy
Who is Frederick (Fritz) Perls?
A client viewing their environment without boundaries, letting too much of it into themselves
What is Confluence?
The purpose of this technique is have clients become more aware of how their behavior affects others
What is Empty Chair?
What is Gestalt?
The Wife of Frederick (Fritz) Perls and ran the New York Gestalt Institute for 40 years
Who is Lore (Laura) Perls?
Dysfunctional behaviors that conflict with the emerging awareness of what people actually do, think, feel, and want
What are "Shoulds"?
This technique has clients verbalize an expression that is affecting them emotionally
What is Explicitation/Translation?
The four main theoretical pillars (All four must be named)
What are Phenomenology, Existentialism, Field Theory, and Dialogue?
Collaborated with Fritz on writing Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality
Who is Paul Goodman?
The awareness of thoughts, feelings, senses, and being integrated with the body and mind
What is Differentiated Unity?
The purpose of this technique is to help the client understand what may be going on in the here and now
What is Dream Work?
Attending to the whole person rather than just one aspect of them
What is Holism?
The Neurologist that trained Fritz in psychoanalysis while in Germany and Austria
Who is Kurt Goldstein?
The four parts of Field Theory (Must name all four)
What are Phenomenological fields, Holism, Dichotomies, and Polarities?
The purpose of this technique is to have clients experience the full impact of their words and feelings
What is The Repetition Game?
Avoiding contact with the environment and shifting the focus toward something else
What is Deflection?
The Three Gestalt Psychologists who laid the groundwork for Perls's application of Gestalt Therapy (Only one must be named)
Who are Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and Kurt Koffka?
An individual's extrasensory perception of the outside world and their internal experience of the outside world
What are Tertiary Qualities?
This technique has the counselor help the client recognize and accept what is rather than what could be
What is Unfinished Business?
This theory states that when individuals give up trying to become what they would like to become, change will occur
What is Paradoxical Theory of Change?