Question 1

The primary emphasis of Gestalt therapy is on the

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A)  past. 
B)  present. 
C)  future. 
D)  unknown.

Question 2

When the experience of coming together is blocked repetitively, one is left in a state of______________, which is a boundary disturbance.

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Question 3

Gestalt therapy started out as a revision of psychoanalysis and then evolved. Discuss how Gestalt therapy and psychoanalysis are similar and how they are different. Compare the Gestalt therapy view of insight with Freud's view.

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Question 4

All techniques in Gestalt therapy are considered experiments. Choose three techniques a Gestalt therapist may use in the course of therapy and discuss when and why they might be chosen.

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Question 5

Achieving a balance between individual needs and the environment reflects

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A)  creative adjustment. 
B)  introjection. 
C)  holism. 
D)  polarity.

Question 6

The primary goal of Gestalt therapy is

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A)  elimination of psychopathology. 
B)  increased awareness. 
C)  insight regarding conflicts. 
D)  behavior change.

Question 7

Gestalt therapy focuses on the _________________, believing that to be consciously aware is to be engaged in the fully embodied human experience with another.

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Question 8

After receiving a pay raise, Danny wants to celebrate with others. Instead, he buys champagne and celebrates alone because he has no close friends. This reflects the boundary disturbance of

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A)  introjection. 
B)  assimilation. 
C)  projection. 
D)  retroflection.

Question 9

Gestalt theory states that people function according to an overarching principle called creative adjustment. What does this term mean?

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Question 10

Which of the following would be inconsistent with the dialogic relationship?

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A)  Conveyance of empathic understanding 
B)  Therapist display of authenticity 
C)  Mutual patient-therapist self-disclosure 
D)  Therapist control of the outcome

Question 11

Describe the concepts of holism and field theory. How are they related to understanding humans?

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Question 12

The word Gestalt is analogous with

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A)  perceptual whole. 
B)  creative indifference. 
C)  in the moment. 
D)  conscious awareness.

Question 13

Gestalt therapy was developed by _______ and _______.

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Question 14

A Gestalt therapist would view resistance as

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A)  intentional thwarting of the therapy process. 
B)  an attempt to maintain psychological integrity. 
C)  reflective of an underlying id-superego conflict. 
D)  created by the patient in response to transference.

Question 15

According to Gestalt therapy, psychological adjustment requires

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A)  unconditional positive regard by others. 
B)  an awareness of our need states. 
C)  congruence between objective and subjective reality. 
D)  equality between actual and ideal self-concepts.

Question 16

Positive mental health is seen as the ability for an individual to shift between figure and ground; in other words, to be able to deal with competing concepts like life and death, which are considered _______.

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Question 17

What is the goal of Gestalt therapy? What would indicate to a therapist that client is making progress in therapy?

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Question 18

In contrast to psychoanalysis, Gestalt therapy emphasized the

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A)  rule of abstinence. 
B)  importance of therapist neutrality. 
C)  transference neurosis. 
D)  potential of the here and now.

Question 19

Which of the following individuals and his collaborators founded Gestalt therapy?

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A)  Gary Yontef 
B)  Fritz Perls 
C)  Albert Einstein 
D)  Martin Buber

Question 20

The word Gestalt comes from a German word meaning _______.

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Exam 9: Gestalt Therapy Gary Yontef and Lynne Jacobs