Ch8 Gestalt Theory

Question 1

Interventions aim at what major goal in Gestalt counseling/psychotherapy?

Answer 1

Interventions aim at the goal of autonomy and growth of the client through increased awareness

Question 2

What is the difference between Gestalt therapy and gestalt psychology

Answer 2

Gestalt therapy is more concerned with Personality, psychopathology and psychotherapy, whereas Gestalt Psychology is concerned with perception and cognition

Question 3

The german term “gestalt” defines what?

Answer 3

a unique patterning in which the parts are integrated into the perceptual whole

Question 4

phenomenology

Answer 4

is the study of human experience through attending to the subjective observations of individuals