Chapter 8 - Gestalt Therapy

Question 1

MINDTAP:

Resistances to contact refer to coping processes we develop that often end up preventing us from experiencing the present in a full and real way

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

Authentic change that occurs more from being who we are than from trying to be who we are not is called the paradoxical theory of change.

True or False

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Contemporary relational Gestalt therapy combines sustained empathic inquiry with awareness on what one may perceive based on past experience (T/F)

Answer 3

FALSE

(look to The Role of Confrontation in the chapter)

Question 4

In the Gestalt approach, confrontation is considered a set of negative traits of clients.

True/False

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

Dreams contain existential messages, and each piece of dream work leads to assimilation of missing parts of the self.

True/False

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

Gestalt therapy is well suited for group counseling, especially when there is a here-and-now emphasis within the group

True or False

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

One of the functions of the therapist is to pay attention to the client’s body language

True or False

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

Gestalt groups invite members to try different behavioral styles as a way to heighten what a given member might be experiencing at the moment

true or false

Answer 8

FALSE

Question 9

A major function of the therapist is to make interpretations of clients’ behavior so that they can begin to think about their patterns

True or False

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

Contemporary Gestalt therapy places much less emphasis on resistance than the early version of Gestalt therapy

True or False

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

Which is not true of Gestalt therapy?
a. The focus is on the here and now.
b. The focus is on integrating fragmented parts of the personality.
c. The focus is on the “what” and “how” of behavior.
d. The focus is on the “why” of behavior.

Answer 11

D)

Question 12

Which of the following is not a key concept of Gestalt therapy?
a. Awareness of the present moment
b. Unfinished business
c. Acceptance of personal responsibility
d. Intellectual understanding of one’s problems

Answer 12

D)

Question 13

According to the Gestalt view, awareness
a. consists of understanding the causes of one’s problems.
b. without specific behavioral change is useless.
c. is by itself therapeutic.
d. is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for change.

Answer 13

C)

Question 14

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is to help clients
a. recognize which ego state they are functioning in.
b. move from environmental support to self-support.
c. work through the transference relationship with the therapist.
d. uncover unconscious motivations

Answer 14

B)

Question 15

The impasse is the point in therapy at which clients
a. have external support available to them.
b. experience a sense of “being stuck.”
c. experience a sense of becoming “unstuck.”
d. are expected to accept their frustrations.

Answer 15

B)

Question 16

Gestalt therapy can best be characterized as
a. an experiential therapy.
b. an empirically validated treatment.
c. an insight therapy.
d. an action-oriented therapy.

Answer 16

A)

Question 17

Gestalt therapy encourages clients to do all of the following except
a. experience internal conflicts.
b. resolve inconsistencies and dichotomies.
c. work through the impasse.
d. not pay attention to their own nonverbal messages.

Answer 17

D)

Question 18

The major focus of Gestalt therapy is on
a. assisting the client to become aware of how behaviors that were once part of creatively adjusting to past environments may be interfering with effective functioning and living in the present.
b. free associating to the client’s dreams in order to find out the specific issues the client is experiencing.
c. understanding why we feel as we do.
d. the relationship between client and counselor and how well they get along.

Answer 18

A)

Question 19

A contribution of the Gestalt approach is that it
a. stresses talking about problems.
b. deals with the past in a lively manner by bringing relevant aspects into the present.
c. sheds light on transference.
d. is primarily a cognitive perspective.

Answer 19

B)

Question 20

The Gestalt view of human nature is rooted in all of the following approaches except
a. phenomenological.
b. field.
c. person-centered.
d. existential.

Answer 20

C) PERSON-CENTRED

Question 21

What caveat should be made in the minds of Gestalt therapists carrying out experiments with their clients?
a. Clients must be aware of why they behave so in a particular situation.
b. The directive approach should reveal past experiences of clients.
c. The therapist–client alliance should be made in a way that clients identify what they should become.
d. Clients must decide whether to participate in experiments or not for learning more about themselves

Answer 21

D)

Question 22

Which of the following is a key strength of Gestalt therapy?
a. Using catharsis to bring up changes
b. Using techniques to confront clients
c. Bringing the directive approach for expressing feelings
d. Integration of theory, practice, and research

Answer 22

D)

Question 23

In Gestalt therapy, the process of blurring the differentiation between the self and the environment is known as
a. confluence.
b. introjection.
c. projection.
d. retroflection

Answer 23

A)

Question 24

Which of the following is a shortcoming of Gestalt therapy as it is applied to working with culturally diverse populations?
a. Focusing on gestures, facial expressions, and experiences within the body helps clients whose cultural norm is indirect and limited speech.
b. Gestalt therapists remain receptive to how clients’ realities differ from their own.
c. Gestalt methods can lead to a high level of intense feelings that would be used with clients who have been culturally conditioned to be emotionally reserved and to avoid openly expressing feelings.
d. Drawing on Gestalt experiments, they can be tailored to fit the unique way in which an individual perceives and interpret his or her culture

Answer 24

C)

Question 25

According to Dr. Corey, Gestalt therapy stresses _____.
a. conflict
b. mutuality
c. motivation
d. awareness

Answer 25

D) AWARENESS

Question 26

In Gestalt therapy, an experiment is best described as _____.
a. growing out of the here and now encounter
b. having the client apply insights to life outside therapy
c. allowing the client to act as his or her own therapist
d. involving the application of Gestalt techniques

Answer 26

A)