Client-Centered, Gestalt, and Rational-Emotive Therapies

Question 1

Core Principles of Client-Centered Therapy

Answer 1

• Empathy
• Unconditional Positive Regard
• Congruence (being genuine)

Question 2

How the Gloria Videos Demonstrated a core Principle of Client-Centered Therapy

Answer 2

• Carl Rogers is nondirective, but not uncaring
• Shows Gloria unconditional positive regard, to the point Gloria indicates that she wishes he was her father

Question 3

Core Principles of Gestalt Therapy

Answer 3

• Emphasis on present experiences
• Identifying inconsistencies in verbal and nonverbal behaviour
• Taking various roles in a dialogue to reveal conflicts within a personality

Question 4

How the Gloria Videos Demonstrated a Core Principle of Gestalt Therapy

Answer 4

• Perls points out verbal/nonverbal inconsistencies when Gloria exaggerates hand and foot movements
• Takes an aggressive role at points, calling Gloria “a bluff, or a phony”

Question 5

Core Principles of Rational-Emotive Therapy

Answer 5

• Aims to change behaviour by altering thoughts
• Beliefs about Activating Events determine emotional Consequences
• Making people confront their own illogical thinking

Question 6

How the Gloria Videos Demonstrated a Core Principle of Rational-Emotive Therapy

Answer 6

• Ellis often identifies irrational ideas
• Ellis tells Gloria that she is catastrophizing and focusing so much on her deficits that she cannot be her true self