Counseling & Healing Relationships #8

Question 1

In transactional analysis, the _______________ _______________ component of the personality is the master of the “shoulds,” “oughts,” and “musts.”

Answer 1

Critical parent

Question 2

In transactional analysis, the _______________ _______________ component of the personality is opinionated with biases not based on fact.

Answer 2

Prejudicial parent

Question 3

In transactional analysis, the _______________ ego state processes facts, is rational, logical, and does not focus on feelings.

Answer 3

Adult

Question 4

In transactional analysis, the child ego state may manifest as any of three different states. They are:

Answer 4

• The natural child
• The adapted child
• The little professor

Question 5

In transactional analysis, the ________________ ________________ ego state is spontaneous, impulsive, and untrained.

Answer 5

Natural child

Question 6

In transactional analysis, the ________________ ________________ ego state conforms and acts according to others’ wishes to please them, be liked, and avoid punishment.

Answer 6

Adapted child

Question 7

In transactional analysis, the ________________ ________________ ego state is smart, creative, intuitive, and manipulative.

Answer 7

Little professor

Question 8

In transactional analysis theory, messages we receive from parents that form our ego states and cause us to make early life decisions are called _________________.

Answer 8

Injunctions

Question 9

Karpman suggested only three roles are necessary for manipulative drama. They are:

Answer 9

• The persecutor
• The rescuer
• The victim

Question 10

In transactional analysis, a _______________ is a transaction with a predictable outcome and concealed motive that prevents honest, intimate discussion, and leaves one party with negative feelings.

Answer 10

Game

Question 11

In gestalt therapy and transactional analysis, the ________________ ________________ _________________ involves the client imaging that another individual is sitting in a chair in front of them and then talks to the person.

Answer 11

Empty chair technique

Question 12

In transactional analysis, the unpleasant feelings an individual experiences after creating a game are called ________________.

Answer 12

Rackets

Question 13

A ________________ _________________ is a person’s ongoing drama which dictates how they will live their life.

Answer 13

Life script

Question 14

Claude Steiner describes three basic unhealthy life scripts. They are:

Answer 14

• No love
• No mind
• No joy

Question 15

Lenore Walker outlines three phases with the cycle of violence. They are:

Answer 15

1. Tension building phase
2. Battering phase
3. Honeymoon phase

Question 16

_______________ ________________ is the father of transactional analysis, while _______________ ________________ is the father of gestalt therapy.

Answer 16

• Eric Berne (transactional analysis)
• Fritz Perls (gestalt)

Question 17

In gestalt therapy, the _______________ is the critical parent portion of the personality that is very authoritarian and quick to use “shoulds” and “oughts.”

Answer 17

Topdog

Question 18

In gestalt therapy, the _______________ is the portion of the personality that is weak, powerless, passive, and full of excuses.

Answer 18

Underdog

Question 19

List the stages of James O. Prochaska’s Transtheoretical Model of Change in order:

Answer 19

1. Precontemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance

Question 20

The two most popular techniques used by neurolinguistic programming (NLP) practitioners are ________________ and ________________.

Answer 20

• Reframing
• Anchoring

Question 21

When using _______________, the neurolinguistic programming (NLP) counselor helps the client to perceive a given situation in a new light, so as to produce a new emotional reaction to it.

Answer 21

Reframing

Question 22

In neurolinguistic programming (NLP), _________________ evokes a desirable emotional state in the client via an outside stimulus such as a touch, a sound, or a specific bodily motion.

Answer 22

Anchoring

Question 23

In gestalt therapy, _________________ ________________ _________________ asks the client to literally act like the person they dislike.

Answer 23

Playing the projection

Question 24

In gestalt therapy, ________________ __________________ occurs when a client is asked to turn a question or declaration into an “I statement” to support awareness of the role that their thoughts play in their experiences.

Answer 24

Taking responsibility

Question 25

In gestalt-based dream work, everything in a dream is considered a _________________ __________________ _________________.

Answer 25

Projection of self