Existential Therapy

Question 1

According to existentialists, our search for meaning involves all of these except:

Answer 1

exploring unfinished business

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an example of how existential therapy is unlike other therapies?

Answer 2

it focuses on the use of specific techniques created for this theory

Question 3

Existential therapy is best considered as:

Answer 3

an approach to understanding humans

Question 4

Existential therapy is unlike many other therapies in that:

Answer 4

all of these:
doesn’t have well-defined set of techniques
stresses the I/thou encounter in therapy
focuses of the use of therapists self as the core
allows for incorporation of techniques from other approaches

Question 5

Finding the “courage to be” involves:

Answer 5

all of these:
confronting a specific phobia
learning to be alone
discarding old values
developing a will to move forward in spite of anxiety-producing situations

Question 6

Soren Kierkegaard

Answer 6

focused on uncertainty in life and angst (word with a meaning between the English words dread and anxiety)… it is this angst that
causes people to stop sleepwalking through life as people create themselves.

Question 7

Martin Heidegger

Answer 7

developed phenomenological existentialism

Question 8

Philosophically, the existentialist would agree that:

Answer 8

1. The final decisions and choices rest with the client 2. People redefine themselves by their choices 3. A person can go beyond early conditioning 4. Making choices can create anxiety

Question 9

The basic goals of existential theory are:

Answer 9

to expand self-awareness, to increase choice potentials, to help clients accept the responsibility of choosing, and to help the client experience authentic existence

Question 10

“Bad faith” according to Sartre is

Answer 10

“the inauthenticity of not accepting personal

responsibility

Question 11

Basic goal of therapy?

Answer 11

expanding awareness

Question 12

The central issue in therapy is

Answer 12

freedom & responsibility

Question 13

The therapist’s authenticity is considered to be the most crucial quality of a
therapist in building an effective therapeutic relationship

Answer 13

They are a companion for the client to be used in various ways.