Gestalt Theory Flashcards
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who founded Gestalt theory
Fritz Perls
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what are the cornerstones of gestalt theories
- awareness
- choice
- responsiblity
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what is a goal of the client in gestalt theory
expand awareness of their experience in the present moment
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phenomenological
focus on client’s perception of reality and existential, people in process of becoming, remaking and rediscovering themselves.
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what is the focus on during therapy
gestalt
focus here and now, what and how of experience
authenticity of therapist
active dialogic inquiry and exploration
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what is the role of the therapist in gestalt therapy
- put themselves in experience w/o analyzing or interpreting
- want clients to gain awareness of where they are going and how they are doing it moment to moment
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contemporary relational gestalt therapy
- stresses dialogue and I/thou relationship between client and therapist
- work with clients in search of understanding
- emphasize support, acceptance, empathy, respect and dialogue as well as confrontation
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how does growth occur during gestalt therapy
genuine contact between client and therapist
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things pearls did during therapy
- move client from environmental support to self support/ reintegrating disowned parts of one’s personality
- ask clients to invest themselves fully in current conditon
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holistic
interested in whole person; attend to client’s thoughts, feelings, behaviors, body. memories, and dreams
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field theory
client must be seen in their enviornment and explore what occurs between person and environment
* attending to the obvious
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attending to the obvious
paying attention to how the parts fit together and how individual makes contact with environment
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figure formation process
tracks how individual organizes experience from moment to moment as some aspect of environmental field emerges from background and becomes focal point of individuals attention and interest
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what is the tag line of Gestalt theory
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
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contact boundary disturbances
- introjection
- projection
- retroflection
- deflection
- confluence
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why does the client ask what and how questions as opposed to why
to aid in staying in the present
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ways gestalt therapies uses “the now”
- power in the present
- what and how questions
- bring client to the present if they try to speak about past
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how might a gestalt therapist deal with a client talking about their past?
they might ask them to reenact the past as if they are living it now
Explain:
unfinished business in relation to gestalt therapy
- unresoved feelings persist until you deal with the unexpressed feelings.
- therapist emphasize pays attention to bodily experience as unexpressed feeling result in physical sensations or problems.
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through gestalt process clients will
- move toward increased awareness
- assume ownership of experiences
- develop skills/values allow them to satisfy own needs
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therapist function in gestalt therapy
- use active methods and personal engagement, not directing
- functions as a guide; may share observations
- climate where clients can try new bx
- i/thou dialogue and the here and now
- body language is important therapist calls attention to it
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clients behavior in gestalt therapy
- clients are active participants who make their own interpretations and meanings
- decide what to do with their personal meaning
- accommodation
- assimilation
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accommodation in relation to gestalt therapy
- making new choices
- trying new behaviors
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assimilation in relation to gestalt therapy
- clients learn how to influence their environment
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what does the therapist/client relationship look like in gestalt therapy
- therapist allows client to be who they are
- creating a relationship is at the heart of gestalt therapy
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experiments in relation to gestalt therapy
- intervention and active technique that facilitates collaborative exploration of a clients experience.
- learn by doing
- aimed at facilitating a clients ability to work through stuck points of life
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confrontation in relation to gestalt therapy
dialogue centered, includes support and kindness
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interventions
- internal dialogue technique
- empty chair technique
- future projection
- stay with feeling
