Gestalt therapy

Question 1

Social roles are the means to what in the Gestalt theory of personality?

Answer 1

Biological needs (hunger, sex, survival, shelter)

Question 2

It is only through _______ that we are motivated to rely on our own resources to overcome what is frustrating us.

Answer 2

Frustration

Question 3

Gestalt therapy is very ________. It is focused on the _____ and not the past.

Answer 3

Experiential; present.

Question 4

A healthy personality does not become occupied with _______.

Answer 4

Social roles

Question 5

catastrophic expectations

Answer 5

projections of the child’s own fears of the consequences of independence. May risk losing parent’s love or approval.

Question 6

5 layers of psychopathology

Answer 6

1) phony 2) phobic 3) impasse 4) implosive 5) explosive

Question 7

Psychopathology emerges when

Answer 7

Meeting end goals through social means. Denies polarities, living in an inauthentic self and engaged in a fantasy life (maya)

Question 8

2 goals of Gestalt therapy

Answer 8

1) liberate cilent from maya
2) produce a new self, not just talk about one

Question 9

3 Gestalt interventions

Answer 9

Empty chair, dialogue games (b/w parts of self), and “and I take responsibility”

Question 10

(True or False) Gestalt exercises were more important to the process than an authentic relationship.

Answer 10

True