Gestalt Therapy Quiz

Question 1

‘Resistances to contact’ refers to coping processes we develop that often end up preventing us from experiencing the present in a full and real way.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Blocked energy can be considered a form of defensive behaviour.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is adjustment to society.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Recent trends in Gestalt practice include more emphasis on confrontation, more anonymity of the therapist, and increased reliance on techniques.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Dreams contain existential messages, and each piece of dream work leads to assimilation of missing parts of the self.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Gestalt therapy is well suited for group counseling, especially when there is a here-and-now emphasis within the group.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

One of the functions of the therapist is to pay attention to the client’s body language.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Gestalt techniques are primarily aimed at teaching clients to think rationally.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

A major function of the therapist is to make interpretations of clients’ behaviour so that they can begin to think about their patterns.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The founder of Gestalt therapy contends that a frequent source of unfinished business is resentment.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The main founder of Gestalt therapy is:

Answer 11

Fritz Perls

Question 12

Which is not true of Gestalt therapy?

Answer 12

The focus is on the “why” of behavior.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a key concept of Gestalt therapy?

Answer 13

Intellectual understanding of one’s problems.

Question 14

According to the Gestalt view, awareness:

Answer 14

is by itself therapeutic.

Question 15

The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is to help clients:

Answer 15

move from environmental support to self-support.

Question 16

The impasse is the point in therapy at which clients:

Answer 16

experience a sense of “being stuck.”

Question 17

Gestalt therapy can best be characterised as:

Answer 17

an experimental therapy

Question 18

The major focus of Gestalt therapy is on:

Answer 18

assisting the client to become aware of how behaviours that were once part of creatively adjusting to past environments may be interfering with effective functioning and living in the present.

Question 19

A contribution of the Gestalt approach is that it:

Answer 19

deals with the past in a lively manner by bringing relevant aspects into the present.

Question 20

The process of distraction, which makes it difficult to maintain sustained contact, is:

Answer 20

deflection

Question 21

The process of turning back to ourselves what we would like to do to someone else is:

Answer 21

retroflection.

Question 22

The tendency to uncritically accept others’ beliefs and standards without assimilating them to make them congruent with who we are is:

Answer 22

introjection

Question 23

The process of blurring the differentiation between the self and the environment is

Answer 23

confluence

Question 24

Which of the following is a shortcoming of Gestalt therapy as it is applied to working with culturally diverse populations?

Answer 24

Gestalt methods can lead to a high level of intense feelings, and some clients may have been culturally conditioned to be emotionally reserved and to avoid openly expressing feelings.

Question 25

Which of the following is a shortcoming of Gestalt therapy as it is applied to working with culturally diverse populations?

Answer 25

Gestalt methods can lead to a high level of intense feelings, and some clients may have been culturally conditioned to be emotionally reserved and to avoid openly expressing feelings.