LCSW - review questions Flashcards
What is the Gestalt world view?
People are whole and unified entities. People have all resources in them to succeed. Here and now.
What leads to change?
being here & now and re-owning those disowned parts (fragments) and they can become whole again. acknowledge unfinished business unexpressed feeling lingered in back ground interfere in present relationships.
What are some Gestalts goals?
- -Help client gain awareness of their experiences what they doing & accepting responsibilities for own behavior, thoughts, feelings.
- Reconciling polarities: (disown/disavowed parts) “underdog” and the “thought dog”- split up parts of self balance.
What is the role of the Gestalt therapist?
interactive, challenging, very confrontational, a lot of HOW and WHAT questions, focus present, very creative past into present. Point out clt distractions -when clt tries to change subject switching “staying with that feeling” or exagerating - won’t let clt distract clt. Intervention is sub~ confrontation role playing.
Gestalt believes
role / therapist and client relationship is very important to bring out change.
Gestalt interventions:
unfinished business; underdog/touft dog; resentment type most frequent most debilitating type of unfinished business; Aha! momento: insight, suddently into nature/solution problem; Impasse: believe they don’t have the resources internal support, inability to solve problems themselves.
Therapists: Yalom, Frankl & May –What is the Existential view of humankind?
finding meaning and we are free and responsible for our choices and we seek meaning in a world that inheritaly provokes anxiety and meaning is not fixed.
What leads to change?
WHEN WE ACHIEVE MEANING–death(inevitable), isolation(true), meaninglessness(world), freedom us to create meaning , freedom to love, live as we choose until we die. inevitable
what are some existential goals?
Increase awareness, recognizing we have freedom self-awareness; to find meaning striving for own identity and relationship with others.
what is the role of the existential therapist?
–client is the expert; –to be supportive and to have a willingness to self disclose and ; —to challenge client to take responsibility for themselves
What are some Existential interventions?
- encourage client to examine their value systems
- Examine their assumptions about life
- encourage clients to put what they learn into action
What are some key Existential concepts and terms?
Intentionality: stance: purpose and this is the define themselves and behave world–how humans define see the world
