Perls

Question 1

gestalt

Answer 1

a whole structure – integrated, organized; Essential property of wholeness – more than sum of parts

Question 2

figure

Answer 2

what stands out – most prominent, salient; What you pay attention to at this moment – tiny fraction of whole

Question 3

ground

Answer 3

background – everything else that is not figure

Question 4

Gestalt view of pathology

Answer 4

when the flow between figure and ground is somehow interrupted
-don’t express need due to fear of expression
-fixation on particular need
-trying to satisfy 2 needs at a time
-sticking to old figure-ground relationships

Question 5

retroflexion

Answer 5

use body to inhibit need; lock feelings up –> physical symptoms distract from feelings you have

Question 6

projection

Answer 6

don’t see need in self, see needs in others –> Focusing on how the other person has that feeling enables you not to have to see the feeling in yourself and that is how it protects you

Question 7

introjection

Answer 7

“swallowing something whole”; conforming to other’s standards rather than own needs

Question 8

desensitization

Answer 8

shut off feelin in part of body
e.g., ignoring feeling of others’ bodies in crowded train

Question 9

rolfing

Answer 9

very deep, painful massage, focus on knots in muscles that are unmet needs blocked off from awareness that become stuck in the body –> emotional release, feelings/memories come into awareness

Question 10

therapeutic goal for gestalt therapy

Answer 10

-(full) awareness of one’s needs, stop blocking of awareness
-reintegrate body and mind