Section G - Gestalt Therapy, Energy Psychology, EMDR & OEI Flashcards
What situations is Gestalt appropriate for?
- symptoms of unresolved childhood abuse & neglect
- Growth group counselling
- Those with repressed emotions who don’t seem to learn from experience
- Inadequate dealing with crises/relations
- PTSD symptoms preventing intimacy
- High-functioning clients who can tolerate confrontation/role play
In Gestalt, what is Unfinished Business?
Unresolved emotions, relationships, etc.
In Gestalt, what is the Empty Chair exercise?
A client projects the parts of themselves that are disconnected into a chair and talk to the parts as if they were other people.
What does the Gestalt therapist model for the client?
Openness, awareness and honesty.
In Gestalt, rather than allowing clients to rationalize or intellectualize their experiences, the focus is on….
Deepening the experiencing.
What situations is EMDR best suited for?
- single incident trauma
- childhood abuse or neglect
- ‘distance’ emotionally in relationships as a result of trauma
- substance abuse issues
- phantom limb or chronic pain
- fears/phobias
What are experiences typically stored as initially?
Episodic memory with descriptive and emotional-physiological information
What kind of model is EMDR?
Information-processing model with direct connections to a neurobiological model.
Normally, where is an episodic memory transferred to?
Semantic memory
When does the transfer of semantic to episodic memory occur?
Usually in part during the REM stage of the sleep cycle.
What is the difference between recalling a memory when it is still ‘episodic’ and when it is ‘semantic’?
In episodic, the descriptive and emotional-physiological components are evoked. (more vivid/real)
