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Who among the following is NOT considered a relational Gestalt therapist?

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Fritz Perls

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Gestalt therapy is a form of:

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Existential therapy.

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Field theory suggests that:

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Everything in human experience is relational and in constant flux.

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A healthy contact experience involves:

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Interacting with others while maintaining a sense of self; creativity; maintaining balance between the figure and the ground.

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According to the Gestalt view, blocked energy is:

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Both (A defensive behavior and a form of resistance to contact).

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Which of the following is NOT considered one of the six methodological components of Gestalt therapy?

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Assessment

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A critical difference between early Gestalt therapy and relational Gestalt therapy is:

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The approach to confrontation.

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The Gestalt therapist:

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Pays attention to the client's nonverbal language.

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In Gestalt theory, the experiment is considered:

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A theoretical proposition crafted to fit the client's unique needs.

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When a person experiences an internal conflict (namely a conflict between top dog and underdog), which of the following techniques would be most appropriate?

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The internal dialogue exercise.

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Gestalt-therapy techniques are designed to help the client:

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Both (expand awareness of the here-and-now and intensify feelings and experiences).

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A Gestalt technique that is most useful when a person attempts to deny an aspect of his or her personality (such as tenderness) is:

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The reversal exercise.

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The Gestalt approach to dreams:

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Both (asks the client to become all parts of his or her own dream and has the client actively interpret the meaning of the dream for himself or herself).

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The paradoxical theory of behavior change suggests:

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We change through becoming aware of who we currently are.

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The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is:

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Attaining awareness, and with it greater choice.

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From a multicultural perspective, a limitation of Gestalt therapy is that:

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Both (It tends to produce high levels of intense feelings and it is highly focused on direct expression of feelings).

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A contribution of this therapeutic approach is that:

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It enables intense experiencing to occur quickly; it can be a relatively brief therapy; it stresses doing and experiencing, as opposed to talking about problems.

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According to Gestalt theory, people use avoidance in order to:

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Keep themselves from facing unfinished business; keep from feeling uncomfortable emotions; keep from having to change.

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Empirical support for Gestalt therapy is:

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Becoming stronger.

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According to gestalt theory, all of the following are true about contact expect:

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Withdrawal after a good contact experience indicates neurosis.

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In Gestalt therapy, the relationship between client and counselor is seen as:

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A joint venture; an existential encounter; an I/Thou interaction.

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Which of the following is NOT true about Gestalt techniques?

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Experiments are always carried out during the therapy session, rather than outside it.

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Which of the following is NOT true about Fritz Perls?

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During his childhood, he was a model student.

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Gestalt therapists say that clients resist contact by means of:

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Retroflection; projection; introjection.

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Which of the following aspects of a client's use of language would a Gestalt therapist NOT focus on?

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Semantics.

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Which of the following is NOT true about the Gestalt view of the role of confrontation in therapy?

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It is not possible to be both confrontive and gentle with clients.

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Which of the following Gestalt techniques involves asking one person in a group to speak to each of the other group members?

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Making the rounds.

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The empty chair technique:

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Assists clients in re-owning parts of their personality; balances internal polarities; allows clients to externalize an introject; helps to resolve unfinished business.

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Which of the following is NOT one of Miriam Polster's three stages in her integration sequence?

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Reunification.

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A teenage girl is angry with her parents and cuts on her arm. In Gestalt terms, she is most likely engaging in:

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Retroflection.

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Because of his need to be liked, Jose makes careful efforts to get along with everyone and minimize interpersonal conflicts. Which boundary disturbance is Jose exhibiting?

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Confluence.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the Gestalt group leader's roles?

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Evoking group catharsis.

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Without proper training, Gestalt therapists may:

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Evoke catharsis without having he ability to work it through with their client; design faulty experiments; may use ready made techniques inappropriately; may damage the therapeutic relationship with the client.

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Contemporary Gestalt therapists view client resistance as:

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An element of therapy that needs to be respected.

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Gestalt group work is:

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Action-oriented; focused on the here and now; creative.

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In the Gestalt view, unfinished business is best explored in the present.

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True

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A Gestalt therapist pays attention to ways the client uses language.

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True

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Both contact and withdrawal are necessary and important to healthy functioning.

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True

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The Gestalt approach to dream work consists of the therapist interpreting the meaning of the symbols in the dream.

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False

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Gestalt therapy relies mainly on psychoanalytic techniques.

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False

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Gestalt therapy is designed for individual counseling, and it typically does not work well in groups.

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False

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One of the contributions of gestalt therapy is the vast empirical research that has been done to validate the specific techniques used.

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False

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Gestaltists typically ask why questions in the attempt to get clients to think about the source of their problems.

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False

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Part of the success in using Gestalt techniques is contingent upon preparing clients for these techniques.

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True

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Most of the Gestalt techniques are designed to intensify one's experiencing.

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True

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Gestalt therapists focus more on why clients are doing than what they are doing.

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False

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Since Gestalt therapy focuses on the here-and-now, the past is not explored or given emphasis in this approach.

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False

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In Gestalt terms, awareness refers to our connectedness to out external an internal worlds.

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True

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Preparing clients for Gestalt exercises destroys both their spontaneity and effectiveness.

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False

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Although Perls used a highly confrontational approach in dealing with client avoidance and resistance, the confrontational model is not representative of contemporary Gestalt therapy.

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True

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