THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELING
AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FINAL PAPER
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Existential Therapy (What does this model stress?)
Answer: Reacting against the tendency to view therapy as a system of
well-defined techniques, this model stresses BUILDING THERAPY ON
THE BASIC CONDITIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE (such as
choice, the freedom and responsibility to shape one's life, and self-
determination).
●● Existential Therapy (What quality does this model focus on?)
Answer: This therapy model focuses on the quality of the PERSON-TO-
PERSON RELATIONSHIP
●● 3 Experiential and Relationship-Oriented Therapies:
Answer: Existential
Person-Centered
Gastalt
●● 4 Cognitive Behavioral Approaches
Answer: Behavior therapy
,Cognitive behavior therapy
Reality therapy
Rational emotive behavior therapy
●● 2 Psychodynamic Approaches
Answer: Psychoanalytic therapy
Adlerian therapy
●● Existential Theory Background: Philosophical Antecedents (name 3
people, and 1 major world event prior to).
Answer: Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Heidegger (1889-1976)
after WWI - Europeans saw death all around.
●● Kierkegaard (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
Answer: 1813-1855
Existential Theory
believes that:
-humankind's MAIN ISSUES are a RESULT of ABSENCE OF
PASSION, LOVE, and COMMITMENT
-PURE OBJECTIVITY (fairness, neutrality) IS IMPOSSIBLE
, -A subject can NEVER BE truly SEPERATED FROM its CONTEXT
●● Nietzsche (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
Answer: 1844-1900
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-NOT a Christian
-Rationalism was a myth
-Primacy of the "will to power"
●● Heidegger (name lifespan, theory he influenced, & 3 beliefs)
Answer: 1889-1976
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-Every choice represents the loss of an alternative
-lost opportunities in the past are essential to an individual
-when ruminating over lost opportunities, people feel: guilt & anxiety
●● Existential (definition)
Answer: Of or relating to existence
●● Rollo May (name the following):
AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FINAL PAPER
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Existential Therapy (What does this model stress?)
Answer: Reacting against the tendency to view therapy as a system of
well-defined techniques, this model stresses BUILDING THERAPY ON
THE BASIC CONDITIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE (such as
choice, the freedom and responsibility to shape one's life, and self-
determination).
●● Existential Therapy (What quality does this model focus on?)
Answer: This therapy model focuses on the quality of the PERSON-TO-
PERSON RELATIONSHIP
●● 3 Experiential and Relationship-Oriented Therapies:
Answer: Existential
Person-Centered
Gastalt
●● 4 Cognitive Behavioral Approaches
Answer: Behavior therapy
,Cognitive behavior therapy
Reality therapy
Rational emotive behavior therapy
●● 2 Psychodynamic Approaches
Answer: Psychoanalytic therapy
Adlerian therapy
●● Existential Theory Background: Philosophical Antecedents (name 3
people, and 1 major world event prior to).
Answer: Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Heidegger (1889-1976)
after WWI - Europeans saw death all around.
●● Kierkegaard (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
Answer: 1813-1855
Existential Theory
believes that:
-humankind's MAIN ISSUES are a RESULT of ABSENCE OF
PASSION, LOVE, and COMMITMENT
-PURE OBJECTIVITY (fairness, neutrality) IS IMPOSSIBLE
, -A subject can NEVER BE truly SEPERATED FROM its CONTEXT
●● Nietzsche (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
Answer: 1844-1900
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-NOT a Christian
-Rationalism was a myth
-Primacy of the "will to power"
●● Heidegger (name lifespan, theory he influenced, & 3 beliefs)
Answer: 1889-1976
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-Every choice represents the loss of an alternative
-lost opportunities in the past are essential to an individual
-when ruminating over lost opportunities, people feel: guilt & anxiety
●● Existential (definition)
Answer: Of or relating to existence
●● Rollo May (name the following):
