THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELING
AND PSYCHOTHERAPY BY GERALD CORY
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Existential (definition) Answer: Of or relating to existence
◉ Rollo May (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace
-psychology background/mentors
-key contribution(s) and main theory Answer: -1909-1994, Detroit;
-Studied under:
Alfred Adler (sumer abroad in Vienna)
Paul Tillich (at Union Theological Seminary);
-Existential Theory;
- helped merge counseling and existential thought.
◉ Victor Frankl (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace, general family background
-psychology background/mentors
,-key contribution(s) and main theory Answer: -Vienna, middle-class
Jewish parents; 3 years Nazi concentration camp
-psychiatrist; associated w/ Freud and Adler's theories;
-advocated humanistic thought into existential theories
- developed "Logotherapy"
◉ Logotherapy Answer: basic theme is to find meaning and purpose
in every aspect of life (even tragedy); developed by Victor Frankl
◉ Who studied under alfred adler and Paul Tillich? Answer: Rollo
May (existential theory)
◉ Who advanced merging of counseling and existential thought?
Answer: Rollo May (existential theory)
◉ Who was born in Vienna, to middle-class Jewish parents and
spent 3 years in a Nazi concentration camp? Answer: Victor Frankl
(existential theory)
◉ What Psychiatrist, from existential theory, is associated with
Freud and Adler's theories? Answer: Victor Frankl
◉ Who developed Logotherapy? Answer: Victor Frankl (existential
theory)
, ◉ Who helped advocate humanistic thought into existential
theories? Answer: Victor Frankl (existential theory)
◉ Existential Therapy's set techniques: Answer: -more about how to
help others than a set patter of theory/techniques
◉ In Existential Therapy, individuals are a whole, made up of what 3
main categories? Answer: individual's are a whole made up of
biological, relational, personal.
◉ Existential Therapy: main goals (name 4) Answer: - move toward
wholeness
- help client face anxiety
- live more authentically
- find meaning in life
◉ in Existential Therapy, an authentic being has what qualities?
Answer: -creative
-neither inherently good nor bad.
-open to change
-vulnerable
-has hope and meaning
AND PSYCHOTHERAPY BY GERALD CORY
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Existential (definition) Answer: Of or relating to existence
◉ Rollo May (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace
-psychology background/mentors
-key contribution(s) and main theory Answer: -1909-1994, Detroit;
-Studied under:
Alfred Adler (sumer abroad in Vienna)
Paul Tillich (at Union Theological Seminary);
-Existential Theory;
- helped merge counseling and existential thought.
◉ Victor Frankl (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace, general family background
-psychology background/mentors
,-key contribution(s) and main theory Answer: -Vienna, middle-class
Jewish parents; 3 years Nazi concentration camp
-psychiatrist; associated w/ Freud and Adler's theories;
-advocated humanistic thought into existential theories
- developed "Logotherapy"
◉ Logotherapy Answer: basic theme is to find meaning and purpose
in every aspect of life (even tragedy); developed by Victor Frankl
◉ Who studied under alfred adler and Paul Tillich? Answer: Rollo
May (existential theory)
◉ Who advanced merging of counseling and existential thought?
Answer: Rollo May (existential theory)
◉ Who was born in Vienna, to middle-class Jewish parents and
spent 3 years in a Nazi concentration camp? Answer: Victor Frankl
(existential theory)
◉ What Psychiatrist, from existential theory, is associated with
Freud and Adler's theories? Answer: Victor Frankl
◉ Who developed Logotherapy? Answer: Victor Frankl (existential
theory)
, ◉ Who helped advocate humanistic thought into existential
theories? Answer: Victor Frankl (existential theory)
◉ Existential Therapy's set techniques: Answer: -more about how to
help others than a set patter of theory/techniques
◉ In Existential Therapy, individuals are a whole, made up of what 3
main categories? Answer: individual's are a whole made up of
biological, relational, personal.
◉ Existential Therapy: main goals (name 4) Answer: - move toward
wholeness
- help client face anxiety
- live more authentically
- find meaning in life
◉ in Existential Therapy, an authentic being has what qualities?
Answer: -creative
-neither inherently good nor bad.
-open to change
-vulnerable
-has hope and meaning
