BPT EXAM #1 Ch 1—8 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024

BPT EXAM #1 Ch 1—8 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024 Awareness - ANSWER-The process of attending to and observing one's own sensing, thinking, feelings, and actions; paying attention to the flowing nature of one's present-centered experience. Blocks to energy - ANSWER-Paying attention to where energy is located, how it is used, and how it can be blocked. Confluence - ANSWER-A disturbance in which the sense of the boundary between self and environment is lost. Confrontation - ANSWER-An invitation for the client to become aware of discrepancies between verbal and nonverbal expressions, between feelings and actions, or between thoughts and feelings. Contact - ANSWER-The process of interacting with nature and with other people without losing one's sense of individuality. Contact is made by seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and moving. Continuum of awareness - ANSWER-Staying with the moment-to-moment flow of experiencing, which leads individuals to discover how they are functioning in the world. Deflection - ANSWER-A way of avoiding contact and awareness by being vague and indirect. Dichotomy - ANSWER-A split by which a person experiences or sees opposing forces; a polarity (weak/strong, dependent/independent). Empty-chair technique - ANSWER-A role-playing intervention in which clients play conflicting parts. This typically consists of clients engaging in an imaginary dialogue between different sides of themselves. Exercises - ANSWER-Ready-made techniques that are sometimes used to make something happen in a therapy session or to achieve a goal.