CO 502 Midterm Chapter 8 Practice Questions with Correct Answers

Who among the following is not considered a relational Gestalt therapist? Fritz Perls Gestalt therapy is a form of: existential therapy Field theory asserts that: the organism must be seen in its environment, or in its context, as part of the constantly changing field Prerequisites for good contact involves all of the following except: projection Erving Polster believes that storytelling: can be the heart of the therapeutic process It is essential that counselors establish a relationship with their clients, so that the clients will: feel trusting enough to participate in the learning that can result from Gestalt experiments. A critical difference between early Gestalt therapy and relational Gestalt therapy is the: approach to confrontation The Gestalt therapist: pays attention to the client's nonverbal language. In Gestalt theory, the experiment is: tailored to fit the client's unique needs and presented in an invitational manner. When a person experiences an internal conflict (namely a conflict between top dog and underdog), which of the following techniques would be most appropriate? The internal dialogue exercise Often Greta, who struggles to feel good about herself, comes to sessions with slouched posture. In order to help Greta gain a clearer understanding of the inner meaning of her slouched posture, a Gestalt therapist might: ask Greta to exaggerate her poor posture, which is likely to intensify her feelings attached to it. A Gestalt technique that is most useful when a person attempts to deny an aspect of his or her personality (such as tenderness) is: the reversal exercise. Mariah tells her therapist, a Gestaltist, that she dreamt she got married to a pit bull and felt uneasy about telling her parents that she married a dog. When her parents discovered their son-in-law was a pit bull, they disowned her and suddenly became