Advanced Psych Theory & Clinical Modalities Midterm
Rollo May and Irvin Yalom; Emmy van Deurzen-Smith - correct answer Founders of existential
therapy
Umwelt - correct answer Natural World
Mitwelt - correct answer Public world
Eigenwelt - correct answer Private world
Uberwelt - correct answer the ideal world, derived from spiritual beliefs
existential therapists - correct answer these therapists "attempt to assist the individual to
reconstruct his inner world by focusing on the surrounding reality."
Existential psychotherapy - correct answer this approach values the therapist's attempts to
relate authentically with the client, through honesty and self-scrutiny.
Ultimate Rescuer - correct answer to keep the spectator of death in check, people may
consciously create a belief in a personal omnipotent savior who eternally guards and protects
their welfare
specialness - correct answer a defense used to avoid the reality of ordinariness resulting in
feelings of invulnerability and immortality
James Bugental - correct answer Focused on the concept of living "authentically". Founder of
humanistic psychology
Gestalt therapy - correct answer type of existential psychotherapy that emphasizes personal
responsibility, focuses on the individual's experience of the present moment and the therapist-
client relationship, evaluates the environmental and social contexts of an individual's life, and
evaluates the self-regulating adjustments an individual makes.
Frederick and Laura Perls - correct answer Founders of Gestalt therapy
Gestalt - correct answer Perceptions and feelings > explanations and interpretations in this type
of therapy
Phenomenological - correct answer Perceived through subjective reality, as opposed to
physically and objectively.
Process; Content - correct answer Gestalt therapy highlights the ___________ (what is taking
place) and not the ___________ (what is said about it). The stress is on what IS happening
rather than what might happen.
,awareness; experimentation - correct answer Gestalt therapy uses focused _______________
and ____________________ to develop insight.
Field Theory - correct answer Paying attention to and exploring what is occurring at the
boundary between the person and the environment.
Here and now focus - correct answer The past is discussed in terms of how the past affects the
present.
behavior, principles, beliefs, lifestyle, body posture - correct answer The here and now is
comprised of things left from the past including:
Existential Phenomenology - correct answer an emphasis on interpreting everyday experience
to reveal its meaning with respect to the question of existence or Being
Self-delusion - correct answer _________________ is the reason for inauthenticity.
Support Gestalt - correct answer anything that makes contact with or withdrawal from with the
environment possible, including energy, body support, breathing, information, concern for
others, and language.
Gestalt dialogue - correct answer this type of dialogue is based on genuineness and
responsibility
Inclusion - correct answer Immersion into the experience of the person without judgment,
analysis, or interpretation while maintaining a sense of one's detached, independent presence.
Presence - correct answer The gestalt therapist uses remarks, fondness, feelings, private
experience and opinions regularly, sensibly, and with discrimination. Not used to influence
through manipulation, theory, or technique but to assist the client in complying with their own
goals.
Contact - correct answer a process which takes place between people from natural
communication.
dancing, words, songs, or any other method of expressing or moving energy between the
therapist and client. - correct answer In gestalt therapy, dialogue can have various modes
including:
Gestalt therapy - correct answer Stresses that experience is more trustworthy than
interpretation.
their goal is increased awareness; they come out of the phenomenologic work and dialogue;
ethical practice parameters are taken into account. - correct answer Gestalt therapists can use
any methods or techniques when:
Awareness - correct answer The one aim or goal of Gestalt therapy.
, reowning - correct answer the client reexperiences his separated parts, determining if they are
ego-syntonic or ego-alien and integrates all parts (think of in terms of a cake- ingredients may
not be enjoyed on their own, but all parts are essential to make a tasty cake).
change the client's direction, alter their feelings, to recondition, or to promote catharsis. -
correct answer Techniques used in Gestalt are meant to enlarge direct experience, not to
I-Thou relationship - correct answer Rogerian and Existentialistic
(relationship is horizontal in nature)
Remain with it - correct answer A common Gestalt technique to encourage awareness
Enactment - correct answer Client is asked to turn sensations or thoughts into acts
empty chair technique - correct answer a Gestalt technique in which clients engage in
emotional expression by imagining that the person to whom they would like to speak is sitting
in an empty chair facing them
exaggeration exercise - correct answer Exaggerate movements, gestures, and postures to
become aware of subtle signals and cues
Guided Fantasy - correct answer Therapist encourages visualizing rather than enacting
loosening and integrating techniques in Gestalt - correct answer asking "only the client" to
visualize the contrary of what seems to be right. Example would be communicating both the
positive and negative emotions of a similar person.
Body Techniques - correct answer Bring patients' awareness to their body functioning or help
them to be aware of how they can use their bodies to support excitement, awareness, and
contact.
Dyadic developmental psychotherapy DDP - correct answer A family-focused therapy used for
attachment-disordered children.
ineffective - correct answer Traditional therapies are __________________ for children with
attachment disorders.
Dan Hughes - correct answer Founder of Dyadic developmental psychotherapy (DDP)
Dyad - correct answer a group of two people
dyadic communication - correct answer an exchange of information between two people
DDP - correct answer An experiential-based treatment designed to facilitate experiences of
safety and security so that a secure attachment can grow.
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) - correct answer This disorder is caused by significant and
substantial experienced neglect, abuse, or prolonged and unresolved pain in the first three
Rollo May and Irvin Yalom; Emmy van Deurzen-Smith - correct answer Founders of existential
therapy
Umwelt - correct answer Natural World
Mitwelt - correct answer Public world
Eigenwelt - correct answer Private world
Uberwelt - correct answer the ideal world, derived from spiritual beliefs
existential therapists - correct answer these therapists "attempt to assist the individual to
reconstruct his inner world by focusing on the surrounding reality."
Existential psychotherapy - correct answer this approach values the therapist's attempts to
relate authentically with the client, through honesty and self-scrutiny.
Ultimate Rescuer - correct answer to keep the spectator of death in check, people may
consciously create a belief in a personal omnipotent savior who eternally guards and protects
their welfare
specialness - correct answer a defense used to avoid the reality of ordinariness resulting in
feelings of invulnerability and immortality
James Bugental - correct answer Focused on the concept of living "authentically". Founder of
humanistic psychology
Gestalt therapy - correct answer type of existential psychotherapy that emphasizes personal
responsibility, focuses on the individual's experience of the present moment and the therapist-
client relationship, evaluates the environmental and social contexts of an individual's life, and
evaluates the self-regulating adjustments an individual makes.
Frederick and Laura Perls - correct answer Founders of Gestalt therapy
Gestalt - correct answer Perceptions and feelings > explanations and interpretations in this type
of therapy
Phenomenological - correct answer Perceived through subjective reality, as opposed to
physically and objectively.
Process; Content - correct answer Gestalt therapy highlights the ___________ (what is taking
place) and not the ___________ (what is said about it). The stress is on what IS happening
rather than what might happen.
,awareness; experimentation - correct answer Gestalt therapy uses focused _______________
and ____________________ to develop insight.
Field Theory - correct answer Paying attention to and exploring what is occurring at the
boundary between the person and the environment.
Here and now focus - correct answer The past is discussed in terms of how the past affects the
present.
behavior, principles, beliefs, lifestyle, body posture - correct answer The here and now is
comprised of things left from the past including:
Existential Phenomenology - correct answer an emphasis on interpreting everyday experience
to reveal its meaning with respect to the question of existence or Being
Self-delusion - correct answer _________________ is the reason for inauthenticity.
Support Gestalt - correct answer anything that makes contact with or withdrawal from with the
environment possible, including energy, body support, breathing, information, concern for
others, and language.
Gestalt dialogue - correct answer this type of dialogue is based on genuineness and
responsibility
Inclusion - correct answer Immersion into the experience of the person without judgment,
analysis, or interpretation while maintaining a sense of one's detached, independent presence.
Presence - correct answer The gestalt therapist uses remarks, fondness, feelings, private
experience and opinions regularly, sensibly, and with discrimination. Not used to influence
through manipulation, theory, or technique but to assist the client in complying with their own
goals.
Contact - correct answer a process which takes place between people from natural
communication.
dancing, words, songs, or any other method of expressing or moving energy between the
therapist and client. - correct answer In gestalt therapy, dialogue can have various modes
including:
Gestalt therapy - correct answer Stresses that experience is more trustworthy than
interpretation.
their goal is increased awareness; they come out of the phenomenologic work and dialogue;
ethical practice parameters are taken into account. - correct answer Gestalt therapists can use
any methods or techniques when:
Awareness - correct answer The one aim or goal of Gestalt therapy.
, reowning - correct answer the client reexperiences his separated parts, determining if they are
ego-syntonic or ego-alien and integrates all parts (think of in terms of a cake- ingredients may
not be enjoyed on their own, but all parts are essential to make a tasty cake).
change the client's direction, alter their feelings, to recondition, or to promote catharsis. -
correct answer Techniques used in Gestalt are meant to enlarge direct experience, not to
I-Thou relationship - correct answer Rogerian and Existentialistic
(relationship is horizontal in nature)
Remain with it - correct answer A common Gestalt technique to encourage awareness
Enactment - correct answer Client is asked to turn sensations or thoughts into acts
empty chair technique - correct answer a Gestalt technique in which clients engage in
emotional expression by imagining that the person to whom they would like to speak is sitting
in an empty chair facing them
exaggeration exercise - correct answer Exaggerate movements, gestures, and postures to
become aware of subtle signals and cues
Guided Fantasy - correct answer Therapist encourages visualizing rather than enacting
loosening and integrating techniques in Gestalt - correct answer asking "only the client" to
visualize the contrary of what seems to be right. Example would be communicating both the
positive and negative emotions of a similar person.
Body Techniques - correct answer Bring patients' awareness to their body functioning or help
them to be aware of how they can use their bodies to support excitement, awareness, and
contact.
Dyadic developmental psychotherapy DDP - correct answer A family-focused therapy used for
attachment-disordered children.
ineffective - correct answer Traditional therapies are __________________ for children with
attachment disorders.
Dan Hughes - correct answer Founder of Dyadic developmental psychotherapy (DDP)
Dyad - correct answer a group of two people
dyadic communication - correct answer an exchange of information between two people
DDP - correct answer An experiential-based treatment designed to facilitate experiences of
safety and security so that a secure attachment can grow.
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) - correct answer This disorder is caused by significant and
substantial experienced neglect, abuse, or prolonged and unresolved pain in the first three
