Discovering Humanistic and Existential Psychotherapies

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Which category includes humanistic therapies, existential therapies, reality therapy, positive psychology, and personal construct therapy?

Reality therapy

Existential therapies

Positive psychology

Humanistic therapies (correct)

Which two approaches are sometimes categorized jointly as humanistic-existential therapies?

Humanistic therapies and existential therapies (correct)

Humanistic therapies and personal construct therapy

Person-centered therapy and reality therapy

Existential therapies and positive psychology

What do humanistic therapies emphasize?

Freedom and responsibility

The here-and-now and phenomenological orientation

Acceptance and growth (correct)

The drive toward self-actualization

According to Rogers, what is one source of incongruence?

Parents withholding love and acceptance Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of person-centered therapy?

To help the client become a fully functioning person Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the three facilitative (core) conditions in person-centered therapy?

Defensiveness Signup and view all the answers

What is the curative factor in Gestalt therapy according to the text?

Increasing awareness of one's current thoughts, feelings, and actions Signup and view all the answers

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes freedom and responsibility and helps clients confront the anxieties that arise from the awareness of one's existential condition?

Existential therapy Signup and view all the answers

Which therapeutic approach prioritizes a client's subjective experience over objective reality and rejects the use of clinical labels?

Person-centered therapy Signup and view all the answers

Which therapeutic approach focuses on acceptance and growth and helps clients become more fully-functioning and self-actualizing?

Humanistic therapy Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the boundary disturbances in Gestalt therapy?

Confluence Signup and view all the answers

According to Rogers, what is the primary goal of person-centered therapy?

To help the client become a fully functioning person Signup and view all the answers

What is the curative factor in person-centered therapy according to the text?

Gaining awareness of one's current thoughts, feelings, and actions Signup and view all the answers

What is the main assumption of Gestalt therapy according to the text?

People are motivated to maintain a state of homeostasis Signup and view all the answers

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes freedom and responsibility and helps clients confront the anxieties that arise from the awareness of one's existential condition?

Gestalt Therapy Signup and view all the answers

What is the main assumption of Gestalt therapy according to the text?

Clients' incongruence between self-concept and experience can hinder self-actualization Signup and view all the answers

Which therapeutic approach focuses on acceptance and growth and helps clients become more fully-functioning and self-actualizing?

Person-Centered Therapy Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the facilitative (core) conditions in person-centered therapy?

Empathy Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the boundary disturbances in Gestalt therapy?

Confluence Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of person-centered therapy?

To help the client become a fully functioning person Signup and view all the answers

What is the curative factor in Gestalt therapy?

Gaining awareness of one's current thoughts, feelings, and actions Signup and view all the answers

Discovering Humanistic and Existential Psychotherapies

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Which category includes humanistic therapies, existential therapies, reality therapy, positive psychology, and personal construct therapy?

Which two approaches are sometimes categorized jointly as humanistic-existential therapies?

What do humanistic therapies emphasize?

According to Rogers, what is one source of incongruence?

What is the primary goal of person-centered therapy?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three facilitative (core) conditions in person-centered therapy?

What is the curative factor in Gestalt therapy according to the text?

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes freedom and responsibility and helps clients confront the anxieties that arise from the awareness of one's existential condition?

Which therapeutic approach prioritizes a client's subjective experience over objective reality and rejects the use of clinical labels?

Which therapeutic approach focuses on acceptance and growth and helps clients become more fully-functioning and self-actualizing?

Which of the following is NOT one of the boundary disturbances in Gestalt therapy?

According to Rogers, what is the primary goal of person-centered therapy?

What is the curative factor in person-centered therapy according to the text?

What is the main assumption of Gestalt therapy according to the text?

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes freedom and responsibility and helps clients confront the anxieties that arise from the awareness of one's existential condition?

What is the main assumption of Gestalt therapy according to the text?

Which therapeutic approach focuses on acceptance and growth and helps clients become more fully-functioning and self-actualizing?

What is one of the facilitative (core) conditions in person-centered therapy?

What is one of the boundary disturbances in Gestalt therapy?

What is the primary goal of person-centered therapy?

What is the curative factor in Gestalt therapy?

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