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Gestalt Therapy Overview

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What are the cornerstones of Gestalt therapy?

Resistance, avoidance, and denial

Medication, relaxation, and visualization

Unconscious, dreams, and past experiences

Awareness, choice, and responsibility (correct)

Why is Gestalt therapy considered an existential approach?

Because it emphasizes past experiences

Because it uses medication and visualization techniques

Because it ignores the present moment

Because it focuses on the client's perceptions of reality (correct)

Who was the main originator and developer of Gestalt therapy?

Carl Rogers

Albert Ellis

Sigmund Freud

Fritz Perls (correct)

What is the initial goal for clients in Gestalt therapy?

To expand their awareness of the present moment Signup and view all the answers

Why did Fritz Perls take issue with Freud's theory?

Because Freud's view of human beings was mechanistic Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect does Gestalt therapy affirm about human beings?

Capacity for growth and healing through interpersonal contact and insight Signup and view all the answers

What does the Gestalt approach focus on more than on content?

Process Signup and view all the answers

According to Perls, what is far more crucial to self-understanding?

Present moment behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is a defining characteristic of awareness in Gestalt therapy?

Paying attention to the flow of experience Signup and view all the answers

How do Gestalt therapists expect clients to approach therapy?

Do their own seeing, feeling, sensing, and interpreting Signup and view all the answers

What does contemporary relational Gestalt therapy stress in the client-therapist relationship?

Dialogue and I/Thou relationship Signup and view all the answers

What do the majority of today's Gestalt therapists emphasize in therapy?

Support, acceptance, empathy, respect, and dialogue Signup and view all the answers