Deck 7: Gestalt Counseling

Question 1

The text authors stated that Gestalt therapy was developed in this city during this time:

A) New York, 1950s
B) New York, 1940s
C) Berlin, 1940s
D) Berlin, 1950s
E) none of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Fritz Perls

A) became a doctor.
B) was actively involved in politics.
C) struggled academically as a child.
D) all of the above
E) B and C only

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Gabe is on his way to lunch. His stomach is grumbling. As he is driving to a restaurant, a car pulls out in front of him and he has to swerve quickly to avoid an accident. In Gestalt terms, what has happened?

A) Gabe's need for food has disappeared from the ground because he has to protect himself.
B) Gabe's need for protection has emerged from the ground and his need for food has receded.
C) Gabe's need for food has become smaller because a greater need for protection has emerged from the ground.
D) The figure of food has become a distraction causing Gabe to almost be in an accident.
E) None of the above are correct.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A child in Africa is starving because famine has ravished her homeland. In Gestalt terms, the child's physical environment can best be described as

A) supportive.
B) neglectful.
C) toxic.
D) A, if her parents provide for her emotional needs.
E) C, if her parents deprive themselves of nutrition to attend to her needs.

Question 5

If a client is living according to the principle of "valuation of actuality," she is most likely to state the following in a counseling session:

A) "I feel anxious right now because I'm afraid you might hurt me."
B) "I remember being scared when my dad would come home at night."
C) "I'm afraid I'll never get married because I won't be able to trust a man."
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 6

From a Gestalt perspective, valuation of wholeness is best exemplified by

A) a couple getting married.
B) an infant yearning for his mother.
C) a toddler examining her body.
D) an adolescent, who just graduated from high school, leaving home.
E) an adolescent engaging in risky behavior.

Question 7

A counselor practicing Gestalt therapy

A) encourages awareness and immediacy.
B) would ask, "How do you feel about that?"
C) would not ask, "Why do you feel that way right now?"
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 8

Gestalt therapists believe

A) environment impacts a person more than genetics.
B) the individual impacts one's nature and nurture through choices one makes.
C) genetics impacts a person more than environment.
D) A and B only
E) B and C only

Question 9

Gestalt therapists believe that taking psychoactive medication

A) is used most often as a means of preventing self-awareness.
B) is helpful because of the stable nature of psychiatric disorders.
C) is a way to get rid of "excess" symptoms that are not part of one's true self.
D) all of the above
E) A and C only

Question 10

According to the authors, Gestalt therapy is grounded in the assumption that meaning is best derived by considering

A) an individual's interpretation of immediate experience.
B) an individual's relevant past experiences.
C) interpretation of unconscious experiences.
D) A and B only
E) B and C only

Question 11

Which of the following is not a focus of Gestalt therapists?

A) understanding the world from the client's perspective
B) interpreting the client's unconscious processes
C) a holistic view of the client
D) how clients fulfill needs
E) All of the above are a focus of Gestalt therapists.

Question 12

Which of the following does not describe the Gestalt view of a healthy person?

A) understanding and accepting all aspects of self
B) realizing that one can't be both good and evil
C) engaging in a maturation process
D) realizing that without awareness one cannot be responsible for one's life
E) becoming more self-sufficient

Question 13

A Gestalt therapist conceptualizes an unhealthy individual as

A) not having developed the innate striving toward balance.
B) disowning awareness of unmet needs.
C) having developed a disturbance in the contact boundary.
D) A and B only
E) B and C only

Question 14

The first thing a Gestalt counselor is likely to undertake with a new client is

A) investigation of the client's presenting concern.
B) orienting the client to the here-and-now process.
C) an analysis of the client's past experiences.
D) an in-depth exploration of the client's contact boundary disturbances.
E) all of the above

Question 15

The best description of the technique of reversal is that

A) it is used to help a client reverse uncomfortable feelings.
B) it is used to take uncomfortable parts of one's self out of painful awareness.
C) it is used to help a client focus on the good aspects of self, not the bad.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 16

The technique of directed awareness enables a counselor to help a client

A) focus on emotional and cognitive aspects of the client.
B) focus on behavioral and spiritual aspects of the client.
C) focus on physical aspects of the client while emphasizing the here and now.
D) all of the above
E) A and C only

Question 17

Because of the holistic and here-and-now focus of therapy

A) there is no definite length to Gestalt therapy.
B) Gestalt therapy can be conducted in a few sessions.
C) Gestalt therapy can be lengthy.
D) awareness can be facilitated in a short amount of time.
E) all of the above