When a patient remains stuck in nonfunctional ways of thinking and behaving, a gestalt therapist would say the patient is experiencing:

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An impasse is a term used by gestalt therapists to describe a patient who remains stuck in nonfunctional ways of thinking and behaving. It is a point in therapy where progress seems impossible and the patient is unable to move forward. The therapist may use various techniques to help the patient to break through the impasse and move towards growth and change. Therefore, option C is the correct answer. Option A is incorrect, as "bad gestalt" is not a term used in gestalt therapy. Option B is incorrect, as too much support is unlikely to cause a patient to remain stuck in nonfunctional ways of thinking and behaving. Option D is incorrect, as organismic self-regulation refers to the inherent ability of an organism to self-regulate and maintain equilibrium, and is not directly related to the concept of impasse in gestalt therapy.

When a Patient Remains Stuck in Nonfunctional Ways of Thinking