Which of the following best describes the Gestalt therapy process?
a. A series of clearly defined stages from incongruence to congruence.
b. A series of clearly defined stages from internal locus of control to external locus of control.
c. A series of clearly defined stages where a client gets in touch with his or her split-off parts.
d. Peeling off layers of neurosis .
e. Defining the problem, exploring alternatives, experimenting with alternatives, and settling with the solution that yields the best results.
Q. 2Why is the process of Gestalt therapy so hard to pin down?
a. It has a greater range of acceptable practices than any other system.
b. Gestalt therapists are no interested in research or outcome studies.
c. There are too few practicing Gestalt therapists to identify a process.
d. Gestalt really isnt a therapy and therefore there is no process.
e. Those who practice Gestalt therapy do not want the process widely understood because it may compromise the integrity of the approach.
Q. 3Which of the following behaviors would identify a therapist as a Gestaltist?
a. She presents as an expert, knowing that the client would not trust a therapist who doesnt know what she is doing.
b. She presents as little personality as possible to facilitate the transference/counter transference process.
c. She acts differently, depending on which stage of therapy the counseling relationship is in.
d. She refuses to protect the client from discomfort and responsibility.
e. She plays a more directive role as the severity of the clients problems increases.
Q. 4How would the attitudes and behaviors of a counselor with a Gestalt theoretical orientation compare to those of a counselor with a person-centered theoretical orientation?
a. The two would behave in similar ways, both focusing on unconditional positive regard and empathy.
b. Both counselors would always let a client know how the clients behavior is affecting the counselor.
c. The Gestalt counselor would act bored, irritated, or impatient if that's the way he or she felt, whereas the person-centered counselor would practice unconditional positive regard and display empathy.
d. The person-centered counselor would be more likely to use confrontation tactics with the client.
e. The Gestalt counselor would be more apt to use transference and countertransference to demonstrate to the client areas of concern.
Q. 5Which of the following is an example of unfinished business?
a. Catharsis
b. Genuineness
c. Unrealized therapeutic goal
d. Transference
e. Missed session
Q. 6What is meant by intrusion of unfinished business?
a. It is related to Newtons law that says if something can go wrong it will.
b. One can not ever be completely healed from past experience such as abuse.
c. This refers to unsaid thoughts between and client and his/her Gestalt therapist.
d. Unresolved emotions and issues from the past affect the present.
e. The unresolved feelings from therapy that has been terminate too quickly can enter into a new therapeutic relationship.
Q. 7If you have generally good feelings about a fellow student, but you never approach him in the hallway because you have automatically ruled out being so forward with people you dont know, you would be exhibiting what Gestaltists would call ________________________.
a. avoidance
b. disowning
c. interruption
d. reframing
e. confluence
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