In the context of Gestalt therapy, what is meant by the term confluence?
a. It is the point in therapy where the counselor and client communicate well.
b. It is the point in therapy when the client is in touch with most of his or her split-off parts.
c. The client directs an action or thought toward his or herself rather than toward others.
d. The client has a partner who understands him or her completely.
e. The client identifies with another person so much that the clients psychosocial boundary with the other person becomes blurred.
Q. 2If a Gestalt therapist wrote about deflection in his or her case notes on a client, the therapist would mean that the client is
a. directing an action or thought toward him or herself rather than toward others.
b. assigning undesired parts of him or herself to others, especially when he or she feels guilty or angry.
c. taking in others views and values to the point where they seem like his or her own.
d. failing to make accurate contact with self and others as individuals.
e. setting unrealistic standards for his or her behavior in a neurotic attempt to self-regulate.
Q. 3If a Gestalt therapist wrote about retroflection in his or her case notes on a client, the therapist would mean that the client is
a. directing an action or thought toward him or herself rather than toward others.
b. assigning undesired parts of him or herself to others, especially when he or she feels guilty or angry.
c. taking in others views and values to the point where they seem like his or her own.
d. failing to make accurate contact with self and others as individuals.
e. setting unrealistic standards for his or her behavior in a neurotic attempt to self-regulate.
Q. 4If a Gestalt therapist wrote about projection in his or her case notes on a client, the therapist would mean that the client is
a. directing an action or thought toward him or herself rather than toward others.
b. assigning undesired parts of him or herself to others, especially when he or she feels guilty or angry.
c. taking in others views and values to the point where they seem like his or her own.
d. failing to make accurate contact with self and others as individuals.
e. setting unrealistic standards for his or her behavior in a neurotic attempt to self-regulate.
Q. 5If a Gestalt therapist wrote about introjection in his or her case notes on a client, the therapist would mean that the client is
a. directing an action or thought toward him or herself rather than toward others.
b. assigning undesired parts of him or herself to others, especially when he or she feels guilty or angry.
c. taking in others views and values to the point where they seem like his or her own.
d. failing to make accurate contact with self and others as individuals.
e. setting unrealistic standards for his or her behavior in a neurotic attempt to self-regulate.
Q. 6_____________________________
___ are distortions in perceptions of borders: failure to make accurate contact with self and others as individuals.
a. Contact boundary disturbances
b. Inadequate contacts
c. Introjections
d. Relational incongruence
e. Interruptions
Q. 7If you were a Gestalt therapist, what would you be talking about if you mentioned a should in a session?
a. Directing an action or thought toward oneself rather than toward others.
b. Assigning undesired parts of oneself to others, especially when the client feels guilty or angry.
c. Taking in others views and values to the point where they seem like ones own.
d. Failure to make accurate contact between ones self and others as individuals.
e. A tactic of neurotic self-regulation that the client might want to better understand.
Q. 8What did Perls mean by the term impasse?
a. The point at which a persons loved ones are insisting that he or she go to therapy but the person refuses to go.
b. A state in which a persons habitual support system is absent and he or she has not gained the use of new supports.
c. The time in therapy when a clients fear of change takes over and stymies further therapeutic benefits.
d. The point in therapy when the counselor does not know what intervention to use.
e. The time in therapy when a clients new support system is in place and he or she no longer needs counseling.
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