It is essential that counselors establish a relationship with their clients, so that the clients will:
a. be less divulging during an assessment.
b. be less focused on the here and now.
c. feel trusting enough to participate in the learning that can result from Gestalt experiments.
d. be more willing to be involved in process-oriented diagnosis.
Q. 2Gestalt therapists view dreams as a road to
a. contact.
b. eternity.
c. the unconscious.
d. repaired thinking.
Q. 3Erving Polster believes that storytelling:
a. is always a form of resistance.
b. can be the heart of the therapeutic process.
c. is acceptable only if one's client is a writer.
d. is an indication that one's client is a pathological liar.
Q. 4Which of the following statements about Gestalt experiments is FALSE?
a. Experiments emerge organically and seamlessly in the moment-to-moment contact between a counselor and a client.
b. Experiments are aimed at restoring momentum to the stuck points of a person's life.
c. Experiments are generally predetermined.
d. The purpose of an experiment is to assist a member in active self-exploration.
Q. 5Prerequisites for good contact involves all of the following except:
a. zest.
b. creativity.
c. imagination.
d. projection.
Q. 6The leader's disclosure of personal problems or life outside of the group should
a. be prohibited.
b. be a common occurrence as it tends to make the leader appear more authentic.
c. be done with intentionality and serve the needs of the group.
d. result in a suspended license since it is unethical.
Q. 7Field theory asserts that:
a. the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
b. human beings have a innate capacity to self regulate.
c. the organism must be seen in its environment, or in its context, as part of the constantly changing field.
d. phenomenological inquiry is the key to behavior change.
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