Theory and Practice of Counseling and
Psychotherapy - Midterm Exam Questions and
Correct Answers, With Complete Solution. Updated
2024.
Existential Therapy (3 key people)
Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, Irvin Yalom
Existential Therapy (What does this model stress?)
Reacting against the tendency to view therapy as a system of well-defined techniques,
this model stresses BUILDING THERAPY ON THE BASIC CONDITIONS OF HUMAN
EXISTENCE (such as choice, the freedom and responsibility to shape one's life, and
self-determination).
Existential Therapy (What quality does this model focus on?)
This therapy model focuses on the quality of the PERSON-TO-PERSON
RELATIONSHIP
3 Experiential and Relationship-Oriented Therapies:
Existential
Person-Centered
Gastalt
4 Cognitive Behavioral Approaches
Behavior therapy
Cognitive behavior therapy
Reality therapy
Rational emotive behavior therapy
2 Psychodynamic Approaches
Psychoanalytic therapy
Adlerian therapy
Existential Theory Background: Philosophical Antecedents (name 3 people, and 1
major world event prior to).
Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Heidegger (1889-1976)
after WWI - Europeans saw death all around.
Kierkegaard (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
1813-1855
Existential Theory
believes that:
-humankind's MAIN ISSUES are a RESULT of ABSENCE OF PASSION, LOVE, and
COMMITMENT
-PURE OBJECTIVITY (fairness, neutrality) IS IMPOSSIBLE
-A subject can NEVER BE truly SEPERATED FROM its CONTEXT
Nietzsche (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
, 1844-1900
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-NOT a Christian
-Rationalism was a myth
-Primacy of the "will to power"
Heidegger (name lifespan, theory he influenced, & 3 beliefs)
1889-1976
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-Every choice represents the loss of an alternative
-lost opportunities in the past are essential to an individual
-when ruminating over lost opportunities, people feel: guilt & anxiety
Existential (definition)
Of or relating to existence
Rollo May (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace
-psychology background/mentors
-key contribution(s) and main theory
-1909-1994, Detroit;
-Studied under:
Alfred Adler (sumer abroad in Vienna)
Paul Tillich (at Union Theological Seminary);
-Existential Theory;
- helped merge counseling and existential thought.
Victor Frankl (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace, general family background
-psychology background/mentors
-key contribution(s) and main theory
-Vienna, middle-class Jewish parents; 3 years Nazi concentration camp
-psychiatrist; associated w/ Freud and Adler's theories;
-advocated humanistic thought into existential theories
- developed "Logotherapy"
Logotherapy
basic theme is to find meaning and purpose in every aspect of life (even tragedy);
developed by Victor Frankl
Who studied under alfred adler and Paul Tillich?
Rollo May (existential theory)
Who advanced merging of counseling and existential thought?
Rollo May (existential theory)
Who was born in Vienna, to middle-class Jewish parents and spent 3 years in a
Nazi concentration camp?
Victor Frankl (existential theory)
What Psychiatrist, from existential theory, is associated with Freud and Adler's
theories?
Victor Frankl
Psychotherapy - Midterm Exam Questions and
Correct Answers, With Complete Solution. Updated
2024.
Existential Therapy (3 key people)
Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, Irvin Yalom
Existential Therapy (What does this model stress?)
Reacting against the tendency to view therapy as a system of well-defined techniques,
this model stresses BUILDING THERAPY ON THE BASIC CONDITIONS OF HUMAN
EXISTENCE (such as choice, the freedom and responsibility to shape one's life, and
self-determination).
Existential Therapy (What quality does this model focus on?)
This therapy model focuses on the quality of the PERSON-TO-PERSON
RELATIONSHIP
3 Experiential and Relationship-Oriented Therapies:
Existential
Person-Centered
Gastalt
4 Cognitive Behavioral Approaches
Behavior therapy
Cognitive behavior therapy
Reality therapy
Rational emotive behavior therapy
2 Psychodynamic Approaches
Psychoanalytic therapy
Adlerian therapy
Existential Theory Background: Philosophical Antecedents (name 3 people, and 1
major world event prior to).
Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Heidegger (1889-1976)
after WWI - Europeans saw death all around.
Kierkegaard (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
1813-1855
Existential Theory
believes that:
-humankind's MAIN ISSUES are a RESULT of ABSENCE OF PASSION, LOVE, and
COMMITMENT
-PURE OBJECTIVITY (fairness, neutrality) IS IMPOSSIBLE
-A subject can NEVER BE truly SEPERATED FROM its CONTEXT
Nietzsche (name lifespan, theory he influenced, 3 beliefs)
, 1844-1900
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-NOT a Christian
-Rationalism was a myth
-Primacy of the "will to power"
Heidegger (name lifespan, theory he influenced, & 3 beliefs)
1889-1976
Existential Theory
Beliefs:
-Every choice represents the loss of an alternative
-lost opportunities in the past are essential to an individual
-when ruminating over lost opportunities, people feel: guilt & anxiety
Existential (definition)
Of or relating to existence
Rollo May (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace
-psychology background/mentors
-key contribution(s) and main theory
-1909-1994, Detroit;
-Studied under:
Alfred Adler (sumer abroad in Vienna)
Paul Tillich (at Union Theological Seminary);
-Existential Theory;
- helped merge counseling and existential thought.
Victor Frankl (name the following):
-lifespan, birthplace, general family background
-psychology background/mentors
-key contribution(s) and main theory
-Vienna, middle-class Jewish parents; 3 years Nazi concentration camp
-psychiatrist; associated w/ Freud and Adler's theories;
-advocated humanistic thought into existential theories
- developed "Logotherapy"
Logotherapy
basic theme is to find meaning and purpose in every aspect of life (even tragedy);
developed by Victor Frankl
Who studied under alfred adler and Paul Tillich?
Rollo May (existential theory)
Who advanced merging of counseling and existential thought?
Rollo May (existential theory)
Who was born in Vienna, to middle-class Jewish parents and spent 3 years in a
Nazi concentration camp?
Victor Frankl (existential theory)
What Psychiatrist, from existential theory, is associated with Freud and Adler's
theories?
Victor Frankl
