Questions and Answers |Revised And Updated
if you have an OCD patient that has anxiety, what is the origin of his neurosis and
psychosis - ANSWER -that the patient did not accept and take into his existence
his bodily and spiritual possibilities, therefore, he was guilty and indebted to
himself
public world - ANSWER -mitwelt
natural world - ANSWER -unwelt
private world - ANSWER -eigenwelt
What does reflected behavior of existential therapy allow - ANSWER -allows
people to see for themselves that they are the only ones who can take responsibility
to change their life
basis for the existential approach - ANSWER -The i am experience, i am now
living, i can take my own life
key principle of existential approach - ANSWER -we are free beings, and we must
accept the responsibility that comes with our freedoms
what is another key principle of existential approach - ANSWER -that anxiety is a
part of the human condition
who are the founders of gestalt therapy - ANSWER -frederick PERLS and laura
PERLS
what does gestalt therapy focus on - ANSWER -bringing the patient into the "here
and now" rather than living in the past or future
what is a core belief of gestalt therapy - ANSWER -that the client will more fully
understand their own emotions and needs through a process of discovery than past
actions
what is the phenomenological approach aimed toward - ANSWER -
awareness/insight
, what does the field theory perspective study - ANSWER -interaction between
person and enviornment
what does the existential perspective study - ANSWER -existence of people and
their relationship with other people
what is important with dialogue in gestalt therapy - ANSWER -the patient can
choose and arrange his existence with a meaningful approach
what is the basic goal of gestalt therapy - ANSWER -deals with awareness and the
"here and now"
move from an area of enviromental support to self-efficacy
layer of neurosis - ANSWER -impasse
what is the meaning of impasse - ANSWER -external support is not forthcoming
and the person believes he cant support himself
what is the major part of gestalt therapy - ANSWER -awareness
self-diaglogue - ANSWER -empty chair technique
what are some attributes of dialogue in gestalt therapy - ANSWER -therapist does
not judge
dialogue can be verbal or nonverbal
they should say how it influenced them
what statement of the therapist urged to have with gestalt therapy - ANSWER -"i"
statements
The therapist says this: "I note your tightening, what are you AWARE of at that
moment?"
what therapy is he/she using? - ANSWER -gestalt, because she used "I" and
"aware" in the sentence
what is "now" applied to in gestalt therapy - ANSWER -the present moment