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5010 Midterm - Gestalt Therapy Concepts

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Paradoxical theory of change   show
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Figure-Formation process   show
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Figure-Formation process   show
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Figure-Formation process   show
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show Equilibrium is disturbed by the emergence of a need, a sensation, or an interest  
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show Intertwined with the figure-formation process  
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Organismic self-regulation   show
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Field theory   show
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Field theory   show
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Holism   show
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show therapists place no superior value on a particular aspect of the individual  
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show Emphasis may be placed on a figure or foreground or the ground or background  
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Holism   show
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Holism   show
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figure   show
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ground   show
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show Can be manifest in unexpressed feelings such as resentment, rage, hatred, pain, anxiety, grief, guilt, and abandonment  
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show feelings linger in the background and are carried into present life in ways that interfere with effective contact with oneself and others  
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show effects usually show up in some blockage within the body in the form of some physical sensations or problems  
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Unfinished Business   show
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Unfinished Business   show
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show Person is asked to exaggerate the movement or gesture they normally do repeatedly which usually intensifies the feeling attached to the behavior and makes inner feelings more clear  
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Staying with the Feeling   show
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Making the Rounds   show
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show Purpose is to confront, to risk, to disclose to self, to experiment with new behavior  
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show Playing the role of the opposite personality.  
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show Purpose is to have client take the plunge into the very thing that is fraught with anxiety and make contact with those parts of themselves that have been submerged and denied  
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show Clients share their internal rehearsals out loud to become more aware of the many preparatory means they use in bolstering their social roles, of how they try to meet the expectations of others, or of the degree to which they want to be accepted and liked  
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Internal Dialogue Exercise   show
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Empty chair technique   show
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Internal Dialogue Exercise   show
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show No interpretation or analysis; but each part of the dream is assumed to be a projection of the self and the client creates scripts for each part  
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show Bring dreams back to life to relive them as though they are happening now  
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Dream Work   show
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Experiments   show
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Experiments   show
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Continuum of experience, The here and now, The paradoxical theory of change, The experiment, The authentic encounter, and Process-oriented diagnosis   show
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Introjection, projection, retroflection, deflection, and confluece   show
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Introjection   show
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Introjection   show
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show Reverse of introjections  
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show Disown certain aspects of ourselves that are inconsistent with our self-image by assigning them to the environment such as blaming others for our problems  
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show We avoid taking responsibility for our own feelings and who we when we see qualities in others that we refuse to acknowledge in ourselves  
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Projection   show
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show Turning back onto ourselves what we would like to do to someone else or what we would like someone else to do to or for us  
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Retroflection   show
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Retroflection   show
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show this usually results ins Depression and psychosomatic complaints  
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show People who self-mutilate or injure themselves are often directing aggression inward out of fear of directing towards others  
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Retroflection   show
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show Distraction or veering off, so that is it difficult to maintain a sustained sense of contact  
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show Examples include overuse of humor, abstract generalizations, or questions rather than statements  
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Deflection   show
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Confluence   show
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show No clear demarcation between internal experience and outer reality  
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Confluence   show
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show these clients tend to have a high need to be liked and are comfortable with enmeshment which makes genuine contact extremely difficult  
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Fritz and Laura Perls (founders), Miriam and Erving Polster   show
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show Focused on intrapsychic phenomena and awareness  
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Laura Perls   show
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show Appreciate and fully experience the present moment  
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The Now   show
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The Now   show
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show using depersonalizing language  
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“You” talk   show
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Questions   show
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Language that denies power   show
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Blocks to Energy   show
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show Therapist helps clients identify the ways this is occurring and transform it into more adaptive behaviors  
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Discover, Accommodation, and Assimilation   show
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show clients recognizing that they have a choice, begin by trying out new behaviors in therapy then outside  
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show client learning how to influence their environment such as taking a stand on critical issues  
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“Interruption in contact” or “boundary disturbance”   show
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Resistances   show
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Resistances   show
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show necessary for change and growth and is made by seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and moving  
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Effective contact   show
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show involves clear awareness, full energy, and the ability to express oneself  
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withdrawal   show
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Awareness   show
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Moving client from environmental support to self-support and Reintegrating the disowned parts of one’s personality   show
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