Gestalt Therapy

Technical skills are more important in Gestalt Therapy than the therapist's presence.

• True

• False

Which of the following is most important in Gestalt Therapy?

• techniques

• the amount of experience a therapist has

• the therapist knowing and being confident in themselves

_____________ are ready-made techniques that are sometimes used to make something happen in a therapy session or to achieve a goal.

• exercises

• experiments

• conversations

Which of the following allows a client to stop talking about a topic and start understanding through experience?

• techniques

• exercises

• experiments

Contemporary Gestalt practices still utilize the "anything goes environment."

• True

• False

______________ is set up in a way that invites clients to examine their behaviors, attitudes, and thoughts.

• internal dialogue

• empty chair

• confrontation

• exercise

This Gestalt technique uses "top dog" and "underdog" ideas to examine different aspects of one's personality.

• the empty chair

• the internal dialogue exercise

• making the rounds

• the reversal exercise

The future projection technique allows one to bring a future event into the present and act it out.

• True

• False

A sullen, reserved person who is practicing being bubbly and outgoing is utilizing the ______________ exercise.

• rehearsal

• empty chair

• reversal

• exaggeration

The ___________ exercise focuses on exploring subtle body language cues a client may be sending.

• dream work

• reversal

• exaggeration

• empty chair