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What type of therapy is Gestalt Therapy?
existential and phenomenological - it is grounded in the client's "here and now"
What is the initial goal of Gestalt Therapy? For clients to gain awareness of...
For clients to gain awareness of what they are experiencing and doing NOW.
How does Gestalt Therapy help clients gain awareness of what they are experiencing and doing NOW?
- GT promotes direct EXPERIENCING rather than the abstractness of TALKING ABOUT situations.
Ex: Rather than TALK about a chldhood trauma, the client is encouraged to BECOME the hurt child.
in GT, the "power is in the..."
present
in GT, nothing exists except the...
now
In GT, the past is gone and the future...
has not yet arrived
For many people, the power of the present is...
lost.

They may focus on past mistakes or engage in endless resolutions and plans for the future.
GT believes that feelings about the past are...
unexpressed

-associated with distinct memories and fantasies
-feelings not fully expressed linger in the background and interfere with effective contact
What is the result of feelings of the past being left unexpressed?
Preoccupation, compulsive behavior, wariness, oppressive energy, and self-defeating behavior.
What is CONTACT?
Contact is interacting with nature and with other people without losing one's individuality.
What is RESISTANCE TO CONTACT?
Resistance to contact is the defense we develop to prevent us from experiencing the present fully.
What are the five major channels of resistance?
-Introjection (tendency to uncritically accept others' beliefs and standards without assimilating them to make them congruent with who we are)
-Projection (reverse of introjection; we disown certain aspects of ourselves and assign them to the environment)
-Retroflection (doing to ourselves what we would like to do to others. ex. Aggression)
-Deflection (process of distraction so that it is difficult to maintain a sustained sense of contact)
-Confluence (a blurring of the differentiation between the self and the environment)
What are the experiments in Gestalt Therapy used for?
They are used to elicit emotion, produce action, or achieve a specific goal.

*also used to allow client to experience emotions in the here and now???
Why is it important for therapists to personally experience the power of Gestalt experiments before they try them on their clients?
So that they can feel comfortable suggesting them, so that they can understand what the client is experiencing, and so that they can accurately judge when an experiment is appropriate for a particular client.
Why/how must clients be prepared for Gestalt Experiments?
A relationship must be established so that clients will feel trusting enough to participate. Therapists should ask clients if they are willing to try an experiment and also tell clients that the can stop when they choose to--the power is with the client.
What are the various types of Gestalt Experiments? (list, describe, and provide examples)
-internal dialogue exercise
-making the rounds (group)
-rehearsal exercise
-reversal technique
-exaggeration
-staying with the feeling