How does the self or the self-image dominate the personality?
Front
Via the persons EARLY interactions with the environment.
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Top Dog/Underdog (gestalt)
Front
A role-play in which the patient acts between opposing aspects of his personality.
Gestalt Therapy Technique where the client acts out the dialogue between two selves- a self who attempts to grow & change and a self who undermines the process & stays stuck
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Where does Neurotic (maladaptive) bx stem from (Gestalt)
Front
From a "DISTURBANCE" in the boundary between the self and the external environment that interferes with the person's ability to satisfy needs or maintain homeostasis.
Back
empty chair technique (gestalt)
Front
Used to help the client become aware of and integrate aspects of the personality that have been DISOWNED OR DENIED
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What is the self-image (Gestalt)
Front
The "darker side" of the personality...hinders growth and self-actualization by imposting external standards
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What are the four major boundary disturbances (Gestalt)
Historical events - important ONLY when they directly "impinge" upon the patients current functioning
Transference - counterproductive - and respond by helping the patient distinguish between his "transference fantasy" and reality.
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What is Geataltians primary "curative factor" in therapy
Front
Awareness (to be in the here-and-now)
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Dream work (gestalt)
Front
an integral part of the gestalt approach to counseling; a client is told to recount the dream "as if it is happening in the present"; dreams are the royal road to integration
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Confluence (Gestalt)
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Is the ABSENCE pf a boundary between the self and the environment. Confluence causes INTOLERANCE of any differences between oneself and others and often underlies feelings of guilt and resentment.
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Projection (Gestalt)
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Disavowing aspects of the self by assigning them to other people. extreme projection can result in paranoia
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Major goal of Gestalt therapy?
Front
Integration - to become a "unified whole" by integrating various aspects of the self.
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Introjection (Gestalt)
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person psychologically swallows whole concepts without fully understanding or assimilating them. Has trouble distinguishing between "me and not me" and in tx is often "overly compliant"
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The personality consists of the (Gestalt)
Front
The self and the self-image
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Retroflection (Gestalt)
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Entails doing to oneself what one wants to do to others. Ex: A "reflector" may turn his anger toward another person inward
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Gestalt therapy is based on the premise that
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each person is capable of assuming personal responsibility for his own thoughts, feelings, actions and living as an "integrated whole"
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What is the self (Gestalt)
Front
the creative aspect of the personality that promotes the individuals inherent tendency for self-actualization aka to live as a fully integrated person
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VoMB (Gestalt)
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maladaptive bx is considered a "growth disorder" which involves the ABANDONMENT of the self for the self image and a resulting lack of intergration