Gestalt therapy
five layers of neurosis - correct answer-1. Phony-
authentic, reactions are unauthentic.
2. Phobic- avoiding pain.
3. Impasse- afraid of change.
4. Implosive- awareness increase, not ready for action
5. Explosive- they are authentic.
Existential therapy
Founder? - correct answer-Rollo May & Irvin Yalom
,Existential therapy
Focus? - correct answer-- Universal features of the
human condition and the acceptance of pain as an
important part of the search for inner peace and
happiness.
- Anxiety is viewed as part of the human condition
- Anxiety arises from our personal need to survive, to
preserve our being, and to assert our being can be
neurotic or normal.
Existential therapy
Goal? - correct answer--embracing the true nature of
human existence to overcome anxiety and find the
meaning in life
-Believing you are capable of making choices about who
you want to be.
- patient to express an increase in his or her private
world by making choices in order to confront and
overcome feelings of meaningless and isolation.
, Existential therapy
Philosophy - correct answer-You can make changes to be
the person that you want to be.
- Based on the philosophical concern with what it means
to be fully human.
- Based on a personal relationship between client and
therapist
- Stresses personal freedom in deciding one's fate
-Places value on self-awareness
Existential therapy
Yalom's four givens of existence - correct answer-1.
Death: Death anxiety influences human behavior
subconsciously.
2. freedom: responsible for one's life or destiny.
3. existential isolation: conformity to society's norms in
order to not be isolated from the masses.
4. Meaning of life: finding one's purpose (self-
actualization)
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