Gestalt Therapy and Family Systems Perspectives
Confronting Skills

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Assigned Readings:

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Corey 8, 14 [6th 8, 13]

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Evans, et al. 8

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PDF Files and Links:

Perls Biography

Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications

Family Therapist Profiles

Bowen Family Systems Theory

Satir Biography

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Learning Objectives for Gestalt Therapy:

bulletDefine the following as they pertain to Gestalt Therapy:
bulletGestalt
bulletHolism
bulletHere-And-Now
bulletUnfinished Business
bulletWhat does a Gestalt therapist try to get a client to do in therapy?
bulletExplain why a Gestalt therapist draws attention to a client's body language and body movements such as a tight jaw or shaking leg.
bulletDescribe how a Gestalt therapist uses language and language exercises to help a client in therapy.
bulletWhat is the difference between a Gestalt Exercise and a Gestalt Experiment?
bulletDescribe the following Gestalt therapy techniques:
bulletEmpty-Chair Technique
bulletMaking the Rounds
bulletReversal Technique
bulletExaggeration Exercise
bulletDescribe contributions and limitations of Gestalt Therapy to current mental health care.
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Learning Objectives for Family Systems:

bulletWhile most theorists believe that client symptoms are due to the individual's maladjustment, systems theorists contend that client symptoms may serve any one of three functions. Identify those three functions.
bulletDescribe three major differences between Systemic and Individual therapy approaches.
bulletDefine the following terms as they relate to family therapy:
bulletCybernetics
bulletIndividuation
bulletTriangulation
bulletGenogram
bulletFamily Sculpting
bulletExplain the importance of boundaries and differentiate between disengagement and enmeshment.
bulletDefine paradoxical techniques and offer an explanation for why they work.
bulletWhat are the major premises of social constructivism?
 

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