Juan indicated to his new counselor that he has tried to stop drinking alcohol in the past but felt like he wasn’t fully committed then. Juan is committed to taking action now and is hoping his counselor can help him plan and prepare to change. What stage is Juan in?
a. Precontemplation
b. Contemplation
c. Preparation
d. Action
c. Preparation
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. As a child, Fritz Perls had a family environment filled with conflict. 2. If Fritz and Laura Perls had a significant influence on Gestalt therapy and it is believed that it may not have come into existence if their influence was removed. 3. In Gestalt therapy, it is unnecessary to attempt the impossible by trying to uncover what “objectively” has taken place in a client’s life given that the real-world can only exist within the mind. 4. Gestalt therapy and Gestalt psychology are one and the same.
. _______________ are the big picture, the “modus operandi,” or plans of action customized to meet a particular goal.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Dr. Thompson, a Caucasian female therapist, is working with Akela, a 15-year-old African American female. Akela reveals that she recently learned that her father (who has been divorced from her mother for the past 5 years) is gay. She tells Dr. Thompson that she has “no idea of what she is going through.” Dr. Thompson shares with Akela that she too had parents that divorced when she was a teenager and a few years after the divorce, learned that her mother was a lesbian. This is an example of ______.
A. exhibiting empathy B. culturally appropriate intervention strategies C. awareness of worldview D. self-disclosure
All of the following are important functions of ending the counseling relationship except
a. Signals that something important has been completed b. Gives clients the opportunity to maintain changes already achieved and generalize problem-solving skills to new areas c. Serves as a reminder that the client has matured d. All of the above e. None of the above