Name and describe the five types of contact boundary disturbances that are used by Gestalt therapists as conceptualizations of clients’ distorted perceptions
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Answers:
1. Introjection—taking in others’ views and values to the point where they seem like they are your own
2. Projection—assigning undesired parts of yourself to others, especially when you feel guilty or angry
3. Retroflection—directing an action or thought toward yourself rather than toward others
4. Deflection—turning aside direct contact with another person or yourself
5. Confluence—agreeing in opinion and feeling with someone else to the point that the boundary between you is blurry
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