Week 1 - Values & counselling Flashcards
(35 cards)
An outcome of being confronted with the four givens of existence: death, freedom, existential isolation, and meaninglessness
Existential anxiety
The result of, or the consciousness of, evading the commitment to choosing for ourselves in existential therapy
Existential guilt
A philosophical movement stressing individual responsibility for creating one’s way of thinking, feeling, and behaving
Existentialism
In existential therapy, an inescapable aspect of the human condition; we are the author of our life and therefore are responsible for our destiny and accountable for our actions
Freedom
A method of exploration that uses subjective human experiencing as its focus; part of the fabric of existentially oriented therapies
Phenomenology
In existential therapy, a state of functioning with a limited degree of awareness of oneself and being vague about the nature of one’s problems
Restricted existence
In person-centered therapy, the act of perceiving the internal frame of reference of another; of grasping the person’s subjective world, without losing one’s identity
Accurate empathic understanding
In person-centered therapy, the state in which self-experiences are accurately symbolized in the self-concept. As applied to the therapist, it is a matching of one’s inner experiencing with external expressions
Congruence
In person-centered therapy, a growth force within us; an actualizing tendency leading to the full development of one’s potential; the basis on which people can be trusted to identify and resolve their own problems in a therapeutic relationship
Self-actualizing tendency
In person-centered therapy, the necessary and sufficient characteristics of the therapeutic relationship for client change to occur. These core conditions include therapist congruence (or genuineness), unconditional positive regard (acceptance and respect), and accurate empathic understanding
Therapeutic conditions
In person-centered therapy, the nonjudgmental expression of a fundamental respect for the person as a human; acceptance of a person’s right to his or her feelings
Unconditional positive regard
In Gestalt therapy, The process of attending to and observing one’s own sensing, thinking, feelings, and actions; paying attention to the flowing nature of one present-centered experience
Awareness
In Gestalt therapy, The process of interacting with nature and with other people without losing one sense of individuality. Achieved through seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and moving
Contact
In Gestalt therapy, A way of avoiding contact and awareness by being vague and indirect
Deflection
In Gestalt therapy, procedures aimed at encouraging spontaneity and inventiveness by bringing the possibilities for action directly into the therapy session. Designed to enhance here-and-now awareness. They are activities clients try out as a way of testing new ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
Experiments
In Gestalt therapy, paying attention to and exploring what is occurring at the boundary between the person and the environment
Field theory
In Gestalt therapy, the uncritical acceptance of others beliefs and standards without assimilating them into one’s own personality
Introjection
In Gestalt therapy, The process by which we disown certain aspects of ourselves by ascribing them to the environment; the opposite of introjection
Projection
In Gestalt therapy, The act of turning back onto ourselves something we would like to do or have done someone else
Retroflection
In Gestalt therapy, unexpressed feelings such as resentment, guilt, anger, and grief, dating back to childhood that now interfere with effective psychological functioning; needless emotional debris that clutters present-centered awareness
Unfinished business
In feminist therapy, A theory that uses male-oriented constructs to draw conclusions about human nature
Androcentric theory
What are the dimensions of the conceptual framework for competencies?
Beliefs and attitudes
Knowledge
Skills
Define value imposition.
Refers to counselors directly attempting to define a client’s values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
The counseling task is to __________.
Assist individuals in finding answers that are most congruent with their own values.
