Raymond Is in a Group Therapy Session with Fritz Perls

question 209

Multiple Choice

Raymond is in a group therapy session with Fritz Perls. He is talking to a vacant chair, saying all the things he wishes he could say to his father, but can never get up the courage. When he is finished talking to the vacant chair, what is the next step?

• A) He returns to his original position and listens to the group comment on his performance.
• B) Another person talks to the vacant chair, giving their view of Raymond's problem.
• C) Perls would critique the performance and ask others to comment on what Raymond had said.
• D) He sits in the vacant chair and responds as if he were his father.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious processes and childhood experiences as the primary factors in personality development and psychological issues.

Internalized

The process of integrating attitudes, values, or norms into one's own belief system or behavior.

Countertransference

The emotional reaction of a therapist towards a client, influenced by the therapist's own background, beliefs, and experiences.

Transference

In psychotherapy, it refers to the phenomenon where patients project feelings about important people in their lives onto the therapist.