Author Question: Describe the three-stage process of change that was conceptualized by Miriam Polster, a central ... (Read 83 times)

jc611 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Describe the three-stage process of change that was conceptualized by Miriam Polster, a central figure in the development of Gestalt therapy in the U. S.

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Question 2

List the names that Perls gave to the five layers of neuroses that are peeled in Gestalt therapy.

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dreamfighter72 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 30, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer:
1. Discoveryan individual discovers that there are things about his or her identity that are not what they seemed, and that situations are not what they appeared to be before.
2. Accommodationhaving scrapped the old identity, a person learns what new choices are possible and experiments with new ways of being.
3. Assimilationa person sets out to change his or her environment so that the genuine self can emerge.

Answer to Question 2

Answer:
1. phony
2. phobic
3. impasse
4. implosive
5. explosive