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Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
In using introjection,projection,
retroflection, deflection, and
confluence, one lose contact with the
environment, and lose boundary.
Phony layer – pretending to be something
that one is not, often involving game playing
and fantasy.
Phobic layer – an attempt to avoid
recognizing aspects of one self that an
individual would prefer to deny.
Impasse layer – no sense of direction and
wonder how they are going to make it in the
environment and drift into the sea of
hopelessness.
Implosive layer – Feel vulnerable to feelings
that they have defensively built.
Explosive layer – have intense feelings of joy,
sorrow or pain. Become authentic with
themselves and others.
• Counselors create an atmosphere that
encourages clients to explore growth
• Therefore, counselors are personally
involved w/clients & are honest
• Counselors are exciting, energetic and
fully human
• Always use the present tense
• Address all conversations directly
• Help clients resolve unfinished business
• Here & now, immediacy of experience
• Action, experience feelings & behaviors
• Now = experience = awareness = reality
• Past is no more, future does not exist. Only
the now exists
• Attend to both nonverbal and verbal
expression.
• Recognize that life presents choices
• Help clients become more integrated &
mature
• Bring together emotion, cognition, and
behavior
• Exercises are ready made techniques
• Experiments are made on the spot
• Dream work – become parts of the
dream, discover what is missing in the
dream
• Empty chair
• Confrontation – point out incongruities
• Asking what & how
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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology
www.answers.com/topic/gestalt-psychology