GESTALT THERAPY
Be familiar with the term Gestalt therapy uses for the present and how they deal with the past, present and future.
Fredercik Perls was the originator of Gestalt Therapy. GT was created on the premise that individuals must be understood in the context of their ongoing relationship with the environment. The main cornerstones of this practice are awareness, choice, and responsibility. The main goal is to have clients expand their awareness of what they are experiencing in the present moment. With this awareness it will automatically bring change. It gives special attention to human capacity for growth and healing through interpersonal contact and insight. It is important that therapist stress dialogue and relationship with the client. They need to be supportive , accepting and empathetic respectful,as well as challenging. Perl valued examining the present situation to raise awareness of what they are doing and how they are doing it. He asserted how individuals acted in the present moment is more important to self understanding than why they behave as they do.GOALS-are self acceptance, knowledge of the environment, responsibility for choices, and the ability to make contact with their field and the people in it are important awareness process and goals, all of which are based on the here and now experiencing that is always changing.GT practitioners value being fully present during the therapeutic encounter with the belief that growth occurs out of genuine contact between client and therapist,.Gestalt is interested in the whole person not on a particular aspect of the individual. It tends on the clients thoughts, feelings, behavior, body memories and dreams.MAIN CONTRIBUTION-is its emphasis on learning to appreciate and fully experience the present moment. Focusing on the past and the future can be a way to avoid coming to term with the present. Clients spend their energies in past mistakes and as they direct their energy towards what was or what might have been
Fredercik Perls was the originator of Gestalt Therapy. GT was created on the premise that individuals must be understood in the context of their ongoing relationship with the environment. The main cornerstones of this practice are awareness, choice, and responsibility. The main goal is to have clients expand their awareness of what they are experiencing in the present moment. With this awareness it will automatically bring change. It gives special attention to human capacity for growth and healing through interpersonal contact and insight. It is important that therapist stress dialogue and relationship with the client. They need to be supportive , accepting and empathetic respectful,as well as challenging. Perl valued examining the present situation to raise awareness of what they are doing and how they are doing it. He asserted how individuals acted in the present moment is more important to self understanding than why they behave as they do.GOALS-are self acceptance, knowledge of the environment, responsibility for choices, and the ability to make contact with their field and the people in it are important awareness process and goals, all of which are based on the here and now experiencing that is always changing.GT practitioners value being fully present during the therapeutic encounter with the belief that growth occurs out of genuine contact between client and therapist,.Gestalt is interested in the whole person not on a particular aspect of the individual. It tends on the clients thoughts, feelings, behavior, body memories and dreams.MAIN CONTRIBUTION-is its emphasis on learning to appreciate and fully experience the present moment. Focusing on the past and the future can be a way to avoid coming to term with the present. Clients spend their energies in past mistakes and as they direct their energy towards what was or what might have been