Gestalt Therapy : Fritz Perls Humanistic / Experiential

Here and now focus:

: Awareness of the present moment is central

Wholeness & integration:

Mind, body, and emotions must be unified

Unfinished business:

Unresolved past experiences interfere with current functioning

Contact & boundaries:y

Healthy contact with self and others is key

Self-awareness leads to change

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techniques:

• Empty-chair technique:

• Dialoguing with parts of self or others

• Exaggeration exercise

• Amplifying behaviors to increase awareness

• Role-playing & dramatization

• Body awareness and movement

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• "I" statements:

• Taking ownership of feelings

• Increase self-awareness and personal responsibility

• Integrate disconnected parts of the self

• Resolve unfinished business and live more fully in the present

Goals

• Clients stuck in past events or repeating patterns

• Those who benefit from experiential or creative methods

• People needing more self-awareness or emotional release

Best For:

gestalt is roots in experiential counseling mind body

responsible for own behavior

gain awareness of what we are doing

bring unfinished business from past to present

move from environmental support to individual support

awareness is at the center of gestalt therapy

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