What is Gestalt psychotherapy?

Gestalt psychotherapy, also called simply gestalt therapy, is a holistic or the whole person to traditional psychotherapy including the patient's emotions, body language and interaction with its environment. Founded by Fritz and Laura Perls, as well as Paul Goodman, Gestalt Psychotherapy, as well as Paul Goodman, focuses on the patient's self -confidence and self -concept rather than explaining the therapist and interpretation of what the patient is experiencing. With a de-ranking of what could or should be, gestalt psychotherapy seeks to inform patients about what they are doing and how to make changes to accept who they are. The analyst then attempts to explain and interpret what the patient is experiencing, by establishing a connection with perceived irrational drives and conflicts in the unconscious mind of the patient. In other words, the analyst interprets this experience and triggers to solve the resulting problems and symptoms on behalf of the patient. In it, the patient is obliged to take a more active role in the therapeutic process. Rather than focus on the past or what would mIt was, emphasis is placed on the real presence and the relationships of the patient with other people. By excluding the patient how the patient relates to those who or she or she can actually get to know each other. Thus, direct experience has a precedent over analysts' interpretation.

This type of psychotherapy can be particularly useful for patients who have difficulty expressing what they feel when confronted with certain experiences or relationships. The technique often associated with Gestalt psychotherapy is called open chairs . Using this method, the patient sits in front of an empty chair and imagines that there is a person with whom there is an unfinished trade or unexpressed emotions. The patient then communicates everything that was not on an empty chair, and can even switch the chairs, take over the role and the perspective of an imagined person.

While the patient communicates with an imaginary person, the therapist usually pays attention to KONTEXT and content. The words that are called are as important as the patient's body language. The therapist may suspend conversation and ask about physical movement, such as increasing sweating or swallowing, or why a particular word or phrase was used. The purpose of these questions is to inform the patient of behavior and think about their meanings.

The aim of gestial psychotherapy is to inform the patient about how it works in its real environment. The focus on what the patient is doing at present is to help him or realize how to move behavior. This self -confidence can seize patients to leave unfinished business and accept and appreciate themselves. In this sense, this type of psychotherapy is humanistic and cognitive.