Gestalt therapy

 Gestalt therapy is a humanistic, holistic, person-centered form of psychotherapy that is focused on an individual's present life and challenges rather than delving into past experiences., emphasizes personal responsibility, and focuses upon the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist–client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation. It was developed by Fritz Perls, Laura Perls and Paul Goodman in the 1940s and 1950s, and was first described in the 1951 book Gestalt Therapy.

It rejects the dualities of mind and body, body and soul, thinking and feeling, and feeling and action. Gestalt is a highly positive and practical integrative therapeutic approach. Broadly ... It has the sense that meaning cannot be found from breaking things down into parts but rather interpreted as a whole.

Goals of gestalt therapy

Goals of therapy is to enable client to:

❖ Move towards increases awareness of themselves.

❖ Establish sense of ownership.

❖ Develop skills and values that will enable them to satisfy their needs without violating other’s rights.

❖ Become more aware of their senses.

Role of therapist

❖ Encouraging present time: Instead of simply talking about past situations, clients are encouraged to experience present situations.. A gestalt therapist focuses on what is happening in the moment and finding solutions at the moment.

❖ Promoting awareness of present moment: Gestalt therapists places emphasis on gaining awareness of the present moment and the present context for effective implication of therapy.

❖ Focusing client’s conversation: Gestalt therapists focus on client, his language, talk and dialogue between him and therapist.

❖ Focusing client’s body language: Gestalt therapists also focus on clients’ gestures and body language for effective communication. People often say things they don't truly mean, but you might not always recognize when someone's lying. ... When therapy focuses mainly on verbal communication, the therapist may miss a lot of nonverbal information that provides a more complete picture of the client's emotional state, so its best method used by therapists

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