748 Gestalt

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Gestalt Therapy: basic definition

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An existential and phenomenological approach

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Gestalt Therapy: Initial goal

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Initial goal is for clients to expand their awareness of what they are experiencing in the present moment

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Gestalt Therapy: What is the curative factor

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Increased awareness is curative

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Gestalt Therapy: How does the person become integrated/whole

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Through becoming aware of one’s denied parts and working toward owning their experience, clients can become integrated, or whole

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Gestalt Therapy: This approach focuses on: the h_ and n_

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The here and now

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Gestalt Therapy: This approach focuses on: the w_ and h_ of experiencing

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The what and how of experiencing

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Gestalt Therapy: This approach focuses on: the ___ of the therapistt

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The authenticity of the therapist

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Gestalt Therapy: This approach focuses on: active d_ i_ and e_

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Active dialogic inquiry and exploration

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Gestalt Therapy: This approach focuses on: relating

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The I/Thou of relating

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Principles of Gestalt Theory: Holism: range of

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The full range of human functioning includes thoughts, feelings, behaviors, body, language, and dreams

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Principles of Gestalt Theory: Field theory: definition

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The field is the client’s environment which consists of therapist and client and all that goes on between them

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Principles of Gestalt Theory: Field theory: Client is a participant in a constantly

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Client is a participant in a constantly changing field

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Principles of Gestalt Theory: Figure Formation Process: Definition

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How an individual organizes experiences from moment to moment
Foreground: figure
Background: ground

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Principles of Gestalt Theory: Organismic self-regulation: Emergence of

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Emergence of need sensations and interest disturb an individual’s equilibrium

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Gestalt: The Now: Power

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Our “power is in the present”

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Gestalt: The Now: Existence

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Nothing exists except the “now”

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Gestalt: The Now: past and future

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The past is gone and the future has not yet arrived

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Gestalt: The Now: Loss

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For many people the power of the present is lost

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Gestalt: The Now: 2 common mistakes

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They may focus on their past mistakes or engage in endless resolutions and plans for the future

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Gestalt: Unfinished Business: definition

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Feelings about the past are unexpressed

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Gestalt: Unfinished Business: unexpressed feelings are associated with

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distinct memories and fantasies

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Gestalt: Unfinished Business: Feelings not fully experienced linger in the background and

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interfere with effective contact

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Gestalt: Unfinished Business: Result:

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Preoccupation, compulsive behavior, wariness oppressive energy, and self-defeating behavior

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Gestalt: Energy and Blocks to Energy: where, how, and how

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Gestalt therapists focus on where energy is located, how it is used, and how it can be blocked

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Gestalt: Energy and Blocks to Energy: defense

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Blocked energy is a form of defensive behavior that may result in unfinished business

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Gestalt: Energy and Blocks to Energy: transform

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Clients are encouraged to recognize how their resistance is being expressed in their body and transform their blocked energy into more adaptive behaviors

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Gestalt: Contact and Resistances to Contact: What is contact

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Interacting with nature and with other people without losing one’s individuality

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Gestalt: Contact and Resistances to Contact: Boundary disturbances/resistance to contact

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The defenses we develop to prevent us from experiencing the present fully

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Gestalt: Contact Boundary Phenomena: Five different kinds of contact boundary disturbances: I

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Introjection

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Gestalt: Contact Boundary Phenomena: Five different kinds of contact boundary disturbances: P

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Projection

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Gestalt: Contact Boundary Phenomena: Five different kinds of contact boundary disturbances: R

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Retroflection

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Gestalt: Contact Boundary Phenomena: Five different kinds of contact boundary disturbances: D

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Deflection

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Gestalt: Contact Boundary Phenomena: Five different kinds of contact boundary disturbances: C

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Confluence

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Six Components of Gestalt Therapy Methodology: C of e

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Continuum of experience

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Six Components of Gestalt Therapy Methodology: h and n

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The here and now

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Six Components of Gestalt Therapy Methodology: P theory

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Paradoxical theory of change

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Six Components of Gestalt Therapy Methodology: the e

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The experiment

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Six Components of Gestalt Therapy Methodology: the __ encounter

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The authentic encounter

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Six Components of Gestalt Therapy Methodology: P-o diagnosis

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Process-oriented diagnosis

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Gestalt: A Focus on Language (6 things)

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``` “It” talk “You” talk Questions Language that denies power Listening to clients’ metaphors Listening for language that uncovers a story ```

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: the e_

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The experiment

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: I d e

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Internal dialogue exercise

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: r e

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Rehearsal exercise

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: r t

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Reversal technique

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: e e

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Exaggeration exercise

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: s w t f

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Staying with the feeling

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: m t r

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Making the rounds

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Gestalt: Therapeutic Techniques: d w

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Dream work

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Gestalt: Application to Group Counseling: encourages

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Encourages direct experience and action

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Gestalt: Application to Group Counseling: Here-and-now focus allows members to

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bring unfinished business to the present

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Gestalt: Application to Group Counseling: Members try out

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Members try out experiments within the group setting

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Gestalt: Application to Group Counseling: Leaders can use linking to

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include members in the exploration of a particular individual’s problem

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Gestalt: Application to Group Counseling: Leaders actively design experiments for the group while focusing on

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awareness and contact

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Gestalt: Application to Group Counseling: how to get a sense of mutuality

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Group leaders actively engage with the members to form a sense of mutuality in the group

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Gestalt: Strengths from a Diversity Perspective: Tailoring

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Gestalt experiments can be tailored to fit the unique ways in which clients perceive and interpret their culture

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Gestalt: Strengths from a Diversity Perspective: integrate polarities

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Gestalt therapy helps people integrate the polarities within themselves, which can assist bicultural clients in reconciling diverse aspects of their cultures

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Gestalt: Strengths from a Diversity Perspective: nonverbal behaviors

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Creative experiments can emphasize nonverbal behaviors

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Gestalt: Limitations from a Diversity Perspective: emotions that are conditioned

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Clients who are culturally conditioned to be emotionally reserved may find the emphasis on feelings to be off putting

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Gestalt: Limitations from a Diversity Perspective: potential for techniques to be misused

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Those who use Gestalt techniques in a mechanical way to elicit certain effects (e.g., intense emotions) may lead clients to terminate from therapy prematurely

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Contributions of Gestalt Therapy: using experiments

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It is a creative and lively approach that uses experiments to move clients from talk to action

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Contributions of Gestalt Therapy: many tools

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Clients are provided with a wide range of tools for discovering new facets of themselves and changing their lives

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Contributions of Gestalt Therapy: holistic but also individual

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It is a holistic approach that values each aspect of the individual’s experience equally

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Contributions of Gestalt Therapy: dreams

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The Gestalt approach to working with dreams is a unique pathway for people to increase their awareness of key themes in their lives

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Contributions of Gestalt Therapy: integration

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A key strength of Gestalt therapy is the attempt to integrate theory, practice, and research

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Limitations of Gestalt Therapy: abuse

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The approach has the potential for the therapist to abuse power by using powerful techniques without proper training

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Limitations of Gestalt Therapy: stupid people

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This approach may not be useful for clients who have difficulty abstracting and imagining

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Limitations of Gestalt Therapy: TMI

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The emphasis on therapist authenticity and self-disclosure may be overpowering for some clients