12 Questions
What are the cornerstones of Gestalt therapy?
Awareness, choice, and responsibility
Why is Gestalt therapy considered an existential approach?
Because it focuses on the client's perceptions of reality
Who was the main originator and developer of Gestalt therapy?
Fritz Perls
What is the initial goal for clients in Gestalt therapy?
To expand their awareness of the present moment
Why did Fritz Perls take issue with Freud's theory?
Because Freud's view of human beings was mechanistic
Which aspect does Gestalt therapy affirm about human beings?
Capacity for growth and healing through interpersonal contact and insight
What does the Gestalt approach focus on more than on content?
Process
According to Perls, what is far more crucial to self-understanding?
Present moment behavior
What is a defining characteristic of awareness in Gestalt therapy?
Paying attention to the flow of experience
How do Gestalt therapists expect clients to approach therapy?
Do their own seeing, feeling, sensing, and interpreting
What does contemporary relational Gestalt therapy stress in the client-therapist relationship?
Dialogue and I/Thou relationship
What do the majority of today's Gestalt therapists emphasize in therapy?
Support, acceptance, empathy, respect, and dialogue
Learn about the existential, phenomenological, and process-based approach of Gestalt therapy, focusing on awareness, choice, and responsibility. Understand how clients can expand their awareness in the present moment to facilitate automatic change. Explore the foundations of Gestalt therapy practice.
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