Gestalt therapy

Introduction• The history of Gestalt Therapy

• The beliefs on which it is based

• The important contributors or practitioners of the theory

• The theory of helping

• The relationship between the helper and the client

• Some techniques or approaches developed

• The kinds of problems addressed

• The populations on which the techniques are used

• Multicultural issues in using these approaches

• Research findings on the model or theory

Theory of Helping• Responsibility for themselves

• Express

• Fourfold– expression– differentiation– affirmation – choice and integration

Therapist

•“like an artist bringing something out which is hidden,”

-Frederick Solomon “Fritz” Perls

Helper v. Client•Helper (therapist)

–Not objective or neutral–Relationship–Empathy–Respect–Challenge

Kinds of problems addressed

• Identifying the client’s behavior

• The environment

• Offer a solution

• Rewards

The populations on the techniques

• Counseling

• rehabilitated through punishments

• is only limited to

Multicultural issues

• Freudian’s psychoanalytic theory

Helper v. Client•Client

–Awareness (insight)–What they are doing

–How–Self examine

Techniques•Experiments

•Role of Confrontation

•Empty-Chair Technique

References• Grant, S. (n.d.). models of helping. psychology counseling 460 &

interviewing . Retrieved, from http://www.csun.edu/~hcpsy002/Psy460_Ch01_Handout_p

• Models of helping. (2007, November 27). Models of helping. Retrieved, from http://www.sagepub.com/upm