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Gestalt therapy

Gestalt therapy. Introduction. The history of Gestalt Therapy T he beliefs on which it is based T he important contributors or practitioners of the theory T he theory of helping T he relationship between the helper and the client S ome techniques or approaches developed

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Gestalt therapy

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  1. Gestalt therapy

  2. 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

  3. Theory of Helping • Responsibility for themselves • Express • Fourfold • expression • differentiation • affirmation • choice and integration

  4. Therapist • “like an artist bringing something out which is hidden,” -Frederick Solomon “Fritz” Perls

  5. Helper v. Client • Helper (therapist) • Not objective or neutral • Relationship • Empathy • Respect • Challenge

  6. Kinds of problems addressed • Identifying the client’s behavior • The environment • Offer a solution • Rewards

  7. The populations on the techniques • Counseling • rehabilitated through punishments • is only limited to

  8. Multicultural issues • Freudian’s psychoanalytic theory

  9. Helper v. Client • Client • Awareness (insight) • What they are doing • How • Self examine

  10. Techniques • Experiments • Role of Confrontation • Empty-Chair Technique

  11. 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

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