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On Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapy training provides clinicians of any orientation with a valuable perspective, and tools to sharpen their clinical work. As increased demands on mental health practitioners require more diversity, flexibility, and creativity, a diverse, flexible and creative therapeutic model is essential.
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Gestalt therapy concepts can be applied in a variety of settings, and are equally useful in long and short-term therapeutic work. Humanistic and holistic, based on a model of health rather than pathology, Gestalt therapy brings a fresh, much needed perspective to the current climate in mental health.
With roots in psychoanalysis, dialogic existentialism, and phenomenology, Gestalt Therapy can encompass insights from the current psychyoanalytic theories such as self psychology and intersubjectivity theory, while the process-oriented and relationship based approach distinguish it as one of the original relational models. In addition, because Gestalt Therapy is rooted in Eastern thought, with a focus on acceptance and awareness, it is also uniquely compatible with Buddhist psychology/mindfulness approaches.
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