Gestalt Therapy has been growing and developing since its arrival in the 1950's. For some authors, Gestalt-therapy is involved process of receiving phenomenology Humanistic Psychology. However, specifics institutionalized aspects studies, as disciplinarization, are barely visible Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). In this scenario, research aims to describe analyze Gestalt-Therapy's disciplinarization MS...

The field of Gestalt therapy has long had a troubled relationship with mainstream psychotherapy. The decades long assent of cognitive-behavioral and other, more objectively oriented therapies moved Gestalt even further from common acceptance as a valid alternative for treatment. Couple’s therapy, in particular, has not commonly been seen as a natural “fit” for Gestalt practice. The author’s vie...

Four aspects of Gestalt practice that are particularly relevant to HIV-related therapy are explored: the client-therapist relationship, the phenomenonological method, awareness as the goal of therapy, and experiments and role playing. Applying the Gestalt ideals of self-regulation, wholeness, and growth to a person with HIV is vital to counteract the patient's loss of immune function. The Gesta...

O ensaio investiga nuances da abordagem gestáltica sobre a integralidade pessoa no aqui e agora, instância na qual tomam forma diferentes figura/fundo. intuito é provocar o leitor refletir autoconhecimento em uma perspectiva ancorada Gestalt-Terapia. Na primeira seção, apresento algumas conexões introdutórias que sinalizam os caminhos percorri para chegar ao presente texto. segunda destaco algu...

The article investigates the relationship between crucial concepts and understandings in gestalt therapy and cognitive therapy aiming at discussing if and how they can be mutually enriching when considered as complementary parts in a more encompassing integrative therapeutic approach. It is argued that gestalt therapy, defined as a field-theoretical approach to the study of gestalt formation pr...

This paper will examine gestalt therapy in light of clinical and theoretical insights from self psychology and intersubjectivity theory. These theories have stirred a great deal of controversy in the psychoanalytic community, and many practitioners claim that either one or both of the theories has revolutionized their approach to treatment. The theories challenge basic assumptions of psychoanal...