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Focus is on the

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here and now

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Person in the context

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person can be be understood in the context of their environment

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dialectical principle and polarities

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goal is to integrate polarities that exist within us

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contact & resistance to contact

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contact is critical for change, resistance attempts to get in the way

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Gestalt methodology

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1. continuum of experience 2. The experiment 3. Here and now 4. the authentic encounter 5. Paradoxical theory of change 5. process-oriented diagnosis

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Awareness & present-centeredness

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increased awareness of yourself is curative, although the past & future are important- the power is in the present

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dialogue

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main division is between the top dog & the underdog, therapy focuses on this conflict

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Unfinished business (Gestalt concept)

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unexpressed emotions

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Focus on clients language

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"it or they" talk, avoiding me

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Field theory (Gestalt)

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-everything is relational and in constant flux -the organism must be seen in its environment it is a constantly changing field

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subjective reality (phenomenal field)

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Gestalt psychologists argued that these principles exist because the mind has an innate disposition to perceive patterns in the stimulus based on certain rules : Proximity, Similarity, Continuity, Closure, and Connectedness.

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Holism

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parts cannot be separated- thoughts, feelings, behavior, body language

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Paradoxical theory of change

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authentic change occurs more from being who we are than from trying to be who we are not

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Contact Boundary phenomena

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Introjection, Projection, Retroflection, deflection, confluence

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figure-ground

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the organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).

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Gestalt

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German word for "whole", it refers to our tendency to perceive incomplete figures as complete

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responsibility

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clients must be accountable for their own actions

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