Gestalt (Frtiz Perls)

Gestalt (Frtiz Perls)

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Goals (Gestalt)

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Cards (9)

Section 1

(9 cards)

Goals (Gestalt)

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-Promote attention, clarity and awareness =Help people live in the here and now -Improve people's sense of wholeness, integration, and balance

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Important Theoretical Concepts (Gestalt)

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-Wholeness, Integration, and Balance -Integrating polarities -Figure/Ground -Ego Boundary -Here and Now -Responsibility (Accepting responsibility for our own lives is important, rather than allowing others to choose for you) -Awareness -Homeostasis & Flux

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View of human nature (Gestalt)

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-optimistic -empowering -great importance on self actualization -people are basically good and had the capacity to cope with their lives successfully, although they recognized sometimes they need help

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Figure/Ground

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Figure- awareness of the present moment Ground- background that the present moment is in contrast with

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Strengths and Limitations (Gestalt)

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Strengths: Two chair technique results in greater depth of experience and awareness than empathetic responses, Flexible, Integrative, Client empowerment Limitations: techniques may cause harm if not used properly, focuses too much on bodily sensations and not enough on cognitions, blaming the victim

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Interventions (Gestalt)

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-hot seat -one chair -two chair -making rounds (group therapy) -dreams/fantasies -body is the vehicle for communication

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Homeostasis vs. Flux (Gestalt)

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Sums up the idea of humans wanting to stay constant but live in a world where we must adapt as our environment does

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Role of Counselor (Gestalt)

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-Seek to create an I-thou relationship -Free from judgment, narcissism, and expectations -Do not urge or persuade people to change -Fully present in the here and now -Paradoxical principle of change

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Ego Boundary (Gestalt)

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The organism's definition in relation to its environment

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