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Gestalt Theory

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Gestalt Theory Client 's Name College Instructor Subject Outline

1 . Abstract

2 . Thesis

3 . Introduction

4 . Body

a . Premises of the Theory

b . Contributing Philosophies of Gestalt Theory (i ) Existential philosophy (ii ) Phenomenology (iii ) Holism (iv ) Humanism (v ) Gestalt psychology (vi ) Organismic Theory (vii ) Field Theory (ix ) Freud 's psychoanalysis

c . Basic Principles of Gestalt Therapy Theory (i ) Contact (ii ) Interruptions of contact (iii ) Confluence (iv ) Organismic self-regulation (v ) The paradoxical theory of change (vi ) Phenemenology (vii ) Awareness (viii ) Dialogue (ix ) Ego

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. Limitations of Gestalt Theory

2 . 6 . Conclusion .Abstract

Gestalt therapy is defined as a process which comprises a comprehensive , streamlined , process-oriented , dialogical phenomenological , and existential approach to human change while focusing on the aspects of centrality of contact , awareness , personal responsiveness and responsibility . Uniqueness of the individual is accorded due primacy and the person is never reduced to parts and structural entities but viewed as an integrated whole with innate potential of growth and mature self-expression . The most crucial factor in Gestalt Theory is the interplay between inherent characteristics acquired characteristics , external factors like environment influences interaction of the individual and the environment , and adaptability Yontef , M . Awareness , dialogue , and process : Essays on Gestalt therapy Highland , NY : The Gestalt Journal Press (1993

A practitioner of Gestalt Therapy addresses the individual as a unique and functional identity who endeavors to achieve optimum levels of inherent potential , realization and integration within and as part if its group /environment field . This culminates in to the productive growth and mature self-expression for the individual . It must be emphasized that Gestalt therapy 's theory is primarily a theory of growth and education focusing on health aspects and not on pathology Latner , J The Gestalt therapy book . New York : The Gestalt Journal (1986 . The theory of Gestalt therapy is derived out of three major sources psychoanalysis , phenomenological existential writings and Gestalt psychology . While psychoanalysis is concerned with inner life , the existential writings are concerned with personal experiences in everyday life . Gestalt psychology is the most significant source of Gestalt Therapy on account of its concentration on interaction and process experimental observations and its insistence that a psychology about humans should include human experience .The Theory of Gestalt Therapy

Thesis The thrust of this research will be to trace the evolution of the Theory of Gestalt Therapy , the premises of Gestalt Theory , the contributing philosophies , basic principles and the limitations

Introduction The emergence of Gestalt Therapy as a major source of psychology is credited to the clinical work done by two German psychotherapists , Frederick Salomon Perls , M .D , and Lore Perls , Ph .D F .S . Perls , a psychiatrist had initially worked with Kurt Goldstein (a prominent psychologist ) in his inquiries into the effects of brain injuries on veterans of the First World War , which was followed by a brief stint with Karen Homey and Wilhelm Reich in the 1920s . Laura Perls studied with the existential philosopher Martin Heidegger and her most important teacher was the Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer . F...

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