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Title: Gestalt Therapy


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Gestalt Therapy
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Examples of Gestalt and Reality Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vReJhR4XIKh0
  • The Gestalt Prayer
  • I do my thing, and you do your thing.
  • I am not in this world to live up to your
    expectations
  • And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
  • You are you, I am I,
  • And if by chance we find each other, its
    beautiful.
  • If not, it cant be helped.

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Life of Frederick Fritz Perls (1893-1970)
  • Middle child and only son
  • Happy childhood somewhat strained relationship
    w/ father due to rebellious nature
  • Failed 7th grade twice and expelled
  • Completed medical school and served in WWI as a
    medic
  • War experiences influenced humanistic behavior,
    but also contributed to cynicism about human
    nature
  • During a brief conversation w/ Freud, Perls felt
    humiliated by him, perhaps spurring his passion
    to disprove Freuds theory
  • Wife Lore (Laura) Perls contributed to Perls
    writings

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Gestalt therapy founded in reaction to
  • Behaviorism in the US
  • Rising popularity of psychoanalysis
  • Gestalt believed that society supported quack
    therapy with quick-fixes

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View of human nature
  • We do not experience things in isolated pieces,
    but in meaningful intact configurations
  • Client is in the here and now, and always in the
    process of being what she/he is here and now, and
    becoming the person she/he can be
  • Humans have the ability to change and are be
    responsible for their own choices

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Healthy behavior
  • is when a person is able to be fully aware of
    who they are while, at the same time, being able
    to make genuine contact with others
  • when people act and react as total organisms
    unfragmented and self-regulating

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Psychopathology via the Gestalt Perspective
  • There are five layers or levels of
    psychopathology
  • The cliché layer of appearing/acting what you are
    not
  • The phony-level where we play games act as if
    and give up actualizing themselves, use
    polarities
  • The impasse- we are stuck in our own maturation
    and have no chance of survival
  • The implosive-is a level of is the dead part of
    us which needs to be shed, that is the part of us
    that is our identity
  • The explosive- is the last level where by the
    person has shed their old habits and character
    releasing tremendous energy allowing the person
    to experience full joy and sorrow

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Role of Therapist
  • Therapists engage clients in developing their own
    awareness and experiencing their feelings in the
    present
  • Therapists pay attention to clients body language
    to provide clues to feelings about situations
    look for contradictions (saying you are in pain
    and laughing, saying you are mad and smiling,
    etc.)
  • Therapist does not ask why but what and how
  • Helps client identify energy blocks in the body
    and encourages the release of energy

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Gestalt Therapeutic Techniques
  • Games dialogue- pt. carry on dialogue between
    polarities of their personality e.g..M/F
  • I take responsibility- pt.are ask to end every
    statement with I take responsibility for it
  • Playing the projection- pt plays the role of
    another person
  • Reversals- pt act out the opposite of the way
    they are to expose some hidden polarities
  • Rehearsals-pt reveals to the group the social
    role playing
  • Marriage and counseling game- spouses take turns
    revealing the most positive and negative things
    about each other
  • May I feed you a sentence-therapist asks
    permission to repeat and try on for size a sig.
    statement about the pt.
  • Empty chair- pt is asked to play one or more
    roles and speaks for each role, moving btwn
    chairs

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Reality Therapy
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Example of Reality Therapy
Reality Therapy http//video.google.com/videoplay?
docid-2387871371208231019qrealitytherapytotal
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Life of William Glasser (1925-)
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Reality Therapy
  • The essence of Reality Therapy is the acceptance
    of responsibility for a persons own behavior
    which enables the individual to achieve success
    and happiness.

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Reality Therapy Client
  • Someone who is unable to fulfill needs in a
    realistic way and has taken some less than
    realistic way in unsuccessful attempts to do so.
  • They are either unvalued in a present unsatisfied
    relationship, or
  • Lack what would even be called a relationship.
  • All clients have the same issues that are
    manifested differently through different coping
    mechanisms

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Behavior
  • All we do is behave almost all behavior is
    chosen and we are driven to satisfy our five
    basic needs
  • Survival
  • Love
  • Belonging
  • Power
  • Freedom
  • Fun

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Unhealthy behavior is when
  • Client choses unhealthy behaviors to deal with
    feelings of disconnectedness
  • Mental illness should only refer to issues of
    the brain treated by a neurologist alcohol,
    depression, bipolar are not mental illnesses but
    the behaviors in which a person has chosen to
    express their unhappiness

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Role of Therapist
  • Give self not service
  • Doesnt accept mental illness - each person is
    responsible for behavior
  • Focuses of Here Now
  • Increases clients self-esteem
  • Accepts and respects
  • Builds confidence and trust
  • Increases openness, integrity honesty

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Basic Foundation for Counseling
  • Counselors using Reality Therapy encourage trust
    in the counseling relationship, promote the view
    that we are responsible for our own actions and
    help develop practical steps for quick
    improvement.

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Major Components of Reality Therapy
  • Focus on present
  • Avoid discussing symptoms and complaints
  • Understand total behavior
  • Avoid criticizing, blaming, and/or complaining
  • Remain non-judgmental and non-coercive
  • No excuses
  • Focus on specifics
  • Making plans
  • Be patient

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Choice Theory (Goal is to replace the seven
deadly habits with the seven caring habits)
Seven Deadly Habits Criticizing Blaming Complainin
g Nagging Threatening Punishing Bribing or
Rewarding to Control
Seven Caring Habits Supporting Encouraging Listeni
ng Accepting Trusting Respecting Negotiating
Differences
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Reality Theory Paradigm
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