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The Art and Science of Emotional Healing #4 — Gestalt Therapy
Q. Lewis, what is Gestalt Therapy?
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Before I answer this question you may want to read the introduction to the entire series of my Medium.com articles about mental and emotional healing please read this post — Why You Suffer Mentally and Emotionally and Tips to Free Yourself — https://lewiscoaches.medium.com/why-you-suffer-mentally-and-emotionally-and-tips-to-free-yourself-d6292000a219
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What is Gestalt Therapy?
It is an existential/experiential form of psychotherapy that emphasizes, personal responsibility and that focuses upon the individual’s experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person’s life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation.
Who Developed It?
Gestalt therapy was developed by Fritz Perls, Laura Perls, and Paul Goodman in the 1940s and 1950s, and was first described in the 1951 book Gestalt Therapy. Perls went through psychoanalysis with Wilhelm Reich and became a psychiatrist.
