gestalt therapy

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gestalt
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ɡəˈʃtælt/us
/ɡəˈʃtɑːlt/
something such as a structure or experience that, when considered as a whole, has qualities that are more than the total of all ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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(Definition ofgestaltandtherapyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Gestalttherapyconsiders all life and behaviour as based on a process of homeostasis, or adaptation.
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Gestalttherapyfocuses on process (what is actually happening) over content (what is being talked about).
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Gestalttherapyis an approach that is holistic (including mind, body and culture).
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Gestalttherapyattempts to cure patients through placing them in contact with immediate organismic needs.
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Perls rejected the verbal approach of classical psychoanalysis; talking ingestalttherapyserves the purpose of self-expression rather than gaining self-knowledge.
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Gestalttherapystands on top of essentially four load-bearing theoretical walls: phenomenological method, dialogical relationship, field-theoretical strategies, and experimental freedom.
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In reaction to this omission emerged a more interactive approach in whichgestalttherapyprinciples were blended with group dynamics.
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Certain forms of insight-oriented psychotherapy are psychoanalysis andgestalttherapy.
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Vestiges of a 1960s, counter-culture ambiance remain at vintage clothing stores, health food stores and agestalttherapyclinic.
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Gestalttherapywas influenced by psychoanalysis.
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Gestalttherapyand psychotherapy are modern examples of love doing this strange work: the process is painful and entails major reform, but health and well-being are its intention.
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Gestalttherapyrose from its beginnings in the middle of the 20th century to rapid and widespread popularity during the decade of the 1960s and early 1970s.
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