A bit about Gestalt Therapy...

Gestalt therapy is one of the main approaches to 'practical psychology' - i.e. psychotherapy - which have been developed in this century. Though it originally developed in the United States, it has spread widely, and there are now Gestalt practitioners all over the world. It can be carried out 'one-to-one' with individuals, with couples, in small and large groups, and with families. In the UK, Gestalt practitioners work in many different settings: in private practice, in public services such as Health and Social Services, and in the voluntary sector.

Gestalt psychotherapy is a practical and creative approach to therapy. It emphasises that people cannot be understood in isolation but only as part of the environment in which they live. It underlines the importance of the connection between psychological events and the settings in which the events occur. In the famous phrase: "no man is an island": we all influence and are influenced by our surroundings all the time.

The approach focuses on the development of people's holistic awareness of themselves, their circumstances and how they function in those circumstances. This involves assisting people to get a fuller sense of the ways they feel think and act in different situations and at different times, through awareness of their moment-to-moment activity in the therapeutic setting. This in turn helps them to increase their choices about how they live their lives and interact with other people.

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