Gestalt Therapy WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt Therapy is a theory and practice that focuses on a person's experience in the present moment. Through therapy, individuals become acutely aware of what they are doing psychologically and how they can create significant change in their lives. Gestalt therapy was co-founded by Fritz Perls, Laura Perls and Paul Goodman in the 1940s–1950s.
Fast Facts:
- Coined the term "unfinished business"
- Famous for "the empty chair" technique
- Therapist and client relationship is crucial to success
- Personal responsibility is emphasized
- Basis for the Human Potential Movement
- “Awkwardness and embarrassment are potentially creative states where we have one foot on familiar and one foot on unfamiliar ground.”—Laura Perls
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What is Gestalt Therapy?
- Wikipedia: Gestalt Therapy—Overview of Main Premises
- Index of Gestalt: Gestalt Therapy Theory—An Overview
- Gestalt Center For Psychotherapy and Training: What is Gestalt Therapy?
- Gestalt Therapy Institute of Cologne, Germany: What is Gestalt Therapy?
- Gestalt Therapy Center of The San Francisco Bay Area: A Brief Summary of Gestalt Therapy
What are the Uses for Gestalt Therapy?
- Gestalt Therapy Institute of Philidelphia: An Overview of Gestalt Therapy
- Association for Humanistic Psychology: Gestalt Therapy
- Behavior OnLine: Gestalt Therapy—An Introduction
- MentalHelp.net: The Empty Chair Technique—A Simple Means of Exploring Your Feelings
- Youtube: Gestalt Therapy Therapeutic Techniques
What are the Alternatives to Gestalt Therapy?
- Wikipedia: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
- New York Association for Analytical Psychology: Jungian Therapy
- National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists: What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
- MindDisorders.com: Person-Centered Therapy
- ExistentialPsychotherapy.net: About Existential Psychotherapy
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Gestalt Therapy?
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Mind-Body Medicine
- The Ayurvedic Institute: Online Ayurvedic Resource Center
- Hellerwork International: What Hellerwork Is
- MassageTherapy.com: Introduction to Massage
- AromaWeb: What is Aromatherapy?
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Gestalt Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy Network: Theory and Practice of Gestalt Therapy Forum
- Gestalt Therapy Network: Neighborhood Discussion Forum
- The Social Work Podcast: Gestalt Therapy
Clinical Trials for Gestalt Therapy
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Gestalt Therapy Studies
- CenterWatch: Gestalt Therapy Clinical Trials
Controversy and Limitations about Gestalt Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy Home Page: Gestalt—Antecedent Influence or Historical Accident
- Shepherd's Staff Christian Counseling Center: Benefits, Limitations, and Potential Harm in Psychodrama
- Cultsock: Perception—Gestalt Psychology
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Gestalt Therapy
- PubMed Central: Gestalt Therapy Search
- Journal of the American Medical Association: Gestalt Therapy Search
- Google Scholar: Gestalt Therapy Search
About this WisdomCard
- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Gestalt, Gestalt Psychotherapy
- Last update: Mar. 30, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
