After reading the chapter on Gestalt therapy. it seems that there is surely more to this type of therapy than I had antecedently thought. Although Gestalt is non widely used. there are some facets of it that I think could be utile in any curative scene. The first cardinal construct of gestalt that I think is utile is maintaining the therapy focused in the here and now. Surely we all have things in our yesteryear that affect the manner we handle ourselves in the present. but conveying those past injuries into the current scene and covering with them here and now seems like a good program to me. Of equal importance is the fact of a client holding personal consciousness of themselves and the environment around them. I think the thought of a client being responsible for their actions and having their world could at the really least. be a challenge.

The thought of a client reintegrating his or her experience into their whole ego in the curative procedure is the key. I like the thought that the whole is greater than the Sun of its parts. Finally. the thought of a individual cognizing who they are and who they are non as opposed to who they think they should be ( Paradoxical Theory of Change ) is the accelerator of alteration. I think this thought transcends many attacks to therapy because it allows the person to take what and who they want to be. As stated in the text. gestalt therapy allows a individual to seek on new behaviours and seeing what works for them and what does non. In decision. in certain scenes I can see where Gestalt therapy could profit a client. but the client would necessitate to be screened really carefully to do certain that their mind could manage such a unique and custodies on attack. The thought of a Gestalt group seems a dashing undertaking. but something I may hold the chance to use in the hereafter. We shall see what the hereafter holds.