Gestalt therapy

concepts that are well founded for primarily visual, but can include auditory stimuli as well (Feldman, 2013). These findings brought about the gestalt laws of organization; a sequence of concepts illustrating the process of systematically arranging bits and pieces of information and translating it into unified relevant wholes (Feldman, 2013). The gestalt laws of organization include the law of closure; to fill gaps in perceive an asymmetric stimuli as symmetric, the law of common faith;…

Lecture 1: The Brain: Between the Ears, Behind the Eyes begins with a brief introduction to psychology. The professor, Jeremy Wolfe, explains his definition of “folk psychology” as the psychology people pick up from everyday life without taking an actual psychology course. Furthermore, Professor Wolfe states that this course will be more in depth than just folk psychology. Shortly after, he poses the following question to his class: “What is love?” He explains that love is defined as an emotion,…

A Brief Synopses/ Introduction In the Ted Talks video Optical Illusion, Beau Lotto started his presentation with a game of two panels (a white panel and a black panel) containing colored dots. By engaging the audience to identify the colors that where exactly the same on both panels, he explained that the purpose of the game was for the audience to see the world as it is. Next, Beau Lotto describes why color is important and how we use color to make sense of sensory information. First, he uses…

accordance with the trace than with the process. With repetition, the trace becomes more and more influential over the process. In other words, as the animal solves more problems that are similar, it becomes a better problem solver. At this point in Gestalt theorizing, we see considerable agreement…

The first video I viewed was Carl Rogers and Client Centered Therapy. In Client Centered Therapy, according to Rogers, the therapist needs to be genuine and congruent while displaying a nothing hidden attitude (1965). Prior to his session with Gloria, he said, “realness in me equals realness in her” (1965). It is important in Client Centered Therapy for the therapist to display attending skills by actively listening to what the client is saying; thus allowing them to explore deep within…

Therapies Not only parents, family, teachers and friends have a place in the development of personality, values, attitudes, and behavior of a person, but also the experiences, society and mental illness can affect it. Therapies Psychotherapy a psychological technique that can bring about positive changes in personality, behavior, or personal adjustment. Origins of therapy Archaeological discoveries of the Stone Age, confirms the cruel treatment to which people with mental problems were…

Person Centered Approach: Emotionally Focused Therapy Emotion focused therapy is a rooted person center philosophy that integrates aspects from Gestalt therapy and existential therapy. Emotion focused therapy revolves around emotions being the primary focus and its real role in psychotherapeutic change. In couples Emotionally focused therapy is a method based on the scientific study of the adult love and bonding processing. It is designed to address and repair emotional distress in the intimate…

Psychotherapy, fifth edition, 2005. Various counseling programs use this book as a guideline on how to conduct effective therapeutic group sessions. In chapter 2, the authors express the importance of interpersonal learning and the impact it has on group therapy. Interpersonal learning originates “when interpersonal relationships exist that require corrective emotional experiences in order for the group to operate as a microcosm” Yalom, I. & Leszez, M. (2005). In fact, survival of the human…

individual. While choosing theories for my paper, I found myself captivated by the different demographics studied in the research. My main theoretical construct I determined was person centered counseling. I have also incorporated existentialism and gestalt approaches to my literature review and the research I obtained. General ideas that come to mind within a person centered framework is primarily within the client-therapist relationship. I have had multiple influences in regards to making a…

will affect the therapy process. Stan’s temperament is appropriate…