Gestalt therapy is a therapeutic approach with a focus on personal responsibility that helps clients focus on the present and understand what is happening in their lives right now. Gestalt therapy aims to help clients focus on their current circumstances with fresh eyes to understand their situation. It is based on the concept that we are all best understood when viewed through our own eyes in the present. If working through issues related to a past experience, for example, rather than just talking about the experience, a Gestalt therapist might have a client re-enact it to re-experience the scenario and analyze it with new tools. During the re-enactment, the therapist might guide the analysis by asking how the client feels about the situation now, in order to increase awareness and accept the consequences of one's own behavior. Think this approach might be right for you? Reach out to one of TherapyDen’s Gestalt therapy experts today.
With this approach, we will work together to focus on your experience in the present moment.
— Jennifer Batra, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in , NYGestalt Therapy focuses primarily on the mind-body connection & grounding yourself in the present moment. Most clients, despite their varying symptoms, are in someway disconnected from their physical body. This is a rudimentary defense mechanism we're all equipped with. When we feel negatively emotionally, we attempt to disconnect from that unpleasant sensation by escaping into our own mental world, or through some type of distracting/mind-numbing behavior.
— Robert Keehn, Psychotherapist in Hartland, WIIn my work with gender diverse folks, I use Gestalt therapy to help you stay grounded in the present while exploring your identity. Together, we’ll focus on raising your awareness of who you are right now and breaking free from judgments that no longer serve you. Therapy is political, especially for marginalized identities, and we’ll tackle the societal pressures shaping your experience. My goal is to empower you to reclaim your identity, resist harmful norms, and embrace your personal freedom.
— Ruby Linhan Booth, Clinical Social WorkerGestalt Therapy is a counseling approach from Germany which centers around "emotional catharsis" and directing clients toward more authentic ways of being in the present moment. I love this approach because it is really great at surfacing blockages in a way that pushes clients to work through them. Without the focus on the "here and now," therapy can get lost in distant, hypothetical conversation that doesn't create the desired change brought people to therapy in the first place.
— Margo James, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Austin, TXGestalt Therapy is a psycho-dynamic, present-centered and relational approach to talk therapy. I believe that a person’s history colors how they experience the present, but that few are fully aware of this process in day-to-day life. We’ll work together to move from judgment to curiosity, so that we can notice what reactions are based on historical assumptions, or grounded in our actual, shared experience of one another in the here-and-now.
— Heidi Mela, Clinical Social Worker in Bronx, NYGestalt therapy is oriented around building awareness: of ourselves, of our thoughts & behaviors, of our choices, and of our physical systems that are constantly sending us invaluable data about our experiences. Through the gestalt process, clients learn to become more aware of how their own negative thought patterns and behaviors are blocking true self-awareness.
— Kim Stevens, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Oakland, CAGestalt Therapy is all about our whole sense of self. That whole self encounters a whole world and that brings on a whole host of difficulties. Being able to understand that dialogue that is always going on within and without our selves can be helpful to increase our satisfaction with ourselves
— Jonny Pack, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Asheville, NCGestalt is my foundational theory that aligns with my views of human nature and counseling. I lean to the side of relational, nondirective gestalt therapy that utilizes dialogue and talk, rather than the popularized gestalt techniques. I am a gestalt nerd and love counseling gestalt therapists.
— Shea Stevens, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in McKinney, TXWorking with the body and the different parts within yourself are very powerful and effective ways to gain deeper insight into what is going on with us.
— Kim Stevens, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Oakland, CAI focus on the here and now, understanding the past exists, but not allowing the to define your future.
— Candice N. Crowley, LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor in Cincinnati, OHWith extensive training and years of experience, I specialize in this holistic approach that emphasizes personal responsibility and awareness in the present moment. My expertise lies in guiding clients to fully experience their thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations, facilitating self-discovery and growth. Through innovative techniques personalized for the individual, I help clients resolve unfinished business and realize their full potential, creating meaningful and transformative change.
— Melixa Carbonell, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Maitland, FLSometimes just talking about a problem doesn't quite get the job done. By engaging in "safe experiments" in session, Gestalt therapy helps us to release ourselves from the bondage of old emotional wounds.
— Jesse Cardin, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in San Antonio, TXI am a Certified Gestalt Therapist and trained at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy 4 year Clinical Fellowship Program.
— Robin Friedman, Clinical Social Worker in White Plains, NYI have a passion for gestalt psychotherapy.
— Cassandra Keller, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate in Boulder, COI incorporate Gestalt techniques to help clients find relief from limiting relationship patterns and grief concerns.
— Shobha Vaidyanathan, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Los Gatos, CATrained in the Laura Perls-tradition of Gestalt Therapy.
— Benjamin Lyons, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Chicagio, ILAs a relational body-centered gestalt therapist, I believe in the power of embodied presence, creative resilience, and the application of here-and-now approaches to counseling/psychotherapy. My approach allows us to get to the heart of how your past may be living in your present and manifesting in ways that may once have been helpful but are currently maladaptive and counterproductive.
— Dr. Nevine Sultan, Licensed Professional Counselor in Houston, TXI love Gestalt therapy because I do people that people are more than the sum of their parts. I like how it can help increase awareness of the present moment, and I use a lot of parts work to explore sides of the client that may be less frequently visible. I also use some Internal Family System ideas that are based on Gestalt parts work to help clients be in deeper relationship with themselves and their inner motivations.
— Lauren Sill, Marriage and Family Therapist Associate