Awareness For People From Gestalt Psychology and Its Techniques

It is a theory of mind of the Berlin school experimental psychology. It tries to understand the laws of our ability to achieve and continue the consequential perceptions in an apparently chaotic world. And it was founded by Max Wertheimer. The word Gestalt is a unified or meaningful whole. Two major techniques used for this purpose in Gestalt therapy are experiments and exercises.

Overview of Gestalt Psychology:

Gestalt therapy is one more type of counseling and that has established the existing framework. And the key elements include a Phenomenological Basis, Experiential, Existential, Awareness. Gestalt psychology is a school of psychology. It was founded in the 20^th century that offers the base for the latest study of perception. The word Gestalt is used in German and it means “placed” or “put together”. It refers to as ‘Law of Simplicity’. 

The Gestalt Psychologist focuses on awareness is not restricted to awareness of cognitive process, like as dialogue. But also, physiological processes over a process describe bodywork. Gestalt psychology inspires people to 'think outside of the box' and look for patterns. In this instruction, we will examine the laws of perceptual organization and the basic principles of Gestalt psychology.

What are the techniques in gestalt therapy?

There are two types of Gestalt Therapy Techniques. They are exercises and experiment that are used to increase a client's present awareness. Exercises are pre-existing techniques that are used to make something happen in a therapy session. The main aim  of an exercise is to achieve a specific goal, produce action or elicit emotion. Experiments are developing from the therapeutic process and client relationship. Experiments are fundamental to Gestalt therapy.

Specific Techniques:

1.      Internal dialogue exercise - the “top dog” and the “under dog.

2.      “I take responsibility for” – can be added to one of the client’s statements.

3.      Making the rounds – go to each person in the group and talk to them.

4.      Rehearsal exercise – to rehearse with the therapist out loud.

5.      Reversal technique - asking the client to do the opposite of their behaviors.

6.      Exaggeration exercise - Counselor exaggerates mannerism of client or asks the client to exaggerate mannerism in order to make the client aware of true feelings.

7.      Staying with feeling – so that you can work through the fears.

8.      Guided fantasy – Client is encouraged to visualize here and now experiences.

9.      Empty Chair – When client speaks to an empty chair, as if it were another person or another part of the client and it is used to help the client get in touch with other views or other aspects of self.

1.  A Gestalt Approach to Dream Work – Does not interpret and analyze dreams. Every part of the dream assumed to be the client creates scripts for encounters between the different characters of parts.