Case Study of Gestalt Play Therapy

Gestalt therapy is a therapy used to deepen our own understanding. According to O'Connor and Braverman, (2009) "Gestalt" means completeness. Gestalt can also be thought of as the essence or form of perfect form. Contrary to structuralism, entities constitute more than just the sum of those parts. Gestalt therapy consists of a complex psychological system that emphasizes customer self-awareness and personal responsibility development through a process-oriented, empirical, and phenomenological approach. With a positive process, you can depress and explore emotions

Gestalt therapy is another humanitarian approach. Gestalt therapy developed by Frederick Perls focuses on customer's current experience. The general technique of gestalt therapy is role-playing, and the therapist shows various roles to the client and instructs "owning" or accepting emotions previously felt unpleasant. Presence therapy encourages customers to take responsibility for their lives and problems. This is accomplished by allowing customers to understand freedom and select different courses to have greater meaning. Existential treatment is rooted in SørenKierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche's existential philosophy (existentialism).

Fritz and Laura Perls, founder of Gestalt therapy, have worked with Kurt Goldstein to apply the principles of Gestalt psychology to the function of living organisms. Before becoming a psychoanalyst, Laura Perls was a Gestalt psychologist before starting Gestalt treatment with Fritz Perls. However, the degree of the influence of Gestalt psychology on gestalt therapy is controversial. In any case, it is not exactly the same as Gestalt psychology. On the other hand, Laura Pells tended not to use the term "gesta" because he believed Gestalt psychologists would oppose it; Fritz and Rollerpels obviously used some of Goldstein's work. Therefore, despite recognizing the historical connection and influence, most Gestalt psychologists emphasize that Gestalt therapy is not a kind of Gestalt psychology.