Gestalt Therapy

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This paper discusses Gestalt therapy in terms of its goals, concepts, approaches, and components. The paper also discusses the major ideas of Gestalt therapy including individuals seeking closure, constancy and wholeness and looks at how the Gestalt therapist works with clients.

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"Gestalt psychology emerged from a German movement that was a reaction against structural psychology. According to James F Brennan, underlying Gestalt psychology was the nativistic proposition that the organization of mental activity predisposes the individual to interact with the environment in characteristic ways. The goals of Gestalt psychology and therapy are to investigate the organization of mental activity while determining the exact nature of the interaction between the person and the environment. The principles of Gestalt psychology are described by..."

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