Theorist: Frederick Perls aka Fritz Perls and Miriam Polster.
Focus: Gesalt Psychology is about the person being whole. It talks about how as humans we are often taught to compartamentalize but that can negatively impact our development and being. In therapy the focus is on being aware of oneself. If you are at a place where you have that full awareness it is called equilibrium. A large part of this theory is perception and how our experiences play a role in our perceptions. What do you see in the picture below?
Strength: It can help the person unify all aspects of their life to find a feeling of being whole.
Weakness: Some people need to compartamentalize or refer back to previous situations to be comfortable and feel okay. Sometimes including experiences that have been purposefully cut off may not be best for the person to move forward and could emotionally scar them again.
Personal experience: A personal experience with this theory is how they talk about the fight of the polarities and in the list of examples is emotional versus intellectual. In the past when I was emotional about something I would not say the brightest or more appropriate remarks in the issue. I have learned through experiences and grown to see that at those times my emotions were in higher contorl that my intellect. I like to think I have found a balance between the two, in most situations, where I can now be aware of what is emotion versus intellect and appropriately articulate what I wish to say in the moment.
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