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Beyond two chairs: Why gestalt psychotherapy?

Kirsty Kennedy, Mae Tang

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This article describes some key concepts in gestalt psychotherapy from the perspectives of both a clinical psychologist working in the NHS and training in gestalt and a gestalt psychotherapy trainee. [There] is no gestalt therapy cookbook. Cookbooks are for craft, and therapy is an art. And I think that doing therapy is an art that requires all of the therapist’s creativity and love – Yontef (1993).

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This article describes some key concepts in gestalt psychotherapy from the perspectives of both a clinical psychologist working in the NHS and training in gestalt and a gestalt psychotherapy trainee. [There] is no gestalt therapy cookbook. Cookbooks are for craft, and therapy is an art. And I think that doing therapy is an art that requires all of the therapist’s creativity and love – Yontef (1993).

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This article describes some key concepts in gestalt psychotherapy from the perspectives of both a clinical psychologist working in the NHS and training in gestalt and a gestalt psychotherapy trainee. [There] is no gestalt therapy cookbook. Cookbooks are for craft, and therapy is an art. And I think that doing therapy is an art that requires all of the therapist’s creativity and love – Yontef (1993).

Key concepts: Gestalt psychology, Gestalt therapy, Psychotherapist, Creativity, Psychology, Craft, Psychoanalysis, Social psychology

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