Gestalt Theory ... Written from the counselors point of view.

Fritz Perls (1893-1970) developed and popularized Gestalt Therapy, his view of human nature is that clients are manipulative and that they avoid responsibility. Gestalt Therapy helps a person stay in the present rather than to live their life in the past, causing you to focus more on the problem trying to be solved rather than forgetting it. The present in therapeutic terms is know as "Here and Now". Lets say that I was counseling a …

…continuing little by little every time the dream occurs? As soon as I get my client talking to the empty chair. Soon as I obtain all the information I need to know about my clients dream. Once I input all of this research, get a general idea of a solution. I can then give my client some feedback to rid his emotional stress, nightmares and the frequent thoughts and guilt of his best friends death.