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What is Gestalt Psychotherapy?
If you're curious about how I work, not just what I do, this is for you.
'Gestalt' is a German word and doesn’t have a direct translation in English. It can mean pattern, shape, configuration or form. In gestalt therapy, this relates to understanding the 'whole' person without reducing them to isolated parts: mere fractions of their entire being.
GESTALT IS ABOUT PERCEPTION & EXPERIENCE
How we make sense of our world...
* Recognising our ways of being in relationship with one another and
our patterns of behaviour.
* The circumstances that have created our life experiences and
how we react to them.
Gestalt therapy is a process-driven modality which means that my curiosity will be peaked by how you tell your story and how your story plays out in your life. Frequently we get stuck in unproductive or outdated patterns of thinking and behaviour. Such repetition can be a catalyst for addressing the change that is needed to feel whole.
By attending to an individual's here and now situation (present consciousness) with accountability, issues of the past and anxieties about the future
can be integrated.
Gestalt therapy is a blend of Western Psychoanalytic Theories and Eastern Practices. It is an Existential Philosophy that respects the curiosity of our human experience as a holistic embodiment.
This is a profoundly Relational modality that allows for a collaborative encounter. It is also an Experiential and Phenomenological approach; Gestalt therapists regularly tune in to what is happening with a client's body —
Somatic memory: body sensations, imagery, feelings, and abstract thoughts are all valuable methods of deepening enquiry into life experiences. Visualisation techniques, art, clay, movement, music, aromatics, storytelling, play and enactment are all creative processes that can be utilised.
Ultimately, Gestalt therapy is client-centred. We will build self-awareness in the present moment of what is, experiencing, co-creating and experimenting with how to be human together.
Gestalt therapy in Bellingen and Online — confidential, relational and effective counselling.
Reconnect with your authentic self.
Interested?
Gestalt therapy and EFT can be great for working through:
Anger
Anxiety
Depression
Guilt
Self-Criticism
Communication-Barriers
Uncertainty & Inertia
Overwhelm & Shutdown
Grief/Loss
Postnatal Depression
Relationship Issues
Transitions
Addictions
Trauma
Curious about whether this approach might be right for you?
You're welcome to reach out before committing to anything — a brief conversation is often all it takes to get a sense of fit.
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy?
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based approach developed over several decades, rooted in Humanistic and Gestalt traditions and grounded in the science of Attachment Theory: the understanding that our need for safe, secure connection is fundamental to who we are.
EFT works by helping you identify the patterns that pull you and the people you love apart. Beneath conflict, withdrawal or disconnection, there is almost always an unmet emotional need - a fear of not being enough, of being abandoned, of not being truly seen. EFT creates the conditions to bring those deeper experiences into the open, so that real contact becomes possible again.
EFT is particularly powerful for couples, though it is also deeply valuable for individuals working through attachment wounds, relational trauma, or a recurring sense of disconnection from others, or from themselves.
