Publication details
Aesthetic Diagnosis in Gestalt Therapy
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Behavioral Sciences |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | článek |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs7040070 |
| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | diagnostický proces v psychoterapii; estetická diagnóza; gestalt terapie |
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| Description | The diagnostic process in psychotherapy using the aesthetic evaluation is described in this article. Unlike the classical diagnostic process, which presents a result of comparing clinicians´ observations with a diagnostic system (DSM, ICD, etc.), the aesthetic evaluation is a pre-reflexive, embodied, and preverbal process. A Gestalt Therapy theoretical frame is used to introduce a concept of the aesthetic diagnostic process. During this process, the clinicians use their own here-and-now presence, which takes part in the co-creation of the shared relational field during the therapeutic session. A specific procedure of the aesthetic evaluation is introduced. The clinical work with depressed clients is presented to illustrate this perspective. |