Publication details
Experimento : El arte de la doble disponibilidad
| Title in English | Experiment : The Art of Double Availability |
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Revista figura fondo |
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| Keywords | Gestalt therapy; experiment; dialogue; therapeutic relationship |
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| Description | Experiment in Gestalt therapy is a therapeutic intervention where the therapist actively transforms the therapeutic situation. It enables the client to gain the new awareness in a holistic way, which includes not only their thoughts, but also their feelings and embodied experiences. Through an experiment the client also encounters an opportunity to start learning how to use their neglected potentials, and a direct experience of being capable of making the change themselves, from their own resources. Experiment is integrated in the whole of the psychotherapy process and can effectively be used only when based on a safe, supportive and trustful therapeutic relationship. A case study is also presented to introduce experiment as an adventurous common journey for both the client and the therapist, starting in the here and now situation, continuing through a creative indifference and aiming towards an unplanned discovery. |