Gestalt Therapy - A podcast about living here and now
Episode 13 - Who Can Benefit from Gestalt Therapy?
My very first guest on the show is Una Mirkovic who is also a Gestalt Therapist, born in Serbia now based in Luxembourg. Next to her practice in Luxembourg she works as a volunteer Gestalt Therapists for different French Associations, now doing mainly online sessions with individuals and groups. In the references below you can find the links to the associations.
During this episode we talk about who can benefit from Gestalt Therapy, who Una’s clients are and what methods she prefers to work with.
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The most important factor with regards to effectiveness of therapy is actually the therapist. We discuss the importance of finding the right therapist for you because if you have seen a therapist and found that it did not work for you, find another therapist.
How is this important?
Una talks about the different associations she works for and the diversity in clients she gets through them. The clients she gets through the associations are different from her own practice where she deals mostly with trauma, anxiety, panic attacks and eating disorders. By focusing on the awareness of her personal boundaries when it comes to what she can do for her clients she is more able to choose the right client to work with which better serves that client.
What’s Gestalt in all of this?
As Una phrases it so eloquently; Gestalt Therapy is not a technique it is a life philosophy that the therapist should adopt first and only then can bring something to the client.
The authenticity of the therapist is important but everything that happens during a session is done in the service of the client and the benefit of the client.
References :
https://www.gestalt.lu/una-mirkovic-en
https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-de-gestalt-therapie-2012-1-page-46.htm
https://www.exprimerie.fr/?Social-change-begins-with-twohttps://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-de-gestalt-therapie-2012-1-page-46.htm
https://www.exprimerie.fr/?Psychopathology-of-Awareness
https://www.exprimerie.fr/?Psychopathologie-de-l-Awareness
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