Assimilating Reality in Gestalt Therapy
In Gestalt Therapy, founded by Frederick (Fritz) S. Perls, there’s an intriguing attempt to assimilate objective reality with interpreted reality. This approach forces an alignment of emotions, truth, authenticity, and role-playing, creating a unique state of being. It’s about understanding how we are conditioned, controlled, and manipulated by external influences, leading to the development of a facade personality.
Key Source:
- “Gestalt therapy” from Britannica (Read More)
The Subconscious and Coping Mechanisms
Gestalt Therapy points out various subconscious ways to cope with internal and external realities. It delves into facade traits, automatic traits, and subconscious un-mindful traits, both physical and cognitive, through language. The therapy questions the origin of the language used by individuals and who is being channeled through them somatically. It emphasizes the importance of being aware of the present moment in actions, identity, time, place, and purpose.
Micro-Level In-Depth Psychology
This therapy engages in real-time, in-depth psychology on a micro-level. It involves an analysis on overdrive without humanization, acknowledging the avoidance of realities through various interpretations and behaviors. It recognizes the pattern of rejecting genuineness and non-alignment with the authentic self, under the psychologically influenced layers.
Radical Revealing in Therapy
Gestalt Therapy actively and radically reveals various conscious and subconscious mechanisms, both somatic and cognitive. It exposes levels of awareness, metawareness, and metacognition, along with the emotional reactions, meanings, and labels assigned to feelings. The therapy points out, without obvious goals, the contrasts and concepts of deep presence versus internal presence, highlighting the oscillation processes and cycling in and out of present awareness.
Superficiality Versus Radical Acceptance
The therapy contrasts superficiality with the radical acceptance of one’s raw essence and extremist objective perceptions and states of being. It engages in moments by moments, encouraging individuals to embrace their true selves in the present.
This blog post reflects a free-association interpretation of Gestalt Therapy and Fritz Perls’ approach, exploring the depths of human psychology and the intricate balance between reality and perception. It highlights the therapy’s focus on awareness, authenticity, and the subconscious mechanisms that shape our experiences and behaviors.
