An Analysis of Change Process of Gestalt Oriented Therapy with the heartbrokens

• Main Authors: Sun Tsao-ti, 孫兆玓
• Other Authors: Dr.Wen-Chun Cho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41376637503915117735

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 輔導研究所 === 92 === The purpose of this research is to understand the change processes of three clients who broke up with their ex-lover and received Gestalt therapy. The researcher analyze the elements of Gestalt therapy that contributed to healing, and studied the emcjanisms that facilitated these clients’ changes. Each client went through 3 to 4 individual counseling sessions, immediately followed by Interpersonal Process Recall interviews . The Gestalt counseling sessions were virtually self-seeking processes for the three clients. For each of the clients, a big Gestalt experience circle was formed during the therapeutic process, inside which there were a number of small Gestalt experience circles creatively designed by the counselor. Among the transitions of images and backgrounds, the client got to find a change pivot which he or she could focus on at the moment. In some way, all three clients went from complete sorrow and not knowing about any emotion except grief in themselves to starting to interact and find support from the environment, and discovering how to make use of this support to exercise self-help. The clients also went from immersion in grief to later on being able to accept the multiple facets of themselves and their own emotions, and to let these emotions flow freely. Furthermore, they went from sadness out of the breakup to realization of the fact that they were not victims of the breakup and instead they learned something from it. Finally, they went from hoping to make it up with their exes to discovering that they were able to live a happy life by themselves. Through the counseling processes, the clients gradually took self-control back and experienced true self-contact. And, the study found that the elements in Gestalt therapy which contributed to healing of the clients include: (1) Support and acceptance, (2)Excerpt, mirroring and guidance, (3)Contact of body and emotion, (4)Materialization, (5)Injection of hope, (6)Empty chair dialogue, (7)Dual chair dialogue. The study also found that Change mechanisms of the clients include: (1)Explosion of emotions, (2)Awareness of one’s own emotions, (3)Re-recognize one’s relationship with others, (4)Self-understanding and intellectual break-through, (5)Challenge and construction of awareness — awareness of middle-ground, (6)Motivation of change, (7)Self-motivation and positive self-teaching, (8)Self-monitoring — afterward awareness