Episode 108 Embrace The Now | Understanding Gestalt Therapy: Interview with Melissa Bennett-Heinz
Yoga in the Therapy Room: Tips for integrating trauma informed yoga · Chris McDonald, LCMHCS
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Show Notes
What is Gestalt therapy and why is it important? How can you increase your self-awareness and begin to understand how you perceive experiences?
MEET Melissa Bennett-Heinz
Melissa Bennett-Heinz is a graduate of Columbia University School of Social Work and is a practicing Gestalt Psychotherapist in private practice in NY, NC, TX, and WA. She brings her background as a classically trained musician and the creative therapy of Gestalt together in her authentic and relational approach. Gestalt Therapy goes beyond looking at the cognitive, linear perspectives of the person with its focus on process rather than content, paying particular attention to your body, an experiential awareness of how and what you do allows for new choices to emerge spontaneously. Melissa is most interested in the power of the co-created experience to promote self-actualization in the ongoing process of becoming who we are."
Find out more at Melissa Bennett-Heinz and connect with Melissa on LinkedIn
IN THIS PODCAST:
- What is Gestalt Therapy? 4:36
- Common Gestalt techniques 17:50
What Is Gestalt Therapy?
- What is the origin of Gestalt therapy?
- Understanding patterns in Gestalt
- How is Gestalt different from the psychodynamic theory?
- The importance of the client and therapist relationship when approaching Gestalt therapy.
Common Gestalt Techniques
- What is the empty chair technique?
- What are the main goals of Gestalt therapy?
- Seeing the different outcomes of Gestalt therapy
- What is the Highlighting technique in Gestalt?
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