In this chapter, we present the basic assumptions of humanistic psychotherapy and outline its experiential orientation. We discuss the phases of the contact cycle in Gestalt therapy as well as the key concepts of figure-ground processes, organismic self-organisation and self-actualisation.

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Gestalt Theory and the Basic Assumptions of Humanistic Psychotherapy

  • Armin Schachameier,
  • Ulrich Reichert,
  • Tom Breitenfeldt

摘要

In this chapter, we present the basic assumptions of humanistic psychotherapy and outline its experiential orientation. We discuss the phases of the contact cycle in Gestalt therapy as well as the key concepts of figure-ground processes, organismic self-organisation and self-actualisation.