I knew someone who used to be a Gestalt therapist before he retired and he definitely had that style and liked and would have wanted in a T as well. But, as I said before, it was obvious that the direct, no-nonsense style was generally in his personality. He combined that with a very respectful, attentive and curious orientation, very insightful as well. I met him in a peer support group and many people admired him similarly. It was partly my interactions with him that got me interested in trying psychotherapy in the first place. He also apparently received a lot of Gestalt therapy before he trained for it. All this was at least a decade ago so it might well be that he was part of an older school of it. His interaction style was very relational though but he has very clear, solid boundaries - something else I liked very much. He wouldn't let people mess with him and expressed very clearly when someone was going too far.