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Jun 12, 2009, 10:26 AM
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My t says we're going to do some gestalt/2-chair therapy in the next couple of sessions I have....has anyone done this? What's it like? I read a bit about it but have to do more research. if anyone's done it I'd love to know how it went because form what I've read, it seems a little weird...
Oh, and when I went in yesterday I told him I was pregnant and he congratulated me and said it deserved a hug so I got a hug    I'm so glad because I was so nervous telling him (yes, I am an adult and can make my own decisions) but last session I had agreed with him that now may not be the most opportune time (before I took the home test!). So anyway, he was very happy for me and my hubs. And he said he'd be there for us throughout the pregnancy and afterwards if need be (which is a huge relief because I kept fearing that he'd finish up at the services centre as soon as he finished his practicum!).
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Jun 13, 2009, 04:17 AM
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Congratulations on the pregnancy!
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Jun 13, 2009, 04:49 AM
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no idea about gestalt, but YAYAYAYAYA on the pregnancy!!!!
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Jun 13, 2009, 08:08 AM
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Hehe-thanks!
As for gestalt, I looked it up some more and it's basically where you imagine significant people or a person in the room and talk to them as if it was real time whenever the trauma happened. Oh joy. I can't wait. I always feel like a fool doing exercises liek this, but I guess whatever work, right? I feel like this will make me finally break down...sigh...then maybe I can get on with my life. |
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Jun 15, 2009, 08:48 PM
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I've read about it and occasionally been in groups where it was done, but only been in the "hot seat" a tiny bit myself. I thought it made a huge difference who was conducting the session. Fritz Perls, who either invented it or popularized it, used to use it a lot to look at people's dreams with them. The person in the hot seat would recite some tense drama involving several bigger-than-life characters and also mention something trivial like, oh, a blue bowl on the table. Fritz would tell them, "Now be the blue bowl" -- and (the way he told it, anyway) that would turn out to be the key to the whole dream. ---------------------------------- Disclaimer: I never met Fritz Perls, only read some of his books. |
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