Gestalt and focusing therapy

Abstract

Both Gestalt Therapy and Focusing can be considered within psychotherapeutic approaches called experience and psycho-body, as they focus on what the person experiences in the present moment, seeking to go beyond the words with which it is described and analyzes a problem or situation that requires closure or resolution to restore the homeostasis of the organism. Both approaches pay attention to what happens in the body when a person makes contact with a disturbing situation, feeling, or thought. Both aim to stimulate the realization, that is, clarify what need is operating, what and how something happens.

Gestalt Therapy is geared towards raising awareness and closing of unfinished matters or eerient processes, for this it puts things in the here and now and uses experiences and experiments to procure the "insight" and a closure of the matter. Focusing can be considered a useful tool to be used in addition to Gestalt Therapy. This approach starts from the premise that the body records the emotions and sensations that every person goes through, that is, that every experience has a body record, which it is necessary to check, explore and consult for an adequate self-misunderstanding. Focusing is a method or way to pay attention to the body in a kind, gentle and accepting way. It involves coming into contact with emotions and feelings based on a body sensation. This body sensation is called Feeling Felt or Felt Experience, which shows how we feel a problem, experience, or a particular situation of existence.