Unit Objectives
"Understand the Gestalt concept of responsibility.Able to take responsibility for own experience.Understand the Gestalt approach to support.Able to support self.Able to balance frustration and support so client takes responsibility for themselves."
Understanding Theory
"Contact-awareness-choice Maturation, Relation environmental to self support Manipulation vs. expression of wants Language Existentialism"
Personal Development
"Commitment to own growth,
Taking responsibility for own experience,
Strong self support,
Open to positive and negative feedback,
Responsible for ecological balance between self and surroundings,
Being direct"
Practice Skills
Ability to frustrate client - not give in to client manipulations, or take responsibility for them , Ability to support client , Facilitating self support in client , Attention to language - self and client , Centring client in their own experience , Able to be honest and direct in session, minimum of words/jargon , Ability to confront