by Alan Cohen | Feb 3, 2015 | Gestalt Therapy, Mental Health Professionals, NYC Therapist
One of the early contributions of Gestalt therapy theory was a phenomenological description of the sequence of contacting, from earliest arousal through action, through resolution. As with everything theoretical, there has been dispute and controversy regarding the...
by Alan Cohen | Dec 9, 2014 | Looking for Psychotherapy, NYC Therapist
Life faces us with difficulties. Some difficulties are situational, where we live with danger or scarcity. Some difficulties are relational, where we deal with conflict or loss or loneliness. Some difficulties are physical, where we deal with injury or illness. Some...
by Alan Cohen | Aug 16, 2014 | Gestalt Therapy, Looking for Psychotherapy, NYC Therapist
If you have arrived here, you probably are searching on the internet for a therapist. Many people search with some particular ideas in mind: they want a man, or a woman; older or younger; takes my insurance; is kind, wise, strong; shares my philosophy about life… And...
by Alan Cohen | Aug 15, 2014 | Gestalt Therapy, Mental Health Professionals
There has been a shift in the field of psychotherapy toward learning and using techniques – ways of using specific intervention styles, behaviors, or strategies in order to deal with specific symptomotology . This has become increasingly popular with therapists...
by Alan Cohen | Aug 14, 2014 | Looking for Psychotherapy
Scarecrows serve an interesting purpose: they are incapable of doing any harm to intruders, but their power lies in creating the illusion that they can and will. So, the crows stay out of the cornfields, even though if they were to venture forth they would enjoy a...