by Alan Cohen | Aug 11, 2014 | Gestalt Therapy, Mental Health Professionals, NYC Therapist
by Alan Cohen | Aug 11, 2014 | Gestalt Therapy, Mental Health Professionals, NYC Therapist When we look at different approaches to psychotherapy, we are actually not looking at interchangeable strategies, techniques, or interventions. Each approach has its own set of...
by Alan Cohen | Aug 10, 2014 | Gestalt Therapy, Mental Health Professionals, NYC Therapist
In the late 1960’s Fritz Perls spoke about something he called “the layers of the neurotic personality”. It was essentially a phenomenological description of the experience, identifications, and behaviors of people who have substituted what he referred to as...
by Alan Cohen | Aug 9, 2014 | Gestalt Therapy, Mental Health Professionals, NYC Therapist
Impasse – For My Students In Gestalt Therapy theory, the concept of impasse is controversial, even within the realm of Gestalt Therapy. And yet the experience that this concept points to and describes is, to me, the most crucial in relation to change and growth and to...