Abstract

HOLANDA, Adriano Furtado  and  KARWOWSKI, Silvério Lucio. Brazilian academic production in Gestalt Therapy. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2004, vol.24, n.2, pp.60-71. ISSN 1414-9893.

The objective of this work is to present a preliminary panorama of the academic production on the Gestaltic-Therapy and on the gestaltic approach in graduation programs (Master Degrees and Doctorates), developed in graduation and research institutions in Brazil. It is part of a project that aims to catalog all production regarding the Gestalt-Therapy and the Gestaltic Approach. In the first stage, 35 Master’s Degree papers and Doctorates’ theses, developed in Brasil from 1982 to 2002, were cataloged and analysed. A quality analysis was done from the abstracts of these productions, as an attempt to observe their direction, along three “tematic axis” defined as “foundations”, “theory” and “techniques”. It was noticed an emphasis on the epistemological thematic theses, particularly in recent productions, what shows a concern with the foundations of the Gestalt-Therapy. Besides, it was observed a variation in the subjects developed, exposing an enlargement in the axis of action of the Gestalt-Therapy that goes beyond the clinical field.

Keywords : Gestalt-Therapy; Academic production; Master degrees; Doctorates.

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