Abstract

GALLI, Loeci Maria Pagano. Gestalt therapy: a brief notion on Phenomenological Psychopathology. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1808-4281.

A person’s behavior cannot be perceived as an isolated phenomenon in the outside world. It is necessary to understand a symptom as a style of being-in-the-world. Heidegger claims that before being a man exists to the extent of his being-in-relation-to-his-environment. Any diagnosis firstly implies theory. Diagnosing for a gestalt therapist means knowing and respecting human beings throughout their existence. A symptom demands attention, for it conveys information - every mental event has repercussions in the body. The concept of “cure” for Gestalt Therapy can only be understood from a phenomenological and existential conception of human beings.

Keywords : Gestalt-therapy; Psychopathology; Phenomenology.

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