Gestalt Therapy - Living Here and Now7 Helmi 2022

Online Sessions and What they Can Do

The pandemic has changed the way we work. When possible we work from home which means we have lots of meetings via video chat. Online therapy sessions have become part of my daily routine.

Figure of today

I already offered online sessions to a few clients who moved until they found a new therapist in their new city. But due to the pandemic, the number of online sessions I am doing is growing.

How is this important?

For me as a therapist, I learned to rely more on facial expressions and tone of voice because this is usually what I can see. Furthermore, new aspects developed to the therapy sessions. My clients e.g. came to some realisations and insights about prioritizing, finding time to focus on themselves and personal boundaries.

What’s Gestalt in all of this?

When experiments like the well-known “empty-chair” are impossible it is remarkable to see that other experiments simply just appear due to the online environment. Retroflection comes into play when for example a client has difficulty finding a quiet place alone to have the session. The way we feel and act during the session can trigger a realisation about how the rest of our own life is going.

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https://www.willegestalt.eu/

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All case stories are anonymised and no clients are directly quoted without prior written consent.

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