Gestalt Theory The Gestalt movement in psychology began early in the twentieth century; its founders were the German psychologists Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka. A Gestalt is essentially an organized whole whose parts belong...

Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy is a method of psychotherapy based strictly on Gestalt psychology. It was developed by the German Gestalt psychologist and psychotherapist Hans-Jürgen P. Walter and his colleagues in Germany and Austria. One of the...

The objective of the panel was to discuss the characteristics of psychoanalytical psychotherapy for couples and with couples, its theoretical foundation and clinical utility. One of the first topics to be covered related to the question of the need for therapy for couples...

Although the mental health professions are effective in ameliorating personal distress, treatment can sometimes have negative consequences. The authors explore causal mechanisms for iatrogenic symptoms in therapy by discussing the processes by which clients may he socialized into therapy and the potential impact that...