https://gestaltresearch.org/ en https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/teorias-de-la-ansiedad-en-la-terapia-gestalt <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Teorías de la ansiedad en la terapia Gestalt</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 12/04/2025 - 11:22</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/87" hreflang="en">Spanish</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-translated-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Theories of anxiety in Gestalt therapy</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>En el presente artículo se hace una exposición concisa de las diferentes teorizaciones sobre el concepto de ansiedad en la literatura de la terapia Gestalt. Éstas se exponen de manera sistemática; se especifican las características de cada aproximación teórica; y se describe someramente, al final de cada sección, la manera de intervención terapéutica según sea el caso. Finalmente, se hace una revisión breve de los desarrollos teóricos recientes en torno al tema.</p></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-translated-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In this paper a concise statement of the different theories on the concept of anxiety in the  literature  of  the  gestalt  therapy  is  done.  These  are  discussed  systematically;  the  characteristics of each theoretical approach are specified; and the manner of therapeutic intervention, as the case may be, is briefly described at the end of each section. Finally, a brief review of recent theoretical developments on the subject becomes</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/87" hreflang="en">Spanish</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Montalvo, D. C</span>. (2017). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>Teorías de la ansiedad en la terapia Gestalt</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>Poiésis</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>1</span></span><span class="citeproc-issue">(33)</span>, <span class="citeproc-page">46–57</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access">https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21501/16920945.2495</span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/101" hreflang="en">Theory discussion</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:22:34 +0000 luthiers 508 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/meditacao-mindfulness-e-gestalt-terapia-um-encontro-possivel-para-saude-humana <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Meditação Mindfulness E Gestalt- Terapia: Um Encontro Possível Para A Saúde Humana</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 12/04/2025 - 10:51</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88" hreflang="en">Portuguese</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-translated-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Mindfulness and Gestalt-therapy Meditation: A Possible Encounter for Human Health</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A Meditação Mindfulness vem sendo associada ao aumento do bem-estar subjetivo, à redução da reatividade emocional e à regulação do comportamento. Por sua vez, a Gestalt-terapia, tradicionalmente, tem a autoconsciência e a experiência presente no aqui e agora compondo sua proposta teórico-prática. Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste estudo foi identificar possibilidades de interlocução teórico-práticas entre a técnica Meditação Mindfulness e a abordagem psicológica Gestalt-terapia. Buscou-se identificar, comparar e contrastar os termos comuns e conceitos encontrados em seus respectivos arcabouços teórico-práticos. Apesar desses conceitos terem seus significados constituídos em suas diferentes teorias, foi possível identificar pontos de interlocução entre as propostas teórico-práticas. A autoconsciência integradora, a autoconsciência funcional e a autorregulação espontânea são os três eixos que demonstram a interlocução e que indicam um encontro entre a Meditação Mindfulness e a Gestalt-terapia.</p></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-translated-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Mindfulness Meditation has been associated with increased subjective well-being,  reduced  emotional  reactivity,  and  behavioral  regulation.  In  turn,  Gestalt  therapy  tra-ditionally has the self-awareness and experience present here and now composing its theoretical  and  practical  proposal.  In  this  sense,  the  objective  of  this  study  was  to  identify  possibilities  of  theoretical  and  practical  dialogue  between  the  Mindfulness  Meditation  technique  and  the  Gestalt  therapy  psychological  approach.  We  sought  to  identify,  compare and contrast the common terms and concepts found in their respective theoretical and practical  frameworks.  Although  these  concepts  have  their  meanings  constituted  in  their  different theories, it was possible to identify points of dialogue between the theoretical and practical proposals. Integrating selfawareness, functional self-awareness and spontaneous selfregulation are the three axes that demonstrate dialogue and indicate a meeting between Mindfulness Meditation and Gestalt therapy.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88" hreflang="en">Portuguese</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/87" hreflang="en">Spanish</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-translated-title-2 field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Meditación Mindfulness y Gestalt-terapia: un encuentro posible para la salud humana</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-translated-abstract-2 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>La  meditación  de  atención  plena  se  ha  asociado  con  un  mayor  bienestar  subjetivo,  una  menor  reactividad  emocional  y  una  regulación  conductual.  A  su  vez,  la  terapia Gestalt tradicionalmente tiene la autoconciencia y la experiencia presente aquí y ahora componiendo su propuesta teórica y práctica. En este sentido, el objetivo de este estudio fue identificar posibilidades de diálogo teórico y práctico entre la técnica de Meditación Mindfulness y el enfoque psicológico de la terapia Gestalt. Intentamos identificar, comparar y contrastar los términos y conceptos comunes que se encuentran en sus respectivos marcos teóricos y prácticos. Aunque estos conceptos tienen sus significados constituidos en sus diferentes teorías, fue posible identificar puntos de diálogo entre las propuestas teóricas y  prácticas.  Integrar  la  autoconciencia,  la  autoconciencia  funcional  y  la  autorregulación  espontánea son los tres ejes que demuestran el diálogo e indican una reunión entre la Meditación Mindfulness y la terapia Gestalt.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Nunes, A. L., &amp; de Souza, M. L</span>. (2020). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>Meditação Mindfulness E Gestalt- Terapia: Um Encontro Possível Para A Saúde Humana</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>Phenomenology, Humanities And Sciences</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>1</span></span><span class="citeproc-issue">(1)</span>, <span class="citeproc-page">152–176</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access">https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.62506/phs.v1i1.13</span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/101" hreflang="en">Theory discussion</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:51:12 +0000 luthiers 507 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/teaching-and-conducting-gestalt-research-through-istituto-di-gestalt-hcc-italy-capturing-0 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Teaching and conducting Gestalt Research through the Istituto di Gestalt, HCC Italy: Capturing the vitality of relationships in research</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 11/27/2025 - 12:24</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In this paper, I would like to share my experience as a Gestalt therapy trainer for almost forty years now and relate how important research has been in my work. When I opened my institute with other colleagues in 1979, I came from a solid academic background and I loved Gestalt therapy. I had just turned 23 and, after graduating and working for two years as a university lecturer in Rome, I had moved back to Sicily, where there was certainly no tradition of the approach. The spirit of curiosity and creativity that underpins Gestalt therapy has always appealed to me, as much as the spirit of research. Moreover, as all of my family were mathematicians, statistics has always been in my blood.</p> <p>Today I can say that research falls perfectly within the scope of the challenge that the founders set themselves–the challenge of creating a method that could describe and sustain the spontaneity of life, without depriving relationships of their vitality through diagnostic categories or interpretive practices (Perls et al., 1994). The most interesting research that Gestalt practitioners can pursue is that which confirms the validity of the core principal of our work, which is that therapy lies in supporting a spontaneity that the therapist grasps in the movement co-created with the client. I have sought to uphold this spirit in the training and research activities of my Institute.</p> <p>I will begin with the Gestalt therapist’s encounter with training and research; that is, with a discussion of the particular experience of Gestalt training, which is phenomenological, aesthetic, and field-oriented. Then I will give a brief description of the underlying concepts of the approach and provide examples of related research. Psychopathology, the development of relational suffering, the therapeutic alliance, and other aspects will be examined from the point of view of research. What will emerge is how the aims of research cannot be severed from the actual purpose of psychotherapy, even though our approach was established for very different ends. I will then introduce the concept of aesthetic relational knowledge of the field and the concept of dnce steps as a proposed description of the attunement between the therapist and client, in line with new cultural forms of expression. Finally, I will present the cutting-edge research my Institute has done on dance steps and its clinical application.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Spagnuolo Lobb, M</span>. (2019). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>Teaching and conducting Gestalt Research through the Istituto di Gestalt, HCC Italy: Capturing the vitality of relationships in research</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-in">In</span> <span class="citeproc-container-contributors">P. Brownell (Ed.)</span>, <span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy</span></span> (<span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-edition">2nd Editionnd <span class="citeproc-edition">ed.</span></span>, pp. <span class="citeproc-page">370-397</span></span>)</span>. <span class="citeproc-publisher"><span class="citeproc-publisher-place">Newcastle upon Tyne, UK</span>: <span class="citeproc-publisher">Cambridge Scholars Publishing</span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access"><span class="citeproc-retrieved">Retrieved</span> <span class="citeproc-from">de</span> <span class="citeproc-URL">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333386235_Spagnuolo_Lobb_M_2019_Teaching_and_Conducting_Gestalt_Research_through_the_Istituto_di_Gestalt_HCC_Italy_Capturing_the_Vitality_of_Relationships_in_Research_In_Brownell_P_Ed_Handbook_for_Theory_Resear</span></span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:24:39 +0000 luthiers 506 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/phenomenology-and-aesthetic-recognition-dance-between-psychotherapist-and-client-clinical <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Phenomenology and aesthetic recognition of the dance between psychotherapist and client: a clinical example</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 11/12/2025 - 13:44</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This article follows a first presentation of the 'dance steps' between therapist and client, which appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of this journal, and gives a clinical example of how this phenomenological and aesthetic observational tool works in practice. The research path of the tool is also sketched. This contribution is presented in the frame of reference of psychotherapists' political and social response-ability today. For the author, a main clinical problem today derives from the lack of recognition from the other, which makes bodily desensitisation evident in our clients. This brings Gestalt therapists to focus on the reciprocity of their interactions with clients, instead of on how the client makes contact, because there, in the actual dance between them, is the possibility of revitalising the contact boundary, where the self is co-created.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Spagnuolo Lobb, M</span>. (2017). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>Phenomenology and aesthetic recognition of the dance between psychotherapist and client: a clinical example</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>British Gestalt Journal</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>26</span></span><span class="citeproc-issue">(2)</span>, <span class="citeproc-page">50–56</span></span></span>.</div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/102" hreflang="en">Research methodology</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-level-of-evidence field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/127" hreflang="en">Qualitative research</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-ref-external-url field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/35208454/Phenomenology_and_aesthetic_recognition_of_the_dance_between_psychotherapist_and_client_a_clinical_example">https://www.academia.edu/35208454/Phenomenology_and_aesthetic_recognition_of_th…</a></div> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:44:25 +0000 luthiers 505 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/emotional-personality-psychotherapists-pilot-research-gestalt-therapy-clinicians <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Emotional Personality of Psychotherapists: A Pilot Research with Gestalt-Therapy Clinicians</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 11/12/2025 - 13:27</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Since the discovery of “countertransference”, it was recognized that the therapist’s personality plays an important role in determining the course of psychotherapy. However, systematic empirical works on this topic have been sparse compared to the enormous amount of theoretical literature. Therefore, in the following pilot study, the emotional profile of psychotherapists was investigated using the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS), a quantitative measure of the basic emotional foundations of human personality based on Jaak Panksepp’s neuro-ethological studies. More specifically, we submitted the ANPS to a population of Gestalt-therapists to ascertain if they share a characteristic emotional profile (1) and if the emotional traits of personality are related to specific intersubjective competences (2). Our results show that, compared with normal population, the personality of therapists is characterized by higher expression of PLAYFULNESS/joy, CARE/nurturance and Spirituality, as well as a significant decrease in the expression of the RAGE/anger disposition. Such emotional traits, that are not influenced by the experience of training, correlate with important relational skills such as empathy, reflective functioning and interoceptive awareness. Therefore, unlearned emotional dispositions have high relevance in the development of the therapist’s sensitivity to the phenomenological intersubjective field, a competence recently called “Aesthetic Relational Knowledge” in a contemporary Gestalt-approach. Our findings may have implications for training therapists and optimizing treatment outcomes.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Alcaro, A., Iacono Isidoro, S., Conversi, D., Accoto, A., &amp; Spagnuolo Lobb, M</span>. (2020). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>The Emotional Personality of Psychotherapists: A Pilot Research with Gestalt-Therapy Clinicians</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>Psychology</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>11</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-page">1628-1645</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access">https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2020.1111103</span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/100" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-level-of-evidence field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/123" hreflang="en">Non-randomized controlled trials or naturalistic study</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/131" hreflang="en">Emotion-focused therapy</a></div> </div> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:27:00 +0000 luthiers 503 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/bodily-and-emotional-activation-pain-bridging-neurosciences-and-gestalt-therapy-understand <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Bodily and Emotional Activation in Pain: Bridging Neurosciences and Gestalt Therapy to Understand the Therapist’s Wish for Help</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 11/12/2025 - 12:34</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Bodily and emotional activation in front of pain have been connected with the wish to help the other. Basing on previous researches of neuro-aesthetics, and on the concept of Aesthetic Relational Knowledge inside the frame of Gestalt therapy, the research has inquired on the reactions of 29 individuals in front of images of pain and neutral feelings, in artistic representations and in photos of actors. The individuals were tested with SCL-90-R, MAIA and IRI. The results confirm the hypothesis that the wish to help relates to bodily-emotional activation, with the capacity to feel one’s own body and yet hold the emotion of the other. Bodily-emotional activation was shown only in artistic representation of pain. A possible explanation is that the “movement” that activates a person in front of the pain is better expressed in artistic images. At the same time, the wish to help relates to the capacity to de-centralize from oneself and focus on the other. Lack of empathy is not connected with avoidance to help the other. Lack of empathy and wish to avoid helping has shown to relate to a feeling of anxiety and mistrust in coping, rather than with lack of empathy.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Spagnuolo Lobb, M., Sciacca, F., Di Rosa, A. R., &amp; Mazzone, M</span>. (2020). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>Bodily and Emotional Activation in Pain: Bridging Neurosciences and Gestalt Therapy to Understand the Therapist’s Wish for Help</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>Psychology</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>11</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-page">2102-2112</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access">https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2020.1112131</span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/100" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-level-of-evidence field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/127" hreflang="en">Qualitative research</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/133" hreflang="en">Humanistic and experiential psychotherapies</a></div> </div> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:34:17 +0000 luthiers 502 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/uno-studio-sulla-reciprocita-tra-terapeuta-e-paziente-movimento-intenzionale-estetica-del <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Uno studio sulla reciprocità tra terapeuta e paziente: movimento intenzionale, estetica del contatto e campo fenomenologico in psicoterapia della Gestalt</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 11/12/2025 - 12:12</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/90" hreflang="en">Italian</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>La Federazione Italiana delle Associazioni di Psicoterapia (FIAP) ha tenuto a Napoli, dal quattro al sette ottobre, il suo VIII Congresso Nazionale “Il canto di Partenope. La psicoterapia sulla rotta del cambiamento”. Nel vortice dei mutamenti che stanno investendo la qualità degli stili esistenziali e relazionali, ci è sembrato utile chiedere a filosofi, neurobiologi e psicoterapeuti di diverso orientamento, secondo lo spirito di ricerca interdisciplinale della FIAP, il proprio contributo sul tema. Il dialogo, condotto con Frank Lachmann, fondatore dell’Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity di New York, Patricia Crittenden, presidente della International Association for the Study of Attachment, Alberto Oliviero, docente universitario, e tanti altri ospiti, ha cercato di mettere in luce il bisogno di stabilità dell’uomo contemporaneo, sempre più alla ricerca di isole di solidità nel “mondo liquido” del nostro tempo e di offrire possibili tracce di risposte. Queste pagine nascono dal bisogno di non disperdere un patrimonio di idee, che nei giorni del Congresso sono circolate fra tutti i partecipanti, nella suggestiva cornice del mare di Partenope.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/90" hreflang="en">Italian</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Spagnuolo Lobb, M</span>. (2020). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>Uno studio sulla reciprocità tra terapeuta e paziente: movimento intenzionale, estetica del contatto e campo fenomenologico in psicoterapia della Gestalt</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-in">In</span> <span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>Il canto di Partenope. La psicoterapia sulla rotta del cambiamento</span></span> (<span class="citeproc-locators">p. <span class="citeproc-page">13</span></span>)</span>. <span class="citeproc-publisher"><span class="citeproc-publisher">Alpes Italia</span></span>.</div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-ref-external-url field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/47726470/Uno_studio_sulla_reciprocit%C3%A0_tra_terapeuta_e_paziente_movimento_intenzionale_estetica_del_contatto_e_campo_fenomenologico_in_psicoterapia_della_Gestalt">https://www.academia.edu/47726470/Uno_studio_sulla_reciprocit%C3%A0_tra_terapeu…</a></div> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:12:12 +0000 luthiers 500 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/single-case-design-investigation-measuring-efficacy-gestalt-therapy-treat-depression-older-0 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">A Single-Case Design Investigation for Measuring the Efficacy of Gestalt Therapy to Treat Depression in Older Adults with Dementia in Italy and in Mexico: A Research Protocol</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 11/12/2025 - 11:22</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Psychotherapy is one of the evidence-based clinical interventions for the treatment of depression in older adults with dementia. Randomised controlled trials are often the first methodological choice to gain evidence, yet they are not applicable to a wide range of humanistic psychotherapies. Amongst all, the efficacy of the Gestalt therapy (GT) is under-investigated. The purpose of this paper is to present a research protocol, aiming to assess the effects of a GT-based intervention on people with dementia (PWD) and indirect influence on their family carers. The study implements the single-case experimental design with time series analysis that will be carried out in Italy and Mexico. Six people in each country, who received a diagnosis of dementia and present depressive symptoms, will be recruited. Eight or more GT sessions will be provided, whose fidelity will be assessed by the GT fidelity scale. Quantitative outcome measures are foreseen for monitoring participants’ depression, anxiety, quality of life, loneliness, carers’ burden, and the caregiving dyad mutuality at baseline and follow-up. The advantages and limitations of the research design are considered. If GT will effectively result in the treatment of depression in PWD, it could enrich the range of evidence-based interventions provided by healthcare services.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Merizzi, A., Biasi, R., Álvarez Zamudio, J. F., Spagnuolo Lobb, M., Di Rosa, M., &amp; Santini, S</span>. (2022). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>A Single-Case Design Investigation for Measuring the Efficacy of Gestalt Therapy to Treat Depression in Older Adults with Dementia in Italy and in Mexico: A Research Protocol</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>19 (6)</span></span><span class="citeproc-issue">(3260)</span>, <span class="citeproc-page">16</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access">https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063260</span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/102" hreflang="en">Research methodology</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-level-of-evidence field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/143" hreflang="en">Single Case Time Series</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-ref-external-url field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/6/3260">https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/6/3260</a></div> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:22:16 +0000 luthiers 498 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/therapists-intuition-and-responsiveness-what-makes-difference-between-expert-and-training <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Therapist’s Intuition and Responsiveness: What Makes the Difference between Expert and in Training Gestalt Psychotherapists</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 09/29/2025 - 13:54</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This study aims to investigate the presence of intuition and responsiveness in early students and in experienced students and psychotherapists, which is understood as the ability to integrate bodily sensitivity and cognition of what is experienced with the patient (aesthetic relational knowing—ARK). The study compares how the therapist’s felt sense of the phenomenological intersubjective field and aesthetic relational competence differs between a group of experienced students and psychotherapists and a group of beginners. The sample consisted of 128 participants (20 M; 108 F), finally divided into two groups: “experienced students and psychotherapists” and “beginners”. The Aesthetic Relational Knowledge Scale (ARKS), a questionnaire consisting of 58 items targeting three factors (empathy, body awareness, and resonance), was administered. Statistical analyses were conducted to assess (i) differences between the two groups (through Student’s t and Cohen’s d for effect sizes), (ii) the influence of the level of training for each ARK factor using analyses of covariance for testing the possible influence of demographic variables, and (iii) logistic regressions to compare the influence of the three factors of the ARK model on the group variable with groups as a categorical variable. Significant differences between the two groups were found in body awareness and resonance. Body awareness was found to be the variable best discriminating between the beginners and the experienced students and psychotherapists. Despite being non-significant, there is a tendency suggesting that empathy appears more relevant at the beginning of training. The study shows the importance of training for the development of the therapist’s intuition and responsiveness, especially in the factors of body awareness and resonance. The results indicate the importance of assessing and supporting the aesthetic and field resonance of therapists in training, increasing quality and depth of the therapist’s responsiveness. This study is limited by a correlational design using self-report and on a limited sample, but it shows that the ARKS can monitor the effectiveness of training related to Gestalt therapeutic competencies.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Spagnuolo Lobb, M., Sciacca, F., Iacono Isidoro, S., &amp; Di Nuovo, S</span>. (2022). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>The Therapist’s Intuition and Responsiveness: What Makes the Difference between Expert and in Training Gestalt Psychotherapists</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>European Journal Of Investigation In Health, Psychology And Education</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>12</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-page">9</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access">https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12120129</span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/102" hreflang="en">Research methodology</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-level-of-evidence field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/123" hreflang="en">Non-randomized controlled trials or naturalistic study</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:54:37 +0000 luthiers 497 at https://gestaltresearch.org https://gestaltresearch.org/gprdb/tool-observe-phenomenology-and-aesthetics-primary-relationships-dance-steps-reciprocity <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">A tool to observe the phenomenology and aesthetics of primary relationships: the “dance steps” of reciprocity between caregivers and infant/child – Pilot validity study</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>luthiers</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 09/29/2025 - 13:29</span> <div class="field field--name-field-language field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This study addresses the complexity of caregiver-infant/child interactions from the theoretical frame of Gestalt psychotherapy and the field of application of Pediatric Psychology. Based on a previous empirical study on the process of reciprocity in caregiver-infant/child interactions (Spagnuolo Lobb, 2016), the authors have worked on the construction of an observational tool to look at the co-creation of meaningful experiences, switching the focus from the child to the “dance” of reciprocity between caregiver and infant/child. Considering the contextualization in the field of Pediatric Psychology, this pilot study aimed to test the tool’s application with caregiver-preterm infant dyads, but exclusively referring to moderately preterm birth condition and with lack of disability or in any case serious evolutionary compromises. </p> <p>The study measured: 1. the content/construct validity of the tool, 2. its internal reliability, 3. its “sensitivity” to grasp the changing of the relational “dance” in the transition from one developmental step of the infant to another, regarding the times considered (between 6-9-12 months of corrected age), 4. co-occurrences between the behavioral flows of the infant-caregiver dyad in the three developmental stages considered. 32 expert psychotherapists were involved in measuring the instrument’s validity, and 13 caregiver-infant dyads were observed in their interactions at 6-9-12 months of corrected age of the infant. This pilot study promises to define – both for preventative and psychotherapeutic interventions – specific parental competencies for the infant’s neurodevelopment in the first year of life.</p> <p>This paper is part of the “Pediatric Psychology and Related Issues” Section (Sezione “Psicologia Pediatrica e Dintorni”) by S.I.P.Ped. (Italian Society of Pediatric Psychology, Società Italiana di Psicologia Pediatrica).</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-language-2 field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">English</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-bibcite field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-bibcite-reference clearfix field__item"><article class="bibcite-reference"> <div class="bibcite-citation"> <div class="csl-bib-body"><div><div class="csl-entry"><span class="citeproc-author">Spagnuolo Lobb, M., Perricone, G., Iacono Isidoro, S., Di Pasqua, M. M., Marotta, S., Fontana, V., &amp; Polizzi, C</span>. (2023). <span class="citeproc-title-and-descriptions"><span class="citeproc-title"><span>A tool to observe the phenomenology and aesthetics of primary relationships: the “dance steps” of reciprocity between caregivers and infant/child – Pilot validity study</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-container"><span class="citeproc-container-title"><span>Journal Of Pediatric And Neonatal Individualized Medicine (Jpnim)</span></span>, <span class="citeproc-locators"><span class="citeproc-volume"><span>12</span></span><span class="citeproc-issue">(1)</span></span></span>. <span class="citeproc-access">https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7363/120125</span></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-document-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/102" hreflang="en">Research methodology</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-access-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Open access</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-level-of-evidence field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/127" hreflang="en">Qualitative research</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-modalities field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--entity-reference-target-type-taxonomy-term clearfix field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/128" hreflang="en">Gestalt psychotherapy</a></div> </div> Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:29:28 +0000 luthiers 495 at https://gestaltresearch.org