Psychological injury and loss: specifics of work within the gestalt approach

Mochalkina Anna Alexandrovna

The article actualizes the problem of overcoming the post-traumatic condition resulting from injury and loss. The author considers this problem from the standpoint of identifying the therapeutic potential of the gestalt approach. The article describes the concept of gestalt trekking. Its conceptual foundations as a psychotherapeutic method are revealed. The author substantiates the importance of gestalt therapy in the conditions of modern realities, analyzes the views and practical justification of the positive impact of this approach in the work of the gestalt therapist. The article substantiates the effectiveness of the gestalt approach from the standpoint of restoring the integrity of the cycle of realization of needs, the residence of unresolved feelings and emotions with their translation into the necessary life experience. The author also focuses on the methodological specifics of the gestalt approach in the case of dealing with injury and loss through modeling the process of therapeutic treatment, in which it identifies the blocks and stages of gestalt therapy.

Keywords:psychological trauma, loss, gestalt approach, modeling, gestalt therapy model blocks and stages, specific character of the work of the gestalt therapist.