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A gestalt-experiential perspective on resistance

✍ Scribed by David Engle; Marjorie Holiman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 57 KB
Volume: 58
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-9762
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.1141

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The authors present background on the gestalt‐experiential understanding of resistance, conceptualized to be either resistance to awareness or resistance to contact. The authors discuss why they do not use the term resistance and describe the phenomena as a client's self‐protective attempt to avoid the anxiety necessitated by change. Such resistant behaviors occur outside a client's awareness and often result in an ambivalence or conflict about change. The authors also describe using in‐session experiments as a way to engage with the client in exploring such a state of ambivalence or conflict. Finally, they respond to the case studies presented elsewhere in this issue and propose intervention strategies consistent with the gestalt‐experiential perspective. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session 58: 175–183, 2002.

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