Posted by DSCH on November 11, 2003, at 0:52:34
In reply to Re: Redefine your understanding of self » DSCH, posted by platinumbride on November 11, 2003, at 0:23:54
> Ummmmmm can anyone explain Gestault therapy? Is it like punching pillows or something?
The impression I have is that is kinda like Freudian psychotherapy on acid. :-) The person undergoing therapy may actually be provoked and is encouraged to get up and move about and be physically demonstrative rather than just lie on a couch. I have read that some people have found the tactics resorted to by Perls himself during sessions to be "sadistic".
These are just the impressions I have. As I have stated earlier I have not yet delved too deeply into that book. I have done a complete read of Pagel's other book "The Cosmic Code" and his comments regarding New Age-ish interpretations of quantum mechanics and a sly put-down of Stephen Wolfram ("The Wunderkind has no clothes") lead me to believe he had a degree of skepticism healthy in a scientist. :-)
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