Gestalt and Psychoanalytic Therapies: Structural Analysis and Rapprochement
Abstract
This paper examines the psychoanalytic concepts of interpretation, resistance, and transference as manifest in gestalt therapy. Although these concepts are de-emphasized, criticized, and disavowed in gestalt theoretical writings, they are actually fundamental to the underlying or “deep” structure of gestalt therapy. Examples of gestalt interventions are described and indications for their use suggested.
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