Vol. 5 No. 2 (2023): July - Decembre 2023
Humanistic therapy

A Gestalt journey: how the well-being changes during a Gestalt treatment

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  • Stefano Roti,
  • Francesca Berti,
  • Nino Geniola,
  • Susanna Zajotti,
  • Giulia Calvaresi,
  • Matteo Defraia,
  • Alessandro Cini
Francesca Berti
IGF - Istituto Gestalt Firenze
Nino Geniola
IGP - Istituto Gestalt Puglia
Susanna Zajotti
IGF - Istituto Gestalt Firenze
Giulia Calvaresi
IGF - Istituto Gestalt Firenze
Matteo Defraia
IGF - Istituto Gestalt Firenze
Alessandro Cini
IGF - Istituto Gestalt Firenze
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.204

Published 2023-11-28

Keywords

  • Psychotherapy; Gestalt; Well being; Efficacy; Quality of life

How to Cite

Roti, S., Berti, F., Geniola, N., Zajotti, S., Calvaresi, G., Defraia, M., & Cini, A. (2023). A Gestalt journey: how the well-being changes during a Gestalt treatment. Phenomena Journal - International Journal of Psychopathology, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.204

Copyright (c) 2023 Stefano Roti, Francesca Berti, Nino Geniola, Susanna Zajotti, Giulia Calvaresi, Matteo Defraia, Alessandro Cini

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Abstract

This work reports some preliminary results relative to a research project [1] ,with the aim to investigate the relationship between the perceived well-being and the Gestalt psychotherapy treatment. Specifically, in the following article, we present some results relating to the dynamics and the changes showed by patients, who freely participated to this research, that regard their sense of well-being. This construct was investigated using a self-evaluation scale [2]  adapted and standardized to the Italian population [3].

METHODOLOGY. We present a qualitative experimental design that involved five patients for three months, all of them involved into a phenomenological-existential Gestalt psychotherapy. The data were collected every four psychotherapeutic sessions.

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