Methods adopted in Gestalt therapy

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The methods of Gestalt therapy comprise basically five groups: therapeutic relationship, phenomenological method, experiment, work with cognition, and work with the wider field.
The therapeutic relationship
An authentic, nonjudgmental, dialogic relationship between you and Gestalt therapist is the crucible of change. In order to exchange phenomenologies, a Gestalt therapist must bring a willingness and capability to be present as a person in the therapeutic encounter, inclusive of his/her inner world, sense of experience, knowledge, skills, etc. and a genuine interest in understanding the your subjective experiences and needs from the environment
Phenomenological method
With a phenomenological attitude, the Gestalt therapist is open to and encourages you to reveal who you really are and how you functions in the world. It will be you, not the therapist, who gives meaning to your individual ways of being.
Experiments give you a chance to try out, in the safety of the therapeutic situation, variations of current behavior with new perspectives on new and past situations. This actual living through an event(s) is very different from simply talking about a situation. The emphasis is on what-is instead of what-could-be.
Work with cognition
You often hold beliefs about their lives that are erroneous, distorted and filled with contradictions. These have a direct impact on a person’s experience, contact patterns, belief systems and actions.Gestalt therapist focuses on the way language is used with the intent of cognitive restructuring when indicated.
Work with the wider field
A Gestalt therapist frequently works directly with those fields that include and reciprocally affect individuals, such as a significant other (couple’s therapy), families, groups, and/or organizations with the goal of bringing about changes to their internal dynamics as well as in their impact on others.