Wishing to Do More: Need, Support, and the Therapeutic Frame
Workshop facilitated by Anastasia, for the Gestalt Associates For Psychotherapy
Wishing to Do More: Need, Support, and the Therapeutic Frame
“As much support as necessary and as little as possible”
—Laura Perls
This fundamental Gestalt principle provides a clear guide for a particular approach to working within the therapeutic frame. The value of supporting our clients in developing their own resources to meet their challenges is clearly understood. So why then do we sometimes find ourselves wanting to do more? Our desire to ‘help’ our clients by extending ourselves or the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship can surface in a myriad of ways: reducing our fees, extending our schedules, making suggestions, jumping forward to “figure things out,” and offering referrals.
Anastasia facilitates this workshop that examines our motivations behind these gestures through personal reflection exercises, discussion, and case examples. Appreciating that there is no absolute or ‘right’ way to offer help or support, the emphasis of this workshop will center on identifying what we bring to the field when we are inclined to extend ourselves to offer more than may be necessary.
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