Gestalt therapy in the treatment of panic attacks
Vol.4,No.3-4(2010)
This article deals with the use of Gestalt therapy (hereinafter referred to as GT) in the therapeutic work with clients suffering from panic attacks. The article tries to capture the common features of the process of clients with these symptoms who search for psychotherapy. It is based on the model of personality that represents the theoretical background of GT in connection with the author´s own practicle experience. The article deals especially with the topic of the relationship between symptoms and typical contact boundary disturbances. Further, specific therapeutic strategies are discussed and their use is presented on the basis of the case study. The aim of the article is to offer an alternative view of the possibilities to formulate and discuss the topic of panic attacks as well as to point out the options of how to use the GT in clinical praxis.
agoraphobia; gestalt therapy; panic attack; panic disorder; social anxiety disorder
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