Phenomenology and Gestalt Psychotherapy
Pietro Andrea Cavaleri
February 14, 2023 DOI: 10.4324/9781003313335-8 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Argues that Gestalt therapy should enter into dialogue with contemporary neurophenomenology and an emerging "underlying phenomenology" of human relationships, in order to deepen its phenomenological foundations and generate new directions, while treating neurobiological correlates of phenomenal reality as legitimate to explore within a relational and embodied view of mind. |
Abstract
In reiterating the phenomenological roots of Gestalt therapy, the author highlights the need for a comparison with recent developments of neurophenomenology. In the perspective of a relational and embodied mind, it is legitimate to grasp the neurobiological correlations of phenomenal reality, to promote a constant dialogue between psychotherapy and neurosciences, between “sciences of the spirit” and “sciences of nature”. Over the last few years a series of new acquisitions in various areas of knowledge (neuroscience, psychology, philosophy) push us to deepen and expand the phenomenological perspective that distinguishes the Gestalt approach. At the start of this century, a new almost “underlying” phenomenology of human relationships has emerged to which several disciplines and researchers, belonging to different guidelines, contribute. Gestalt therapy is called to discuss with this “underlying phenomenology” to get its vital stimuli and new generative paths.
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