{"id":812,"date":"2020-06-17T00:40:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T00:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/?page_id=812"},"modified":"2020-09-03T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T18:00:15","slug":"psychotherapy-gestalt-informed-mindfull-co-presence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/psychotherapy-gestalt-informed-mindfull-co-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Gestalt therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"812\" class=\"elementor elementor-812\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e55acee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e55acee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0214ef\" data-id=\"a0214ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d5ee4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78d5ee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 04-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>Gestalt therapy (Gestalt informed &#8211; Mindful co-presence)<\/h2><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-786 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lotus-1205631_1920-e1592353315499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p><p>As a Gestalt informed counsellor,\u00a0 I <strong>support<\/strong> you with an open and receptive, authentic presence, to help you validate your emotions, in the <strong>here and now<\/strong> of our contact. Together we put into action the potentiality to find and undo knots that keep you stuck in the past, in the confusion of unfinished situations, to co-create and uncover embodied meaning in your life.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-795 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/circle-orange-flower-small-size-300x284.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p><p>The focus is on what you feel in the moment and how it manifests (your hand gestures, sighing, gaze and other embodied clues, including language). These micro-expressions bring into the circle of our time together, in that very moment of <strong>co-presence, some element from the past that prevents you from moving forward<\/strong>.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-791 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/snow-man-on-bench-small-size-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/snow-man-on-bench-small-size-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/snow-man-on-bench-small-size.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><p>We safely allow patterns to emerge and expose themselves in the circle of now. Once established, <strong>contact<\/strong> is maintained through the felt, sensed, perceived aspects that I observe with and in you, in as much as you are willing to be present, sentient and aware.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-779 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/spiral-1037508_1280-e1592059445851.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>As the session progresses, your experience may enable you to reflect on the connection between your emotional and physical bodies. You may gain a direct awareness of the gap between what you experience and what the old interpretation was. This insight about how your emotions discharge and transform encourages the emergence of your <strong>self-discovery<\/strong> and your skills to face stressful situations and <strong>heal<\/strong>.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-792 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lake-reflection-small-size-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lake-reflection-small-size-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lake-reflection-small-size.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><p>My very presence with you changes the conditions and the possibilities for integration and change. I am some kind of \u201c<strong>witness<\/strong>\u201d. The field of such <strong>intimacy<\/strong> is an essential precondition for the fullest development of self and of self-expression. Trust allows you to work on shame, on support and intimacy, as my empathy supports your process. I provide a <strong>safe <\/strong>and a<strong> confidential<\/strong> environment.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-797 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bridge-669314_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Shame<\/strong> to disclose something about yourself interrupts your self-process and your growth. Through the process of negotiating a safer field and moving to the riskier level of disclosure with me, you are able to acknowledge that you are not alone with the experience; that your \u201cinside world\u201d can be safely exposed and explored. Conditions of <strong>safety<\/strong> and <strong>extra support<\/strong> are met to negotiate and join in the relational process itself, in the moment. \u201cHow I feel as I\u2019m talking, how your response feels to me\u2026 [allow for] the articulation and comparison of my inner world and yours.\u201d (Wheeler, 2000, 280).<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sacred-geometry-2753428_1920-e1592357186188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gestalt therapy (Gestalt informed &#8211; Mindful co-presence) As a Gestalt informed counsellor,\u00a0 I support you with an open and receptive, authentic presence, to help you validate your emotions, in the here and now of our contact. Together we put into action the potentiality to find and undo knots that keep you stuck in the past, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/psychotherapy-gestalt-informed-mindfull-co-presence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gestalt therapy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054,"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/circleofnow.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}