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Gestalt therapy is also similar to the psychoanalytic perspective because they both belief that different defense mechanisms influence a person’s relationship with others. It is also similar with the concept that dreams contain messages about a person’s life. Overall, this therapy wants the client to not look so much into what they “should” do, but to live fully without expectations or past habits being an influence (Daniels, 2005). Gestalt therapy does not explore the idea that a person’s thinking as something that needs to be changed (Brownell, 2010). Many gestalt therapists are against assessments or favor a gestalt version of an assessment (Brownell, 2010). Despite the lack of general assessments for gestalt therapy, therapists focus on four concepts during treatment: phenomenological method, dialogical relationship, field-theoretical strategies, and experimental freedom. Phenomenological method is used to bring awareness to the client. The therapist observes the client’s actions, such as if they choose to roll their eyes. He or she will describe these details out loud and treats each action with equal value. The dialogical relationship is where the therapist is honest and upfront with the client, instead of taking on a persona. The therapist also accepts however the client chooses to portray themselves. Field theoretical strategies enable the therapist to interpret a person’s character as dynamic rather than static. Lastly, experimental freedom is the concept that gestalt therapy is more than just talk. The therapist can experiment and try something new with the client as the therapy persists (RGI, 2013). Treatment for Gestalt therapy varies in length due to the therapy being unique for each client. The real goal for the the... ... middle of paper ... ...ent day. However, REBT seeks to change how a person views the past to help them with their current emotions. The therapist does not seek to completely eliminate perverse emotions such as anger or panic. REBT wants to balance both the positive and negative emotions for a person so that they can make clear and level-headed decisions (AEI, 2014b). REBT therapists focus on having the clients think rationally. Irrational thought does not help a person reach goals (Bishop, 2004). Rational thought in REBT is not the general definition where it’s “logically valid”. Rather rational thought is cognition that is effective for an individual (Ellis, 1999). Irrational thinking causes emotion reasoning, low frustration levels, and automatic thinking the worst of a situation. However, rational thought is flexible and realistic which helps a person reach their goals (Bishop, 2004)

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