Contemporary Gestalt psychotherapy could be characterised by these key points:

• Live in the 'now'
  
• Live in the 'here' the immediate situation
  
• Lean towards accepting yourself as you are
  
• See your environment and interact with it as it is , not as you wish it to be
  
• Be honest with yourself
  
• Express yourself in term of what you feel, want,think rather than manipulate self or others through rationalizations, expectations , judgements and distortions
  
• Express full the complete range of emotions , both pleasant and unpleasant
  
• Be willing to experiment, to encounter new situations
  
• Be open to change and growth

"To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear." Mark Nepo

Gestalt therapy places emphasis on gaining awareness of the present moment and the present context. Through therapy, people learn to discover feelings that may have been suppressed or masked by other feelings and to accept and trust their emotions.

For the last 5 years I have been working incorporating CBT skills and techiques, the Acceptance and Commitment Psychotherapy skills (ACT) as well as Compassion- Based psychotherapy. These approaches offer specific tools and practicing looking at life issues from different perspective with more kindness and emotional agility.
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May all that is unforgiven in you be released
May your fears yield their deepest tranquilities
May all that is unlived in you blossom into a future
Graced with love
John O’Donohue