Insight Therapy TOP Gestalt Therapy Assume people are responsible for their own lives. Goals Help clients become aware of their current feelings and old conflicts. Help enable them to resolve future conflicts. Doesn't try to cure. Perls viewed imcomplete gestalts as unresolved conflicts and unfinished business Gestalt therapy helps expand conscious awareness.
Techniques Ask client to concentrate on current feelings about difficult past experiences.
May get client to change speech - e.g. speek more assertedly. Hypnosis may be used. Criticisms Focus too much on individual's happiness and growth at the expense of other goals. Foucs too much on feelings and not enough on thought and decision making. Not effective with more disturbed individuals.