Transpersonal Therapy Blog
11 Sentence Stems to use in Gestalt Group Therapy
When the principles of gestalt therapy are brought into a group setting, the potential for transformation increases exponentially. The present-centered approach of gestalt is akin to a relational meditation, which allows for a client's delusions, misbeliefs, and...
8 Reasons why the Body is Essential in Psychotherapeutic Practice
Gestalt therapy is a body-based approach to counseling that offers mindful attunement to the here and now. As the first approach to counseling that honored the wisdom of the inner mind-body connection, gestalt is a highly intuitive system of psychotherapy. Recognizing...
Disrupting Homeostasis in Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapy is a mindfulness-based, transpersonal therapy theory that is based in holism, where we honor the wholeness of a client and do not try to reduce them down into distinct “parts.” As we stay in the present moment, here and now with a client, we attune to...
Questions to Ask in Gestalt Therapy
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog Finding your wording and language as a gestalt therapist can take some time. Discovering how to allow your authentic engagement, awake awareness, and present moment centeredness to be reflected in the words you use is a process of trial and...
Tending to Borderline Personality Disorder
It can be a confusing experience to be in any kind of relationship (personal or therapeutic) with a person who has borderline personality disorder (BPD). At first, the relationship can seem deep and connecting. People with BPD can be extremely empathetic and...
Countertransference as Intuition in Disguise
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog As human beings, therapists have feelings and thoughts while sitting with clients. Sometimes those thoughts and feelings seem personal. When a therapist puts their feelings onto a client, the therapist is experiencing countertransference. In...
Understanding the Nervous System
Our nervous system is made up of a profoundly intricate network of nerves that carry electrical impulses to various cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body. The way we receive and process information from the environment influences how we feel in our...
Humanizing Narcissistic Personality Disorder
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog When the word narcissist is used, we typically think of an unfeeling person who uses and abuses others for their own gain. While a true narcissist does exhibit these characteristics, this image of a narcissist is often conflated with a...
Facilitating a Gestalt Two-Chair Experiment
What follows is a transcript of a lecture Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, NCC, ACS gave on October 18, 2024, where she focused on facilitating gestalt two-chair experiments with attunement to subtle energy: Gestalt experiments are therapeutic exercises that offer an access...
Shifting an Outdated Relationship Paradigm
When we’re engaging in a relationship paradigm that is not in service of our well-being, sense of safety, it’s time to find a new paradigm. Relationshpis are intended to be a resource, not a drain. The reason people stay are two-fold: We are unconsciously...
The Sacred Wisdom of the Subtle Senses
The Sacred Wisdom of Our Subtle Senses "Sensation is the expression of the boundless energy of life moving through us. When we brace against our sensations, unresolved experiences continue to live within us. To illustrate, consider a person who was punished in...
Finding Energetic Resonance
Energetic resonance is the quality of sameness. When we have energetic resonance either within ourselves, within aspects of ourselves or between ourselves and another person, we begin to cultivate a sense of connection and safety within ourselves and in our...