The role of process oriented supervision in ghestalt therapy training

The aspect of process in gestalt therapy

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to show the possibilities offered by process oriented supervision in Gestalt therapy training, which is focused to the process here and now. According to traditional approach opposing content and structure on one side and process on the other side it is reasonable that both sides are interwowen. However, a special attention to the process can contribute to a better insight of trainees into the structure and offers a possibility that desired client's change is achieved more successfully through this attention to the process. Within psychotherapy training the process oriented supervision focused on here and now can significantly contribute to noticing, recognising and appropriately responding of trainees to the process. This special attention make sense especially when the potentiality of the situation otherwise would not be actualised. The presentation offers illustration of examples with the attempts of conceptualisation of the process.