Blog posts –Articles by Lars Andersson
Supervision and the therapeutic relationship: What does Gestalt have to offer?
Note: This is an academic literature review, written as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Gestalt Therapy. It will not be everyone’s cup of tea, but here it is… Introduction Over the three decades since…
Mindfulness-based therapy
Mindfulness is about non-judgemental awareness in the here-and-now of one’s actual sensory experience + thoughts, feelings, reactions, behaviour and functioning. It is about noticing what is happening in each moment, to fully experience one’s life as it happens, rather than…
Gestalt Awareness and Dialogue
=================================== Gestalt [pronounced gue (as in guest) – sch – tullt] is originally a German word (literally meaning form, shape), incorporated into English, with the meaning “an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts”.…
Eating-mindfulness; informal mindfulness practice
In mindfulness meditation you practise bringing your awareness back to, and remaining in contact with your actual, lived experience. Formal mindfulness meditation can also be complemented with informal mindfulness practices, where you, even momentarily, disengage from the thinking activity, by…
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a process where a hypnotist helps a client enter into an hypnotic trance, for therapeutic purposes. An hypnotic trance is much like the state of daydreaming (in fact daydreaming is an hypnotic state); you are still present and…
Breathing-mindfulness
Breathing-mindfulness is the most fundamental of all mindfulness meditations. It can be practised at any time in any place – as long as you are still breathing. However, you may find it easier to practise in a peaceful environment, particularly…
