Researching Gestalt Therapy for Anxiety in Practice-Based Settings

Authors

  • Pablo Herrera
  • Illia Mstibovskyi
  • Jan Roubal
  • Philip Brownell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2019-2-53b

Keywords:

Anxiety, Gestalt therapy, single-case, time series experimental design, practice-oriented research

Abstract

Despite the proven efficacy of CBT treatments for anxiety disorders, between 33 % and 50 % of patients do not respond or drop out of these treatments. Gestalt therapy has claimed to be an effective alternative, but there is little empirical evidence on its efficacy with anxiety. The Single-Case Experimental Design with Time Series Analysis was used as a practice-oriented study of efficacy. Evidence on ten clients diagnosed with anxiety disorders is presented, supporting the claim that Gestalt therapy can be a useful treatment for this. Detailed analysis of one case illustrates the changes in symptom and well-being scores, indicating turning points during the therapy. The paper discusses the use of this methodology for creating a practice-oriented research network.

Author Biographies

Pablo Herrera

Pablo Herrera – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Illia Mstibovskyi – Southern Regional Gestalt Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russland Jan Roubal – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Masaryk University in Brno, Tschechische Republik Philip Brownell – Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute, Portland/Oregon, USA Die Autoren sind Wissenschaftler, Psychotherapeuten und Trainer der Gestalttherapie. Sie koordinieren das internationale praxisbasierte Forschungsnetzwerk für das Einzelfall-Zeitreihen-Projekt.

Illia Mstibovskyi

Pablo Herrera – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Illia Mstibovskyi – Southern Regional Gestalt Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russland Jan Roubal – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Masaryk University in Brno, Tschechische Republik Philip Brownell – Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute, Portland/Oregon, USA Die Autoren sind Wissenschaftler, Psychotherapeuten und Trainer der Gestalttherapie. Sie koordinieren das internationale praxisbasierte Forschungsnetzwerk für das Einzelfall-Zeitreihen-Projekt.

Jan Roubal

Pablo Herrera – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Illia Mstibovskyi – Southern Regional Gestalt Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russland Jan Roubal – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Masaryk University in Brno, Tschechische Republik Philip Brownell – Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute, Portland/Oregon, USA Die Autoren sind Wissenschaftler, Psychotherapeuten und Trainer der Gestalttherapie. Sie koordinieren das internationale praxisbasierte Forschungsnetzwerk für das Einzelfall-Zeitreihen-Projekt.

Philip Brownell

Pablo Herrera – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Illia Mstibovskyi – Southern Regional Gestalt Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russland Jan Roubal – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Masaryk University in Brno, Tschechische Republik Philip Brownell – Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute, Portland/Oregon, USA Die Autoren sind Wissenschaftler, Psychotherapeuten und Trainer der Gestalttherapie. Sie koordinieren das internationale praxisbasierte Forschungsnetzwerk für das Einzelfall-Zeitreihen-Projekt.

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Published

2019-10-28

How to Cite

Herrera, P., Mstibovskyi, I., Roubal, J., & Brownell, P. (2019). Researching Gestalt Therapy for Anxiety in Practice-Based Settings. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 9(2), 53b-67b. https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2019-2-53b

Issue

No. 2 (2019): Psychotherapieforschung

Section

Titelthema: Psychotherapieforschung

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