Gestalt Therapists in 60008
Andrea M. Kosten
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Our emotions can get the best of us. I work with individuals looking to take control over heavy emotions, and those desiring a more positive outlook on life. Bad, painful feelings often keep us stuck. During therapy, I listen carefully to each client's unique story, helping them explore their emotions and beliefs in a more comfortable setting, and working toward emotional relief. Therapy is aimed at helping each client gain personal growth and lasting change.
Our emotions can get the best of us. I work with individuals looking to take control over heavy emotions, and those desiring a more positive outlook on life. Bad, painful feelings often keep us stuck. During therapy, I listen carefully to each client's unique story, helping them explore their emotions and beliefs in a more comfortable setting, and working toward emotional relief. Therapy is aimed at helping each client gain personal growth and lasting change.
Abby Mandell-Kipnis
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
ABBY MANDELL-KIPNIS, a Licensed Clinical Therapist and an Expert in Hypnosis has devoted her life to making sure YOU achieve your life's goals. Today, YOU can use the POWER OF YOUR MIND to create the best, most healthy, happy life possible. IMAGINE living your life the way YOU truly desire - with unlimited focus, confidence and endless possibilities to reach your goals!
ABBY MANDELL-KIPNIS, a Licensed Clinical Therapist and an Expert in Hypnosis has devoted her life to making sure YOU achieve your life's goals. Today, YOU can use the POWER OF YOUR MIND to create the best, most healthy, happy life possible. IMAGINE living your life the way YOU truly desire - with unlimited focus, confidence and endless possibilities to reach your goals!
Mariann Leahy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
I look to provide the foundation to empower individuals to accomplish their mental health, wellness and career goals. We will work to accomplish this with strategies to overcome obstacles and personal challenges you are facing.
I look to provide the foundation to empower individuals to accomplish their mental health, wellness and career goals. We will work to accomplish this with strategies to overcome obstacles and personal challenges you are facing.
Nicholas Marchand
Counselor, MA, NCC, LCPC
Verified Verified
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
At Rise Strong Counseling, we strive in providing quality care. Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Rise Strong Counseling maintains a commitment towards positive change for clients on their journey to self-discovery and personal growth.
At Rise Strong Counseling, we strive in providing quality care. Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Rise Strong Counseling maintains a commitment towards positive change for clients on their journey to self-discovery and personal growth.
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Gestalt Therapists
What is gestalt therapy?
Gestalt therapy is based on the idea that to address unresolved negative feelings, emotions must be not only discussed but also actively expressed in the present moment. The term is from a German word meaning “whole,” and gestalt therapists believe that people should be considered whole entities made up of mind, body, and emotions. Gestalt sessions are rooted in the notion that a client’s total self must be discovered, explored, and confronted, so that they can take greater responsibility for themselves and their behavior, learn to satisfy their own needs while still respecting the needs of others, and reconnect with feelings they might otherwise deny.
How does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy sessions do not just involve talking with a therapist. Clients may take part in role-playing, re-enactment, or artistic exercises like drawing and painting, with the goal of becoming more aware of negative thought patterns that limit happiness. One common gestalt exercise is “the empty chair,” in which a client sits across from an empty chair representing a partner, relative, boss, or a part of themselves—and, with the therapist’s encouragement, improvises a dialog with it. The intention is to bring the emotions raised by past conflicts into the present and work through them in the moment.
How long does gestalt therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for gestalt therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. New patients should understand that it may take some time to become comfortable with gestalt exercises but once they do, they should expect sessions to extend for a number of months, typically spanning at least 12 sessions.
Does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy has generally been found to be as effective as other forms of talk therapy in helping people living with anxiety, depression, phobias, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders, as well as helping individuals reduce conflict in relationships. Gestalt techniques, on their own or in combination with other therapies, can also be effective in managing physical ailments including ulcerative colitis, migraines, and back spasms. It should be noted that some people may have trouble adapting to gestalt therapy’s lack of formal structure or to a therapist’s close observations of their body language and emotions; others may struggle to commit to techniques that feel unnatural, like the empty chair exercise.