The Unravelling: After the Breaking
One of the difficult times in our lives is the space between the old not working any more and the new not being clear yet. We know we don’t want to go back and yet we don’t know the way forward. What can we do?
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One of the difficult times in our lives is the space between the old not working any more and the new not being clear yet. We know we don’t want to go back and yet we don’t know the way forward. What can we do?
I am interested in whether we choose to reveal certain parts of our experience or parts of our selves. It seems to me that we may choose what to reveal but that we may not have much choice about what is there — our choice is whether we reveal it or not.
Independence and autonomy are vital, and sometimes the childlike part of us needs to be able rely on others to protect us.
This second part of a two-part article explores the self as the meeting of organism and environment, and the role of that self in Gestalt therapy.
Part one of this two-part article explores how attending to the relationship between the organism and its environment means that in one sense, Gestalt therapy is focused on the individual, while in another, it is not.
During an active imagination exercise, I discovered “It’s OK to play”. This was a liberation for me. I felt both relaxed and energised. I experienced it as a liberation for/of ‘me’.
How else can I make sense of part of my experience except to say that I discover myself, or that there is an aspect of me that simply is?
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