Reddit reviews Gestalt Therapy in Clinical Practice: From Psychopathology to the Aesthetics of Contact (Gestalt Therapy Book Series 2)

I appreciate the time you put into this reply, though it is really sad for me to see a statement like this upvoted so much - I do not consider some of your criticism to be true, mainly in the point 3 and I consider it a dangerous claim. And to be honest, I have a feeling that the situation considering psychotherapy in US is going into direction that I am (and many other people here in Europe too) kind of scared about, given that US is world superpower and well, kind of a world trendsetter. Though that might be for a longer discussion.

Anyway, Gestalt therapy is a wonderful and fully accepted approach here. I do not agree with point 3. Gestalt therapy can be used for those clients, hell, it can be used for people with psychotic disorders too. One of the really good sources - https://www.amazon.com/Gestalt-Therapy-Clinical-Practice-Psychopathology-ebook/dp/B00JJU7NFM

Many respected therapists here work with even the hardest clients using Gestalt therapy with success. Of course, it is up to the therapist to adapt the style to work with particular client and the Gestalt therapy is definitely not only about "okay what are you feeling now?" - the cornerstones are phenomenology, field perspective and existential dialogue, which can be used perfectly fine for any of the clients you mentioned. Sure, when somebody is acutely suicidal, you have to use some principles of crisis intervention, but it does not mean you have to let Gestalt therapy principles go as you are doing it.