Clients’ subjective experiences of navigating challenges in Gestalt therapy: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Findings highlight the distinct ways in which clients with varying levels of personality integration experience Gestalt therapy and suggest that while emotional and relational growth occurred, deeper structural transformation remained limited. This study underscores the need for tailoring therapeutic interventions to clients' structural integration levels, particularly by addressing the challenges of fostering agency in structurally vulnerable clients.

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Frontiers in Psychiatry
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2025-10-27
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1593918
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Child Therapy and Development
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Clients’ subjective experiences of navigating challenges in Gestalt therapy: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Raphaela E. Kaisler, Yvonne Schaffler
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Child Therapy and Development
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Clients’ subjective experiences of navigating challenges in Gestalt therapy: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Raphaela E. Kaisler, Yvonne Schaffler
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Abstract

Findings highlight the distinct ways in which clients with varying levels of personality integration experience Gestalt therapy and suggest that while emotional and relational growth occurred, deeper structural transformation remained limited. This study underscores the need for tailoring therapeutic interventions to clients' structural integration levels, particularly by addressing the challenges of fostering agency in structurally vulnerable clients.

Frontiers in PsychiatryVol. 16
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems (AT), University of Applied Sciences St Pölten (AT), IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (AT), Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik (AT)
Openalex Percentile: Top 57%
Child Therapy and Development
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Clients’ subjective experiences of navigating challenges in Gestalt therapy: an interpretative phenomenological analysis — Raphaela E. Kaisler, Yvonne Schaffler · Frontiers in Psychiatry (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS