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      Aesthetic Diagnosis in Gestalt Therapy †

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          The diagnostic process in psychotherapy using the aesthetic evaluation is described in this article. Unlike the classical diagnostic process, which presents a result of comparing clinicians´ observations with a diagnostic system (DSM, ICD, etc.), the aesthetic evaluation is a pre-reflexive, embodied, and preverbal process. A Gestalt Therapy theoretical frame is used to introduce a concept of the aesthetic diagnostic process. During this process, the clinicians use their own here-and-now presence, which takes part in the co-creation of the shared relational field during the therapeutic session. A specific procedure of the aesthetic evaluation is introduced. The clinical work with depressed clients is presented to illustrate this perspective.

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                Journal
                Behav Sci (Basel)
                Behav Sci (Basel)
                behavsci
                Behavioral Sciences
                MDPI
                2076-328X
                17 October 2017
                December 2017
                : 7
                : 4
                : 70
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Psychotherapy Training Gestalt Studia, Training in Psychotherapy Integration, Center for Psychotherapy Research in Brno, Masaryk University, 601 77 Brno, Czech Republic
                [2 ]International Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology, Poiesis. Turin Center for Gestalt Therapy, 10143 Turin, Italy; gianni.francesetti@ 123456gmail.com
                [3 ]International Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology, 10143 Turin, Italy; michelagecele@ 123456gmail.com
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                [* ]Correspondence: jan.roubal.cz@ 123456gmail.com
                [†]

                Conference paper: This conference paper presents an expanded version of the conference presentations “The Aesthetic Diagnosis in Gestalt Psychotherapy” and “How to Keep Joy and Creativity when Immersed in the Depressive Field: Therapist’s Own Experiences and Working Strategies with Depressed Clients” presented at the 19th Herbstakademie: “Embodied Aesthetics: Resonance in Perception, Expression and Therapy” in Heidelberg, 5–7 October 2017. The text is based on the chapters about psychopathology, diagnostics and depression from the book Gestalt Therapy in Clinical Practice, From Psychopathology to the Aesthetics of Contact.

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                behavsci-07-00070
                10.3390/bs7040070
                5746679
                29039752
                637c436c-726c-40f7-8e7a-e6a4b380b1de
                © 2017 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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                : 07 September 2017
                : 13 October 2017
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                psychotherapy diagnostic process,aesthetic diagnosis,gestalt therapy

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