What is Gestalt? The German word Gestalt is not easily translated into a single English term. Its meaning encompasses: the shape, the pattern, the whole form, the configuration and much more. As a Gestalt therapist I follow the basic principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In other words, the whole (e.g. a picture) carried a different and altogether greater meaning than its individual components (paint, canvas, brush, paint). In other words, the question is: What are you about? What is the whole picture of you? This requires a lot of thinking and a lot of feeling and can be challenging at times.
		The Gestalt approach has influenced and enriched many other therapeutic models of working with people. The sessions offer
		·	A creative approach enabling you to find your inner resources, discover new ways of being, make positive changes and enrich your life.
		·	An holistic approach embracing mind, body and spirit.
		·	A safe and confidential setting where you will be heard and able to discuss, explore, and understand your feelings and thoughts.
		·	Enhanced awareness helping you to recognise and accept more aspects of yourself and how you relate to other people and situations.
		·	Increased self-responsibility so that you understand more fully how you are the author of your life and how you can empower yourself to move forward.
		·	Recognising and reclaiming parts of your personality that have been denied or disowned.
		·	Support and constructive challenge which assists you to explore difficult feelings and thoughts and discover new perspectives.