Gestalt work / GST-A05-2
Saying I Notice — Practice worksheet
Rewrite three statements as observations of your own experience while retaining environmental and power factors.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Rae says everyone makes meetings impossible and also notices feeling rushed.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. First-person language can clarify experience without assigning blame.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Rewrite three statements as observations of your own experience while retaining environmental and power factors.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
How can ownership of experience coexist with naming real obstacles? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- How can ownership of experience coexist with naming real obstacles?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
Gestalt Therapy: An Introduction — Gary Yontef
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.