Gestalt work / GST-A05-5
Saying I Notice — Review journal
Review an attempt at saying i notice and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · 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.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Rewrite three statements as observations of your own experience while retaining environmental and power factors.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
How can ownership of experience coexist with naming real obstacles? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- How can ownership of experience coexist with naming real obstacles? My optional adjustment or support request:
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.