Gestalt work / GST-A07-1
Needs into Awareness — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind needs into awareness and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Rae becomes impatient during a long meeting and considers a break or clearer information.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A felt signal may invite curiosity about a present need.
The idea
A felt signal may invite curiosity about a present need.
An ordinary example
Rae becomes impatient during a long meeting and considers a break or clearer information.
What this can look like
List several possible needs behind an ordinary discomfort, then identify what you want to ask rather than assuming one answer.
Check the fit
Which need is a possibility worth checking? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
Awareness is information, not a demand to explain every sensation or change immediately.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- Which need is a possibility worth checking?
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.