Gestalt work / GST-A07-5
Needs into Awareness — Review journal
Review an attempt at needs into awareness and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · 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.
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
List several possible needs behind an ordinary discomfort, then identify what you want to ask rather than assuming one answer.
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
Which need is a possibility worth checking? 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:
- Which need is a possibility worth checking? 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.