Gestalt work / GST-A20-1
Awareness between Sessions — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind awareness between sessions and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Rae observes one transition after work instead of monitoring every feeling.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Observation practice need not become constant self-monitoring.
The idea
Observation practice need not become constant self-monitoring.
An ordinary example
Rae observes one transition after work instead of monitoring every feeling.
What this can look like
Choose one ordinary moment to notice during the week, define a short time limit, and decide when to stop tracking.
Check the fit
What is enough noticing for this experiment? 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?
- What is enough noticing for this experiment?
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.