Systems And Gestalt Theory

Systems Theory

• This is a very analytical approach
• Focuses on patterns, cause/effect, finding out what is missing
• Historical analysis
• Looks at what is scarce
• This is diagnostic work

Gestalt Theory

Takes an opposite approach to system theory in many ways.

• Focuses on completion, wholism, positives
• Focuses on the hear and now (the past will take care of itself when you’re healthy)
• Abundance-based approach

We are not agents of change: we are agents of awareness

Gestalt practitioners believe that change should come from the individual, and that their role is to provide awareness.