in gestalt, instead of defenses, there is something called "contact styles (the creative adjustments)...i really appreciate the view of creative adjustment because it acknowledges that we all approach the world in certain ways, and that it is not bad or good outside of how the adjustment helps or hurts us in our lives....
the creative adjustment is also a polarity, and not a stagnant frozen term....for example (since this one was strong for me), there is projection, which is a term that most people are familiar with.... but in gestalt, the idea of projection is countered by ownership, and everyone leans toward one pole or the other...
to look a little more, here are some of the eight polarities gestalt names as the creative adjustments (but as i work polarities i am beginning to focus in on personal polarities that are more tailored to who i am)
projection...........................ownership
deflection...........................connection
sensing..............................desensitizing
confluence...........................differentiation
introjecting.........................rejecting
unfortunately i dont have time to go over it all right now, but i will go into more detail later on....
Song of the day:
No comments:
Post a Comment