D.Diac. (Play Therapy) / Teachers in South Africa experience strain and tension, unique to their specific work description, which is evident in the career-related stress symptoms experienced by the individual teachers, the high rate of absenteeism amongst teachers, as well as the high attrition rate. Although factors causing teacher-stress, and the consequences thereof, have been extensively researched, a limited number of empirical evaluations of the effectiveness and accessibility of stress-management programmes have been conducted. Due to the holistic nature of Gestalt therapy, its emphasis on the here-and-now and the Gestalt principles of awareness, dialogue and process, a Gestalt therapeutic process model was developed to empower teachers to regain homeostasis. The aim and objectives of the research were the design, development, presentation and evaluation of a Gestalt therapeutic process model for teachers suffering from career-related stress, in their quest to regain homeostasis. The model was developed to be implemented within the school environment by a trained member of the school management team. The process of intervention research was used for the research study. A functional Gestalt therapeutic programme, based on the theoretical Gestalt therapeutic model, was developed and presented to ten teachers, selected through purposive sampling, and again to five different teachers, selected through theoretical sampling. The teachers identified were representative regarding age, gender, race and years in education. Triangulation was used and qualitative and quantitative data were collected simultaneously. The hypothesis stated for the research was that if teachers, suffering from career-related stress, were exposed to a Gestalt therapeutic model, they would regain homeostasis. Both the qualitative and quantitative data supported the hypothesis. The effect of the variables on each other was compared to confirm the reliability, applicability and neutrality of the research data. At the end of the three month research period the teachers who were exposed to the said model experienced less stress-related symptoms, as well as growth towards maturity and self-support, which would ultimately result in the regaining of homeostasis. A further objective of the research was to determine the feasibility of a trained school management team member implementing the Gestalt therapeutic process model at school. The qualitative data collected, indicated the feasibility thereof on condition that the school management team member did receive the necessary Gestalt therapeutic training. / Social Work

The purpose of this study was to develop Gestalt guidelines for teachers working with refugee learners. These guidelines seek to assist teachers when facilitating refugee learners in their social adjustment to a new school environment. The researcher made use of the first four stages of the Design and Development model of intervention research. These stages included problem analysis and project planning, information gathering and synthesis, design, and the early development of the guidelines. For the purpose of this study, semi-structured focus groups were conducted with teachers working with refugee learners. The social adjustment process was then viewed in the context of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Existing literature on the social adjustment of refugee learners in the South-African school system and literature on the Gestalt philosophy was used together with functional elements of existing social adjustment models to develop guidelines for teachers when facilitating refugee learners in their social adjustment to a new school environment. Throughout this research study, the refugee learner has been referred to as “he”. This was done for practical reasons only and no gender discrimination was intended. / Practical Theology / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

The aim of the study was to measure the presence of work engagement and wellbeing among Gestalt play therapists in South Africa. A literature study was undertaken to examine the concepts of work engagement and well-being, and a conceptual framework was given of the Gestalt play therapist and the work that they do with traumatized children within the South African context. This literature study forms the theoretical framework in which the study was done. After completion of the literature study, the empirical study was conducted. The researcher made use of a biographical questionnaire and four psychometric instruments to compile research data; it is the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale and Scales of Psychological Well-being. The data obtained was quantatively analysed, research findings were discussed and recommendations were made. The empirical data indicated work engagement and well-being to be statistically significant present in Gestalt play therapists in South Africa. / M. Diac. (Play Therapy) / Social Work

This study takes the form of intervention research in which parental guidelines to enhance emotional intelligence among children in middle childhood are developed from a Gestalt perspective. The researcher makes use of Rothman and Thomas’ (1994) Design and Development model and therefore follows phases of problem analysis and project planning, information gathering and synthesis, design, and early development in order to facilitate the research process. Guidelines deal with needs highlighted by parents (with children in middle childhood) who participated in the empirical enquiry. The researcher draws upon literature relating to emotional intelligence and parenting, Gestalt philosophy, and functional elements of relevant, existing programmes in the pursuit of addressing identified concerns. Phases of evaluation and advanced development, and dissemination are not addressed within the limited scope of this project. The possibility of exploring these final two phases of the design and development model therefore provides opportunity for future work. / Play Therapy / Thesis (M. Diac. (Play Therapy))

The goal of the study was to determine whether there would be a significant improvement in preschool children’s emotional intelligence when a Gestalt intervention programme was implemented. The research was conducted according to the quantitative approach with a pre-test/post-test design. The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (2nd edition) was completed and returned by a sample of 30 parents (N=30) from a crèche in the Gauteng area. The Joseph Picture Self-Concept Scale was used to test a sample of 30 preschool children (N=30) from the same crèche. The representative sample of preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years was divided into an experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) group. A Gestalt play therapy intervention programme, the Wise child programme, was conducted with the experimental group. The results indicated that there was a significant improvement of the preschool children’s emotional intelligence in terms of intra- and interpersonal skills after the implementation of a Gestalt intervention programme. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

The researcher found little information in literature reviewed about how Gestalt Play Therapy is being used in the treatment of visually impaired children. The aim of the study was to expand knowledge regarding this issue. A basic qualitative research study of an exploratory and descriptive nature was undertaken to describe how this therapy may be used in the treatment of such children. A representative sample was drawn from the population, consisting of gestalt play therapists who previously provided assistance to these children, using a purposive non-probability method. Data collection took place through the execution of semi-structured telephone interviews. Collected data was analysed using the Thematic Content Analysis to search for related themes (in line with the objectives of the study) in transcribed interviews. The general conclusion drawn from the empirical data was that gestalt play therapy can be used to good effect in the treatment of visually impaired children. / Die navorser het gevind dat daar weinig inligting in die literatuur beskikbaar is oor hoe gestaltspelterapie in die hulpverlening aan visueel gestremde kinders benut kan word. Die doel van die navorsingstudie was dus om kennis uit te brei rakende die benutting van gestaltspelterapie in die hulpverlening aan visueel gestremde kinders. 'n Basiese kwalitatiewe navorsingstudie met 'n verkennende en beskrywende aard is onderneem om te beskryf hoe gestaltspelterapie benut word met betrekking tot visueel gestremde kinders. 'n Verteenwoordigende steekproef is getrek, volgens 'n doelgerigte nie-waarskynlikheidsmetode, vanuit die populasie bestaande uit gestaltspelterapeute wat al van tevore hulp aan visueel gestremde kinders verleen het. Data-insameling het plaasgevind deur middel van semi-gestruktureerde telefoniese onderhoude. Die versamelde data is volgens die Tematiese Inhoudsanalise ontleed deur verbandhoudende temas (ooreenkomstig die doel van die studie) in getranskribeerde onderhoude te soek. Die algemene gevolgtrekking wat vanuit die empiriese bevindinge gemaak kan word, is dat gestaltspelterapie wel in die hulpverlening aan visueel gestremde kinders benut kan word. / Social Work / M.Diac. (Play Therapy)

This study takes the form of intervention research in which parental guidelines to enhance emotional intelligence among children in middle childhood are developed from a Gestalt perspective. The researcher makes use of Rothman and Thomas’ (1994) Design and Development model and therefore follows phases of problem analysis and project planning, information gathering and synthesis, design, and early development in order to facilitate the research process. Guidelines deal with needs highlighted by parents (with children in middle childhood) who participated in the empirical enquiry. The researcher draws upon literature relating to emotional intelligence and parenting, Gestalt philosophy, and functional elements of relevant, existing programmes in the pursuit of addressing identified concerns. Phases of evaluation and advanced development, and dissemination are not addressed within the limited scope of this project. The possibility of exploring these final two phases of the design and development model therefore provides opportunity for future work. / Play Therapy / Thesis (M. Diac. (Play Therapy))

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T14:21:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Celana Cardoso Andrade.pdf: 1079398 bytes, checksum: b9f4de0644deb96e50dbaf65ea7eea74 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-23 / There is still the need of further knowledge about the contribution of psychotherapy to position the individual as subject, actor, and author of its own life. This research has the objective of investigate the individual experience throughout the psychotherapeutic process, considering its own perspective. The theoretical starting point is Gestalt-therapy and Phenomenology its methodological approach. This paper is divided into five parts. The first part outlines qualitative research and phenomenological method according to Amedeo Giorgi, briefly presenting Phenomenology and Qualitative Epistemology. The second, empirical part presents interviews with three clients who were submitted to more than six years of individual therapy and at least two years of group therapy. The interviews were focused on their experiences during the psychotherapeutic processes. In the third part, results are presented in categories, and, in the fourth part, the psychotherapeutic process in Gestalt-therapy is described, after a brief introduction on psychotherapy (in general) and, particularly, Gestalttherapy. Finally, a reflection on the research conducted follows, considering some questions and propositions. We conclude that psychotherapy was positively experienced by the interviewed clients, who after this process, were able to reach self-knowledge, discover the reason of their existence, recover their authenticity and encounter the other and themselves with respect and acceptance. They also developed their ability to dialogue, to live in the present moment, to re-signify un-ended situations, and, most of all, to establish healthier relationships. / Ainda existe a necessidade de aprofundamento do conhecimento acerca da contribuição da psicoterapia na constituição do indivíduo como sujeito, ator e autor de sua vida. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar a vivência do cliente no processo psicoterapêutico, de acordo com sua própria perspectiva. O ponto de partida teórico é a Gestalt-terapia, e a Fenomenologia, a sua abordagem metodológica. O trabalho divide-se em cinco partes. A primeira destaca a pesquisa qualitativa e aborda o método fenomenológico, segundo as formulações de Amedeo Giorgi, apresentando brevemente a Fenomenologia e a Epistemologia Qualitativa. A segunda parte momento empírico é constituída de entrevistas abertas com três clientes que realizaram mais de seis anos de terapia individual e pelo menos dois anos de terapia de grupo; as entrevistas focalizaram as vivências dos processos psicoterapêuticos dos clientes. Na terceira parte, são apresentados os resultados na forma de categorias, e, na quarta parte, descreve-se o processo psicoterapêutico em Gestaltterapia, após uma breve introdução sobre a psicoterapia (em geral) e a Gestalt-terapia (em particular). Finalmente, é feita uma reflexão sobre a pesquisa, com base em alguns questionamentos e proposições. Conclui-se que a psicoterapia foi vivenciada de uma maneira positiva pelos colaboradores e que, depois desse processo, eles conseguiram atingir um autoconhecimento, descobrir o sentido de suas existências, resgatar a autenticidade e encontrar o outro e a si mesmos com respeito e aceitação, além de desenvolverem suas habilidades de dialogar, de viver no momento presente, ressignificar situações inacabadas e, sobretudo, estabelecer relações mais saudáveis.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T14:21:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Danilo Suassuna Martins Costa.pdf: 190174 bytes, checksum: 3ba8aaa8a23ce5d988564c5243e2d80e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-04-18 / This work is based on a history of psychology perspective, and aims to unveil the Gestalttherapy and gestalt approach history in Brazil. This essay has an empirical and qualitative character, using the historiographic method. The interviews are semi-directives conducted with some of the first professionals to work with this approach in Brazil, here called "first actors" in the geographical axis that includes the state of São-Paulo and the Federal District, specifically Brasília. These interviews were analyzed under a phenomenological point of view, and grouped in main themes in order to understand the particular view of these "first actors" understanding, from their individual perceptions, how this approach came to Brazil; with who arrives and how comes development of the Gestalt-therapy, in Brazil. This work contributes not only to clarify the historical legacy of Gestalt-therapy, but also to reflect on their social and political perspectives. Thus, from a critical eye on contributions, possibilities and perspectives, the study corroborates with the solidification of the epistemological studies of gestalt approach. / Esse trabalho insere-se na perspectiva da história da psicologia, e tem como objetivo desvelar a história da Gestalt-terapia e da Abordagem Gestáltica no Brasil. A pesquisa tem um caráter empírico, de cunho qualitativo, utilizando-se do método historiográfico. Partese de entrevistas semi-diretivas realizadas com alguns dos primeiros profissionais a trabalhar com esta abordagem no Brasil, aqui denominados primeiros atores , no eixo geográfico que compreende o estado de São Paulo e o Distrito Federal, mais especificamente Brasília. Essas entrevistas foram analisadas sob um olhar fenomenológico, e agrupadas em temas centrais, de modo a abordar a visão particular desses primeiros atores no sentido de compreender, a partir de suas percepções individuais, como chega; com quem chega e como se desenvolve a Gestalt-terapia no Brasil. Este trabalho contribui não apenas para elucidar o legado histórico da Gestalt-terapia, mas também para refletir sobre suas perspectivas sociais e politicas. Assim sendo e, a partir de um olhar crítico sobre as contribuições, possibilidades e perspectivas, o estudo corrobora com a solidificação dos estudos epistemológicos da abordagem gestáltica.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:39:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SILVIA MARTINS IVANCKO.pdf: 1504494 bytes, checksum: 248c64adf73eca6ef7e614c76ff94b62 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The objective of this work was to investigate the relationship of the psychic functioning in chock organ, in twenty subjects considered healthy. The subjects were indicated by acquaintance, and were volunteers what were attended individually. As a procedure, was used the active imagination, directed by the researcher, focusing the main organs and systems of the organism. To conclude this phase, the subjects had to elect a fragile and a strong organ of their body. The next phase from the election of these organs, the subjects experienced the empty chair procedure, where they supposedly sit their chock organ on a chair in front of them to talk to this organ, switching chair and roles. This procedure helped the subjects to know about their polarities and content projected in the organs. After this, the same procedure was repeated, but at this time with the organ chosen as strong. From these dialogues was possible to identify the psychic content of the subject, in the parts represented by those organs. The identification of the psychic contents occurred through a phenomenological analysis of the contents projected to the elected organs and happened in partnership with the subject. Followed five support sessions were we worked with the subjects, individually, the psychic functioning projected in the chock organ. Two months after the last support session, there was an evaluation of the results where was found a perceptible improvement of the contact with the chock organ. The subjects established relationship of the psychic functioning with the impacts in their chock organ, where the greater part presented improvement of the symptoms and in some cases absent of them / Este trabalho teve como objetivo investigar a relação do funcionamento psíquico com o órgão de choque, em vinte sujeitos considerados saudáveis. Os sujeitos foram voluntários indicados por conhecidos e foram atendidos individualmente. Como procedimento, utilizou-se a imaginação ativa, dirigida pela pesquisadora, focando os principais órgãos e sistemas do organismo. Ao finalizar, o sujeito elegia um órgão frágil e um órgão forte do seu corpo. A seguir, partindo da eleição destes órgãos, os sujeitos experienciavam o procedimento da cadeira vazia , onde supostamente colocavam seu órgão de choque na cadeira a sua frente e estabeleciam diálogo com o mesmo, trocando de cadeira e de papéis. Este procedimento auxiliava os sujeitos a perceberem suas polaridades e conteúdos projetados nos órgãos. Em seguida repetia-se o procedimento, desta vez com o órgão escolhido como forte. A partir destes diálogos, identificava-se o conteúdo psíquico do sujeito, através das partes representadas por tais órgãos. A identificação do conteúdo psíquico dava-se através de análise fenomenológica do conteúdo projetado aos órgãos eleitos e acontecia em parceria com o próprio sujeito. Seguiram-se cinco sessões de suporte onde se trabalhava, individualmente, com os sujeitos, o funcionamento psíquico projetado no órgão de choque. Dois meses após a última sessão de suporte, houve a avaliação dos resultados, onde se encontrou uma perceptível melhora no contato com o órgão de choque. Os sujeitos estabeleceram relação do seu funcionamento psíquico com os impactos no seu órgão de choque, a maioria apresentou alívio dos sintomas e em alguns casos a ausência deles