Clinician Beliefs

Each individual person is brought up to believe in something, whether it be religion or personal values, so to become a clinician means that each of these beliefs and values need to be put aside while treating a patient. In order to build a trusting relationship with the client, the therapist will need to be able to put themselves into the client 's position, without judging or analyzing the client. The therapist will have to put aside their biases and prejudices in order to suspend their expectations and assumptions. As a human being, we are all subject to pre-conceive and anticipate what a person will be like before even meeting them. This causes the clinician to jump to conclusions which in the long run are going to be very different than
In order to be aware of my clients needs, I need to set aside my values, beliefs and behaviors that may impose beliefs and values that are inconsistent with my clients. I would like to create an ongoing sense of trust, partnership and appropriate boundaries with my clients to ensure that they are comfortable and trust my opinions. I plan to remain warm and caring, and show my client acceptance and responsibility. I will maintain confidentiality to my best abilities and establish a way that my client can communicate openly and freely with me as their therapist. My clinician gestalt will help me to motivate my client to move toward their goal on their own, not by me telling or showing them how to do
Gestalt therapy focuses more on what is happening than what is actually being discussed (_Yontef, 1993__)_. This is a method of awareness that is separate from interpreting and explaining using old methods. By teaching the client awareness, they are better able to become aware of their actions and how they can change them. One objective of Gestalt therapy is to enable the client to become more creative and alive, which helps them to be rid of the problems they have encountered in the past or in the present. There are three basic concepts to Gestalt therapy, Phenomenological perspective, Field Theory perspective and Existential perspective.

Phenomenology is a discipline that helps people stand aside from their usual way of thinking so that they can tell the difference between what is actually being perceived and felt in the current situation and what is residue from the past. The goal of phenomenology is a clear understanding of the situation that is being studied. Field theory is a method of exploring that describes the whole field of which the event is currently a part rather than analyzing the event in terms of a class to which it