gestalt therapy

noun

An existential and experiential psychotherapy that focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment.

Meanings

gestalt therapy1

noungestalt therapy (countable and uncountable, plural gestalt therapies)

plural gestalt therapies

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Gestalt therapy.

Gestalt therapy2

nounGestalt therapy (countable and uncountable, plural Gestalt therapies)

plural Gestalt therapies · alternative gestalt therapy

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesAn existential and experiential psychotherapy that focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment.

Translations

Dutch gestalttherapie
  • gestalttherapiebranch of psychotherapy
Estonian geštaltteraapia
  • geštaltteraapiabranch of psychotherapy
Finnish hahmoterapia
  • hahmoterapiabranch of psychotherapy
German Gestalttherapie
  • Gestalttherapiebranch of psychotherapy
Hungarian gestaltterápia
  • gestaltterápiabranch of psychotherapy
Polish psychoterapia Gestalt
  • psychoterapia Gestaltbranch of psychotherapy
Russian гешта̀льттерапи́я
  • гешта̀льттерапи́я (geštàlʹtterapíja)branch of psychotherapy
Swedish gestaltterapi
  • gestaltterapibranch of psychotherapy
Cite this entry
APA

gestalt therapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gestalt%20therapy

MLA

“gestalt therapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gestalt%20therapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gestalt therapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gestalt%20therapy.

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