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CHARACTER STRUCTURE: A GESTALT-COGNITIVE THEORY

Most theories of behavior and therapy have tended to focus on why behaviors are present. By contrast, the theory and practice of Gestalt therapy have focused primarily on how behaviors are present. This article describes a Gestalt model of character structure and function from the point of view of G...

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Published in:Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2004-09, Vol.41 (3), p.321-331
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