Family psychotherapy in Gestalt theory

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Empathic skills are developed in one's family of origin. In this context, the child learns to snatch the intentional movements of the other members. He also develops the ability to complete the movements of other individuals together with his activities (M. Spagnuolo Lobb, The now for the next in psychotherapy - Gestalt therapy told in the post-modern society, Franco Angeli, 2011).

In this respect, the intersubjective capacity indicates the individual's ability to represent in himself the image of another person. This ability, in addition, also extends to the understanding of what the other individual thinks of us (Stern, 1985).

Intersubjective capacity is therefore the manner in which an individual is in the world. This ability is the background on which he develops the intimate relationships.

This ability makes sure that the child understands the desire of his parents. He, therefore, structures his way to be there in order to satisfy the wishes of the adult, overshadowing his wishes (M. Spagnuolo Lobb, 2011).

The child’s relational suffering is born when his attempts to adapt creatively to the environment are not recognized. In this way the child’s intentionality of contact is mortified.

This lack of recognition leads to a loss of the sense of self, that is the self created in the contact. In this way the child therefore comes to a desensitization of the border of contact (Spagnuolo Lobb M., 2011).