The narrative in Gestalt therapy

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The followers of Gestalt therapy means the patient's narration in specific terms. In fact, it is a creative act. The patient, through narration, tries to overcome his unsatisfactory relational schemas. He learned these patterns through the relationships lived in the past  (M. Spagnuolo Lobb, The now for next in psychotherapy - Gestalt therapy told in the post-modern society, Franco Angeli, 2011).

The meaning of the story is expressed in the border of contact between therapist and patient. These two entities create together a sense of the narrative. The person to whom the story is addressed is therefore crucial to the story itself.

The story thus expresses a contact intentionality of the patient. The therapist must ensure that the patient bring to completion this contact intentionality.

The therapist needs to ask several questions. In fact, he has contributed to the creation of the history that the patient tells him. Through this story, the patient wants to overcome a dysfunctional contact pattern of the past (M. Spagnuolo Lobb, 2011).

The patient with his story therefore has the objective to create a new contact with the therapist.