Unit Objectives
"Understand the Gestalt theory of awareness and figure/ground formation.
Be able to have clear. awareness in each zone for self.
Be able to facilitate clear awareness in each zone for client.
Be able to support client to move through the awareness cycle."
Understanding Theory
Three zones of awareness:-
Inner ,
Middle ,
Outer ,
Figure/ground ,
Processes of figure/ground formation ,
Awareness cycle ,
Philosophy of the obvious ,
Fixed/frozen gestalten ,
Uncompleted gestalts
Personal Development
Maintain clear focused, present awareness, Able to identify inner zone sensations, Able to let in information from senses without interpretation, Able to be aware of middle zone content, Make straight forward awareness the subject of reflexive awareness, Able to pay attention to the intentional correlation of the experiencer experiencing the experienced
Practice Skills
Assist the exploration of awareness and the focusing of awareness,Articulating one's feelings and observations,Discriminate between, and moving between all zones, client and self: mobility, grounding, change figure/ground; access phenomenology,Facilitate unfolding of awareness, moving to completion, flowing with the Tao, completion of an awareness cycle; able to identify blocks in cycle and,intervene appropriately,Sharpen sensation,Sharpen the emerging figure,Notice the obvious,Explore five subsets of awareness (Perls) : want; feel; doing; avoiding; able to notice own potential for fixed gestalten in favouring one of these areas of awareness over othersUse experiment in service of phenomenological awareness